It’s hard work being mayor. In fact, it’s doggone tiring. Just ask Devlin, the dog mayor of Abilene, Texas, but don’t worry if he seems a little irritable: his bark is worse than his bite. More...
Mackinac Island residents will see a 50 percent increase in water and sewer usage rates with the next bill they pull out of their mailbox. The City Council voted Wednesday, May 25, to make the first increase effective immediately, with an additional 50 percent increase next year, and a 25 percent in More...
As Mackinac Island Public School students look forward to the approach of summer, the Mackinac Island Board of Education still has plenty on its plate. At its Thursday, May 19 meeting, the board accepted its first payment from the “Saving Paradise” fund in the amount of $53,797, a large portion of t More...
Laurie Stupak, the wife of U.S. Congressman Bart Stupak (D-Menominee), has been appointed by Governor Jennifer Granholm to a six-year term on the Mackinac Island State Park Commission, replacing former U.S. Congressman Bob Traxler, and Richard Manoogian has been re-appointed to a second term on the More...
Jamie Andress, Blisse Beardsley, Emma Chambers, and Richard Chaffee, this year’s Mackinac Island High School senior class, went to San Diego to celebrate four years of hard work and the bright future that lies ahead of them. From Saturday, May 14, through Saturday, May 21, they visited Sea World, th More...
Helen Welch, a longtime resident of St. Ignace and Mackinaw City, established successful Mackinac Island ferry businesses, including Straits Transit Inc., with her husband, Richard C. Welch. Mrs. Welch died April 4, 2005, in Pasadena, California, at the age of 96. More...
To the Editor: We have been visiting the Island since 1979 and have only missed being there one year. After several visits, we decided we would subscribe to the More...
A second and politically obscure clergyman has joined the race for the GOP nomination to oppose Sen. Debbie Stabenow in 2006. Other more prominent Republicans are considering entering the race. More...
To the Editor: We have been visiting the Island since 1979 and have only missed being there one year. After several visits, we decided we would subscribe to the More...
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