Most races take place on Saturdays and Sundays, but the annual Glen Arbor Running Bear 5k Run/Walk happens on Tuesday, July 25, at 9 a.m. The kids’ ½ mile run starts 5 minutes later at 9:05 a.m. This event takes place rain or shine, so come prepared!
Glen Arbor Township recently contracted Aspen Wireless to install free WiFi for the public. Access was up and running by the end of June. According to operations manager Eric Laitala, the head-end is located at the Glen Arbor Township Hall.
The Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) welcomes the blues duo Mulebone back to its Manitou Music Festival Studio Stage on Sunday, July 16, 8 p.m. Studio Stage is located behind Lake Street Studios, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is requesting public comment on increasing both entrance fees and camping fees beginning January 1, 2018.
Ohio artist Joseph Lombardo continues his study of Glen Arbor with a series of new paintings, July 14-20, at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St. in Glen Arbor. The show opens with an artist’s reception Friday, July 14, from 6-8 p.m.
It’s the event the community has been waiting for The Glen Lake Community Library’s Home Tour includes five diverse residences that span the architectural sphere, from an old log cabin on Inspiration Point built in the 1920s to a “green” home built two years ago. These and three other unique homes will be open to the community for the tour. One of the homes is a gorgeous farmhouse complete with barns and gardens, all accessible. There is a beautiful Nantucket-style country home on Big Glen Lake, and a charming summer cottage on Little Glen. Something for everyone, to be sure.
Once Birch Bayly and his wife Brianne welcomed their son, Beau, and thus the beginning of the true ‘family’ life, he began to search for the perfect up-north family excursion vehicle. Racking his brain and perusing vehicles-for-sale ads, Bayly’s mind wandered back to a thrilling outdoor excursion tour he had experienced in Santa Fe.
This week, I have an insane hill workout to share with you all: running the famous dune climb at The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Not only is the initial hill a “bear” (get it?) but the rolling hills that follow had my heart pumping like never before.
For many good reasons—the area’s beauty and its good life, for starters—Glen Arbor has become a haven for us retirees. By 2015, the influx of seniors pushed the average age of a resident to around 63. Now, census estimates reveal Glen Arbor’s residents as the oldest in Leelanau, one of the oldest counties in the state.
When it comes to senior participation in sports, pickleball has risen to the top rung of popularity. “Exercise is one of the great keys to success for older citizens,” said local tennis coach, La Becasse bartender, and pickleball enthusiast Tim Sutherland.