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Click here for digital edition  Mackinac Island resident Mark Bunker heads home past the community Christmas tree in a light snowfall, balancing the family Christmas tree over his shoulder. Transporting the tree from the 4-H lot on Cadotte Avenue is a tradition, he said, although the snow came quickly to the Island this year, leaving him unprepared More ... Two superintendent candidates will be interviewed over the telephone by the Mackinac Island Board of Education, following the withdrawal of one of the three finalists. The supplementary interviews were approved by the board at a special meeting Wednesday, December 9, but the process was not announced. More ... Oil on canvas, glass plate negatives, and birch bark boxes decorated with porcupine quills will tell the story of the beauty of Mackinac Island as captured by artists for more than 200 years. More ... Mackinac Island is eligible for more than $10.3 million in loans and grants to repair its wastewater treatment facility. The funding would cover the entire estimated cost of the Island's two-phase project designed to increase the life expectancy of the wastewater plant by 30 years. More ... A unique Mackinac Island summer cottage community, Hubbard's Annex, is on the way to earning protected status as residents seek to have the area designated a local historic district. A public hearing Tuesday afternoon, December 8, at Community Hall drew no opposition and little public comment, other than one resident who expressed support. More ... The following timeline shows the progress of several issues facing Mackinac Island. • Master Plan Committee More ... A permit has been issued to relocate or demolish McNally Cottage on Mackinac Island. Notification was presented to the Mackinac Island City Council during its Wednesday, November 4, meeting. Council reviewed the document without comment. More ... The city averted a 17.5% increase in health insurance premiums by adjustsing deductibles and now will budget for approximately a 3.7% rate hike. It will pay about $18,150 a month under the new plan, compared to about $17,500 that it now pays each month. The new increase will account for about $650 more in monthly payments, or about $7,800 annually. More ... Twelfth grade students at Mackinac Island Public School are (front row, from left) Paul Fisher, Tymon Horn; (back) Jane Finkel, Holly Leedke, Shelbie Mosley, Thomas Rilenge, and Jeff Roguska. More ... Donations made to the Stuart House Museum were up $2,010 from last year. Revenue for the year was $18,482, compared to $16,472 in 2008. Entrance to the cityowned museum is free, but donations are welcome. The building was constructed in 1817 during the fur trade era. More ... A lower-court ruling that a foundation for a new house be filled and covered has been upheld by the Michigan Court of Appeals, ending a 10-year battle by the City of Mackinac Island to get the owners either to complete the house or put the lot back to its natural state. More ... Chad Belonga (left) and Jason Soblaskey of Belonga Excavating of St. Ignace work to fill the hole created during repairs to a water service line break on Market Street on Mackinac Island Wednesday, December 2. More ... Community projects will receive $13,252 in financial support through grants from the Mackinac Island Community Foundation. The Board of Trustees approved the fall grants during its meeting Friday, December 4. Eleven grants were awarded, including five to Mackinac Island Public School and two to Ste. Anne's Church. More ... The city has received an offer to swap its Rowe Condominium unit for a house in Harrisonville and, although hesitant to agree to the exchange, city leaders say they need more time to consider the trade and will have city attorney Tom Evashevski review the condominium by-laws. The matter was discussed during a Streets Committee meeting Wednesday, December 9. More ... High school faculty and staff are (front row, from left) special education teacher Stephanie McManus, school secretary Barb Fisher, mathematics teacher Susan Bennett; (back) social studies teacher Seth Baker, science teacher Rick Waites, physical education teacher Bob Lohff, English teacher Lance Greenlee, More ... The 300-member Mackinac Island Yacht Club donated $3,300 to Island organizations this year. In August, the club donated $300 raised from a yard sale to Mackinac Associates, the presentation to Glen Young, president of Mackinac Associates, August 28. More ... Fifth grade students with teacher Liz Burt are (from left) Talon Greenlee, Emily Modd, Christopher Riggs, and Christian Styburski. More ... A new weather reporting system will be installed next summer at the Mackinac Island Airport, one of a number of improvements planned for the facility that include pavement and crack repair, repainting line markings, and additional tree removal from the east and west runway approaches. More ... An easement for the concrete steps at the end of Church Street has been offered to the city by Rowe Terrace Condominium Association, which doesn't want the liability that comes with having a publicly used stairway on its property. It hopes the city will assume the responsibility for the steps, which anchor the state park's wooden stairway to the East Bluff. More ... Boat service from St. Ignace to Mackinac Island was canceled Wednesday, December 9, when what meteorologists called a "monster storm" targeted the Straits region after crossing the Great Plains Tuesday. More ... Former Town Crier reporter Barbara McQuade has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be the U.S. Attorney for Detroit. She is now an assistant U. S. attorney in the office. Ms. McQuade was an intern at the Mackinac Island Town Crier in 1985 while an undergraduate at the University of Michigan. More ... The Mackinac Island State Park Commission will meet Wednesday, December 16, at 1:30 p.m. in room 103 in the Kellogg Center on the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing. More ... Artists can enter art for the grand opening poster of the Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum. The artist of the winning entry will be paid $5,000 for all rights to the piece, including copyrights. The prize money has been donated by the Mackinac Arts Council. More ... Human skeletal remains were uncovered just west of the Indian Dormitory on Mackinac Island Wednesday, November 4, during trenching work to add a new water line to the building. The remains, thought to be Indian, were secured until work was finished and then reburied at the site. More ... Wendy Crowley of Mackinac Island announces the birth of her son, Nolan Wilson Crowley, born Thursday, November 5, 2009, at Otsego Memorial Hospital in Gaylord. He weighed 10 pounds, 3 ounces at birth and measured 21.5 inches in length. He joins a sister, Grace, 2, at home. Grandparents are Dawn and the late Ralph Crowley of East Lansing. More ... Lisa Wilson and Sam Barnwell of Mackinac Island announce their engagement to be married. She is the daughter of Muriel and Jim Wilson of Cicero, Indiana, and he is the son of Becki and the late Roman Barnwell of Mackinac Island and the grandson of Margaret McIntire of Mackinac Island. An October 10, 2010, wedding at the Hotel Iroquois is planned. More ... Blisse Beardsley of Mackinac Island received a degree in both statistics and sociology from the University of Michigan last spring. She is the daughter of Theresa Butler of Mackinac Island and was the 2005 valedictorian of her graduating class at Mackinac Island Public School. More ... Eleven direct descendants and their families of Ambrose and Susan Davenport of Mackinac Island visited the Davenport home Monday, October 12, on the Island. The Davenport house was one of the older two-story log cabins built in Michigan. It was built in 1805. More ... Top News RSS feed |
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