The 56th Annual Lilac Festival officially began Friday, June 10, with the coronation of the 2005 Lilac Queen. Weekend rain and clouds held back long enough for the coronation ceremony, when 2004 Lilac Queen Jennifer Wightman officially relinquished her crown to the recently graduated Blisse Beardsle More...
As the 56th Lilac Festival draws near its end, the events just keep getting bigger. Saturday will bring a brand new event to the Island with the first Epona & Barkus Parade. The parade will follow along the boardwalk to Windermere Point and is organized by the Mackinac Island Dog & Pony Club. More...
Mackinac State Historic Parks has become a pawn in an unprecedented three-way 2006 budget battle between the Michigan Senate and the House, and even between House Democrats and Republicans. The drama of losing its $1.5 million state appropriation escalated last week following a House of Representati More...
Island friends mourn the loss of another member of our community. Ben Mosley Sr., age 79, died peacefully at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Ben and Louann Mosley Jr. on Friday, June 10, surrounded by those who loved him dearly. He has spent numerous years on Mackinac. In later years, due t More...
As a young Marine corporal on Okinawa in the 1980s, Mike Cox went to the PX to get $18 in quarters to plunk in a pay phone to call back home for about five minutes. More...
By the “golden age” of American railroading in the 1800s, railroads were often named after the cities and states they served, or hoped to serve. The Grand Rapids & Indiana, which grew into one of the largest railroads in Michigan, was begun as a short line intended to connect the fast-growing fronti More...
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