What it was like for this diehard baseball fan to watch the seventh and deciding game of the 2016 World Series last Nov. 2, between my beloved Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians, and the literary armageddon that followed.
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Glen Lake Restaurant Week offers an array of dining experiences “from French fries to French cuisine.” Don’t miss this annual event happening the week before Mother’s Day, from April 28-May 6. Restaurant Week around Glen Arbor is a time to experience amazing local food at a stellar price.
The Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) Readers’ Theater will hold auditions for two plays by British playwright J.M. Barrie on Wednesday, April 26, at 7 p.m. at the Glen Lake Community Reformed Church, 4902 W. MacFarlane Road, Glen Arbor.
Online registration for the ninth annual M22 Challenge will go “live” at 8 a.m. on March 1. The event, to be held Saturday, June 10, near the Sleeping Bear Dune Climb, is capped at 900 athletes and in the past several years has reached capacity within 15 minutes.
Disagreement prevails within the Glen Lake Fire Department (GLFD) over whether the firefighters should have organized one year ago. They filed a grievance a week later, leaving many to wonder why. So, when Glen Arbor Township and Local 5086 of the International Association of Fire Fighters finalized their first contract on Sept. 1, 2016, people wondered if the issues behind the unionizing and grievance were resolved? And how will this affect the community?
They met in the summer of 2012. Still in college, she had come north from a suburb of Detroit to take a job as a waitress at the Cove in Leland. He was managing The Cyclery in Glen Arbor and beginning to think about ways to create a high-density apple orchard in the hills above Lake Michigan, land his family has farmed since they came from Bohemia in the 1870s. They had friends in common. Her best friend, Bradi Pasch, from college, was the sister of one of his best friends, Dave Pasch, a young man who was his partner in the orchard enterprise. He is Brad Houdek. She is Gina Wymore.
Join the Glen Arbor community for the inaugural family-friendly Pumpkin Fest from 1-6 p.m. on Oct. 22. This celebration of Fall will take place in downtown Glen Arbor all afternoon, giving participants time to carve their artistic creations, enjoy family-friendly activities and contests, followed by a Pumpkin lighting at dusk and a community Dinner.
Bob Hawley (Republican) and Peter Van Nort (Independent) are running for Glen Arbor Township Supervisor. We conducted the following Q&A with the candidates.
To close out the traditional tourism season on Labor Day weekend, Glen Arbor businesses will hold Sidewalk Sales from Thursday, Sept. 1 until Monday, Sept. 5. Visit downtown for the best deals of the season. #shopsmall in #glenarbor
The 18 x 34 foot Ugly Tomato market and gift shop on the corner of M-22 and Lake Street seems almost lost in the madness of downtown Glen Arbor. Most summer afternoons it sits idle, both doors open, welcoming the summer breeze. But the place is anything but calm. The miniscule shop withstands frequent and intense rushes of customers. The rising sun brings a surge of people, eager to get their hands on still-warm pastries and confections. Afternoons attract a steady trickle of both locals, who rely on the shop for produce, and tourists who are often surprised to find such a concentration of local goods in one store. From the chipmunk named Alvin, who demands chopped pecans by the handful, to the witty t-shirts and signs, the Ugly Tomato might be small but it oozes character. It is this sort of quirkiness that draws in curious first-timers and seasoned locals over and over again.