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Master Planners Seek More Community Input By Karen Gould Master Planning Committee members want more Island residents participating in the information gathering stages and are looking for more year-around Islanders to offer their opinions during the next public hearing being held Monday, August 29, which will include an open microphone session. More ... PUBLIC FORUM RESULTS Residents identified items they considered important by placing red dots beside them. The number indicates the number of dots each item received. The committee speculated that Addressing Issues received lower scores because the residents may have used up most of their alloted dots voting for Protect More ... New Platform To Store Construction Debris in Winter at Public Works By Leslie Rott The Mackinac Island Board of Public Works hopes a new cement pad at the Solid Waste Handling Facility, on which to store construction debris during the winter months, will forestall a state threat to close the facility. News of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) concern over im More ... Council Denies Variance for Rental Building By Karen Gould City Council members voted Wednesday, August 17, against a zoning variance request that would have provided rented storage for lawn mowers, snowmobiles, and other implements. More ...
By Leslie Rott A leak in the sewer system discovered Thursday, August 11, which caused foul odor along Annex Road, resulted from testing a new pumping control and should not happen again, said Department of Public Works Director Bruce Zimmerman. More ... Ft. Mackinac Alumni Reunion Fort Mackinac Alumni will reunite Saturday, August 27, at Fort Mackinac. Katie Cederholm of Mackinac State Historic Parks is organizing the event and said former park employees from 1958 through 2005 are coming from Michigan, Arizona, New York, Iowa, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, British Columbia, a More ... Daniel David To Conclude Ste. Anne’s Illumination Series Daniel David will speak about Christianity at Ste. Anne’s Church Sunday, August 21, at 3 p.m. He is the fourth speaker in this year’s Illumination 2005 lecture series on religion. More ... Council Initiates Legal Action Against Code Violator New Private Dock To Be Constructed in Island’s Mission Area By Karen Gould The City of Mackinac Island will take legal action against Great Turtle Lodge, a bed and breakfast that the city contends is operating as a hotel or boarding house in violation of the city’s building code. Licensed as a bed and breakfast, this single family residence must offer guests bedrooms and a More ...
By Leslie Rott Sometimes business sense is stumbled upon, which is what happened to Richard Marshall, the owner of Michigan Scents on Hoban Street, a new shop on Mackinac this summer. More ... Children’s Ballet Theatre Performs Fudge Festival The Children’s Ballet Theatre of Michigan will perform during the Fudge Festival Sunday, August 28, at 1 p.m. at Mission Point Resort. More ... Grand To Host Golf Benefit Grand Hotel’s Jewel golf course is set to host the 4th annual benefit golf tournament Thursday, August 25. The tournament will benefit the Mackinac Island Medical Center as well as the Moses Dialysis Unit in St. Ignace. Proceeds will be split evenly between the two medical facilities, and will be us More ...
The Mackinac 7 pose on the back porch of the Mackinac Island Public Library Saturday, August 13, during a break from their annual summer art show. Pictured are (from left) Pam Finkel, Pat Pulte, Catherine Brockman, Marta Olson, Maeve Croghan, and Katherine Hannabass. Not pictured are Nicki Griffith More ... City Cemetery Work Planned Projects in store for the two city cemeteries, according to Smi Horn, a member of the Cemetery Board, include extending of the outer stone wall of Ste. Anne’s cemetery and refurbishing the gate at the Mackinac Island Cemetery. More ... |
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