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BY JEANNETTE DOUD The weather on Sunday of Memorial Day weekend played havoc with many activities on the Island. Heavy rain and thick fog prevailed, limiting outdoor fun. The big freighters continued their loud fog signals as they passed through Round Island Passage. At one point, the bright sun poked through for a s More ...
Mary Slevin, director of the Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau, with intern Mame Croze of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Mustang Sally, a two-year-old Treeing Walker Coonhound. Although the first Memorial Day Dog Walk was not held, Ms. Slevin and Sally paid their respects to the animals who served in war at More ...
One hundred nine impounded bicycles were auctioned Saturday, May 27, on the steps of Community Hall at 10 a.m. More ...
The accompanying photographs are of my mother, Frances Smith, the longtime East Bluff cottager who died this February at age 93. Frances first came to the Island at six months old in 1913 to spend the summer in the cottage of her grandfather, William Smith. William Smith brought his large family to More ...
Alicia Poole (left), Frances Smith, and her mother, Frances Bachman, on the dock around the 1940s. More ...
By Bernie Nguyen Memorial Day, a holiday of remembrance of those who have died in service to the nation, was observed on Mackinac Island with military, veteran, and church services. More ...
Joe Plaza, owner of Arrowhead Carriages, got a surprise when he awoke Sunday, May 14, and saw a new foal running around his corral. Josie, a chestnut filly, was born to Donna, a Belgian mare that Mr. Plaza had not known was expecting. The new foal stayed on the Island with her mother for two weeks b More ... |
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