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By Bernie Nguyen With gas prices on the rise, competition, and other economic concerns this summer, Mackinac State Historic Parks is preparing to keep the tourism industry flourishing. Fort Mackinac, one of the Island's most prominent visitor attractions, maintains the virtue of being entertaining and educational, a More ... Island Challenges Electric Rate Hike To Argue Case Before MPSC Friday By Karen Gould The City of Mackinac Island is protesting a January 1 rate increase by Edison Sault Electric Company and will argue its case before the Michigan Public Service Commission PSA Friday, May 12, in Lansing. The City claims the increase is contrived because Edison Sault could have purchased power from it More ... Hubbard's Annex Cottage Fence Plan Sparks Debate City To Study Straus Proposal Further By Leslie Rott A request to fence off public property along Lake View Boulevard in Hubbard's Annex is being studied by the city's Streets and Sidewalks Committee following a heated debate during a committee meeting Tuesday, May 9. The committee decided to review the matter further after some members protested the More ...
By Ryan Schlehuber Interviews for the soon-tobe vacant superintendent position at Mackinac Island Public School will begin Thursday, June 1. Ken Drenth, a retired superintendent from Cedarville, was hired by the school More ... Parks Offer 50 Admission To Residents This Weekend Mackinac State Historic Parks will offer 50-cent admission to Fort Mackinac, Colonial Michilimackinac, and Historic Mill Creek, Saturday, May 13, and Sunday, May 14. The offer is open to all residents of Cheboygan, Emmett, and Mackinac counties. Youths ages six to 17 pay just 25 cents, and children More ...
Teamster Brandon Belonga takes a dray load of outdated computers and other electronic equipment to the Arnold Dock on Mackinac Island for shipment to St. Ignace. The collection was part of the Earth Keeper Clean Sweep project to collect more than 100 tons of such equipment free of charge at 27 sites More ... Paver Bricks To Adorn Walkway Red paver bricks will be installed along the walkway from Main Street to Market Street to match the sidewalk bricks in front of city buildings on Market Street. More ... |
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