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December 10, 2011 / Top News

Anticipation Mounts: Here Comes Santa Claus!

Lights flash and sirens ring out from the Mackinac Island Fire Department truck heading down Market Street and announcing the arrival of Santa Claus. More...

Ste. Anne’s Adding Historical Mural

By Karen Gould

Dennis Orlowski has great passion for his painting. Standing in the middle of a curved wall hallway on the ground floor of Ste. Anne’s Church on Mackinac Island, he talks about the mural he has been commissioned to paint. More...

News

Dufina Receives Island Tourism Bureau Award

Mackinac Island and St. Ignace business owner Ron Dufina was recognized for his efforts and contributions to tourism with a lifetime achievement award from the Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau. More...

Two Lawsuits Challenge Mackinac Island Peddling Ordinance

By Matt Mikus

Two lawsuits were filed against the City of Mackinac Island, one filed in 11th Circuit Court in Mackinac County, the other filed in Federal District Court for the Western District of Michigan. More...

City Moving Forward With Renovation of Public Restrooms

Cloghaun Gets OK for Vinyl Siding

By Matt Mikus

Designs for the public restrooms have been approved by the Mackinac Island City Council. More...

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Obituaries

Joseph ‘Joey’ Pann

Joseph “Joey” M. Pann, Jr., 29, of St. Ignace, was a pilot working at the Mackinac County Airport who had previously worked as a flight instructor. Mr. Pann died Saturday, December 3, 2011, in an accident in St. Ignace. More...

Michael McCourt

Michael Patrick McCourt, 48, of Pleasant Ridge, died Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at his home after a two-year battle with cancer. He was born November 16, 1962, the oldest of Patrick and Peggy McCourt’s four boys. More...

Mary Wellington

Mary Margaret (nee Thompson) Wellington, a longtime resident of Sault Ste. Marie, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2011, after a short illness of cancer. More...

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Columnists

Michigan Politics

Snyder Wisely Vetoes First Bill

By George Weeks

For governors, the pen is mightier than the pulpit. With their strokes, they put into office judges and others who often outlast the governors; sign bills into law, and, on relatively rare occasions, veto legislation. More...

Nature Notes

White Sightings - Rabbit, Two Swans, and Bald Eagle Spotted

By Patricia Martin

A couple of weeks ago, while checking cottages, I came upon a few Island residents. It was a cold, blustery day, the kind that often produces snow, but none of that white stuff was anywhere in sight (though we hopefully will be seeing it soon). More...

NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ON MACKINAC ISLAND

BY JEANNETTE DOUD

May this wonderful time of the year Bring joy and happiness to your heart! More...

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Letters

Islanders Have Many Reasons To Count Their Blessings

To the Editor: In the last year or so, many people have commented both here and online how Mackinac Island is “ruined,” or “wrecked,” or the more disparaging, “Glad I don’t live there anymore.” Most of these More...

Island Businesses Should Meet High Standards of Quality

To the Editor: My husband and I have been coming and staying on Mackinac Island several times a year in the past 13 years. In fact, when we retired, we moved to the Upper Peninsula from southern California to be closer to Mackinac Island. More...

McNally Cottage Destruction

To the Editor: After receiving my October issue of the Town Crier, it saddened me to learn the McNally Cottage would be coming down Tuesday, November 1. More...

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Island Community Loses Two Men in Plane Crash

Crews Aid in Exhaustive Search for Local Pilot and Passenger; Investigation Underway: What Brought Down Plane Bound for Island?

By Karen Gould

Joe Pann of St. Ignace and Tom Phillips of Mackinac Island died in a plane crash on a flight from St. Ignace to Mackinac Island Saturday night, December 3. More...