The second wave of mariners will hit the shores of Mackinac Island as the 81st sailing of the Bacardi Bayview Mackinac Race gets underway from Port Huron Saturday, July 23. The 32-foot sloop More...
Light winds came to life Monday, July 18, to push Chicago racing sailboats up to Mackinac, but not before an early morning thunderstorm capsized the trimaran racer More...
Muggles and wizards alike need to beware as Pottermania hits the nation. With You-Know-Who on the loose, signs of romance hitting the Hogwarts school, and increasing danger throughout the world, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the sixth installment in British author J.K. Rowling’s popular More...
Ben Mosley was re-elected president of the Mackinac Island Board of Education at the board’s annual organizational meeting Thursday, July 7. The meeting also sets the regular meeting schedule and selects the board’s attorney and school bank. More...
In Mackinac Island Yacht Club Bridge League games for the week ending Wednesday, July 20, Rita Sue Cohen placed first, Nicki Krzykowski placed second, and Jane Burdett placed third. More...
With a “hip hip huzzah!” the teams were off in the first game of the season, with the Fort Mackinac Never Sweats suiting up two weeks early this year to square off in a game against the Midland Mighty River Hogs Saturday, July 9. In a bit of an upset, the Never Sweats beat out the opposition 6-2. More...
To the Editor: I have to pay a hefty fee to bring my children, their bicycles, and myself to the Island, so I think it’s only fair that dog owners should have to pay to bring their dogs to the Island. Additionally, I have had to clean more dog “do”, and no, it is not the same as horse manure, More...
Recently two seemingly unrelated incidents occurred that caused me to write this column. The first happened when a friend described to me and showed me a picture of a plant he wanted me to identify. It was a bit difficult to tell what it was from the picture (no leaves were visible and I was looking More...
To the Editor: I have to pay a hefty fee to bring my children, their bicycles, and myself to the Island, so I think it’s only fair that dog owners should have to pay to bring their dogs to the Island. Additionally, I have had to clean more dog “do”, and no, it is not the same as horse manure, More...
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