Glen Arbor News

We stayed at The Homestead Resort from June 21-25, 2009. Located in the small town of Glen Arbor, Michigan, The Homestead turned out to be the perfect place to stay in this area.

"My Abruzzese grandmother, Maria Tomassoni, used to set sour cherries out to dry in the sun and then preserve them in large glass jars in alcohol-laden syrup.

The National Park Service at Sleeping Bear Dunes seeks public opinion on the newly announced Lake Michigan Overlooks Environment Assessment.

Bert T. Olson, 92, beloved husband and father, died Thursday afternoon, May 21, 2009, at his home on Glen Lake in Empire, Mich.

Michigan Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth A. Weaver has been reappointed to the Governor's Task Force on Children's Justice by Gov.

For more than a century, the lighthouse on South Manitou Island guided ships through the Sleeping Bear Dunes.

Friday, May 1 at the Schmidt Farmstead in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District.

As usual for this time of year, building activity has picked up a ' but not as quickly as it has in past years.

Starting in May, you won't have to leave Clio to leave the country -- in a manner of speaking.

When Mark Siegfrid and Scott Lattimore went fishing on the afternoon of April 10, they had visions of catching "the big one." They caught a big one alright - " a doe that had fallen through thin ice on Fisher Lake.

The Cleveland Township Board this week approved a budget for fiscal 2009-10 identical to the spending plan reviewed by dozens of township voters during a hearing at their Annual Meeting March 28.

Welcome back to some of the snowbirds, though Ia m sure there are more to return.

The Leelanau Community Choir will sing a oeSweet Old Tyme Favoritesa at three churches in the county this weekend.

Despite fears expressed by some local golfers, it appears that the King's Challenge Golf Course, located immediately adjacent to Sugar Loaf Resort in Cleveland Township, could open later this spring under new ownership.

An issue thought to be dead may yet have life in Kasson Township. On March 13, the state Supreme Court denied a request from the township that sought to appeal Circuit Court and Court of Appeals rulings that allow gravel extraction on a 115-acre parcel in the township.

Saturday was as good a day as any to paint "plein air," according to some Grand Rapids-area artists who took advantage of the nicest day in the forecast to get some work done at Ottawa County's Hemlock Crossing County Park.

The Glen Lake Fire Department is less than a year old but is already doing quite well, according to chief John Dodson.

Annual Meetings 'worth the time' March 27, 2009 - 12:27pm Friday, March 27, 2009 - 12:27pm George Wilson usually attends Empire Township's Annual Meeting.

Some fire officials in Leelanau County contend a countywide fire and emergency services authority would boost efficiency and quality.

Glen Lake Community Reformed Church members are seeking help for the annual Easter Egg Hunt to be held Saturday, April 11.