Grand Hotel and the French Outpost restaurant on Mackinac Island have reached an agreement in principal whereby the hotel will purchase the restaurant and shops on Cadotte Avenue, across from Little Stone Church. More...
In an unprecedented mid-season development, the three passenger ferry lines serving Mackinac Island have raised the price of their round-trip adult tickets by one dollar just days before the Labor Day holiday begins. Throughout the summer, the boat lines have experienced a gradual increase in fuel p More...
Nothing says “family” like a high wheel bicycle for Arielle Mueller of Minneapolis, Minnesota. She spent the weekend on the Island with five members of her family participating in the Michigan state meet for the Antique Wheelmen Association. More...
This year’s annual Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk will get started with a bang as fireworks Sunday evening will signal the 2005 walk and the 100th anniversary of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). The fireworks will be fired from Dock 3 in St. Ignace, near the Coast Guard station, and More...
“It was a thrill,” said Robert Fitzgerald. “I can always tell people I drove the carriage in the Bridge dedication parade. I was quite honored, as a matter of fact.” More...
Jesse Leach of Hessel, who spent much of his life working with horses on Mackinac Island, died following a collision with a sport utility vehicle while riding a four-wheeler Sunday afternoon, August 28, 2005. The accident took place on Poglese Road in Marquette Township. More...
To the Editor: In the otherwise welcome article on the Maritime Museum at Mission Point Resort (August 13-19), the reporter made one error in the tower's history that deserves clarification. The article stated that the tower “was constructed with the sound stage in the 1960s by Moral Re-Arma More...
Mackinac Island has traditionally celebrated Labor Day as one of the last busy weekends of the summer. As September comes, most of the nation’s schools and colleges have started their classes. Family vacations at the Straits of Mackinac dwindle down, and those Island workers who are students return More...
It is good there's growing sensitivity across the nation to avoiding Indian nicknames and mascots and images disparaging of, and offensive to, the nation's first people. More...
To the Editor: In the otherwise welcome article on the Maritime Museum at Mission Point Resort (August 13-19), the reporter made one error in the tower's history that deserves clarification. The article stated that the tower “was constructed with the sound stage in the 1960s by Moral Re-Arma More...
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