Lilacs Peak For Festival; Melissa Bunker Crowned Queen
57th Lilac Festival Grand Parade Sunday, June 18
By Bernie Nguyen
     Beautiful lilacs in full bloom and sunny days greeted the 57th Mackinac Island Lilac Festival last week, and this weekend culminates 10 days of fun, color, and music as the Grand Parade marches its way through town Sunday, June 18, at 4 p.m.
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New Mackinaw To Sail Great Lakes Old Mac Becomes Maritime Museum
By Karen Gould
     U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw (WAGB 83) was decommissioned in Cheboygan Saturday, June 10, in the Coast Guard's first double ceremony, which also commissioned her successor and namesake,
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Maple View Condos Get OK From Island Planners
By Ryan Schlehuber
     Plans to convert the Maple View employee housing building into a 12 or 14 single-family condominiums are proceeding, as the Mackinac Island Planning Commission voted 52 in favor of the change of use at its regular meeting Tuesday, June 13. The issue, however, leaves some residents and politicians di
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City Council Sends Vehicle Permit Issue to Committee
By Karen Gould
     Motor vehicles operating on Mackinac Island in the spring, after tourists begin arriving here, are beginning to irk residents, said some City Council members at their Wednesday, June 7, meeting, but the board sent the matter into committee for a solution.
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