Mackinac Island is in desperate need of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and, by this summer, four residents hope to become licensed and help assist the three men who have covered the Island's needs since fall. Mark Bielinsk, Molly Green, Brandy Shunk, and Lorie Sturm travel to St. Ignace ever... More...
Second-grader Christopher Riggs leads a small band of elementary skiers toward Cadotte Avenue during a physical education session at Mackinac Island Public School Thursday, February 1. More...
The white limestone walls that protect Fort Mackinac have begun to deteriorate again. Built by British soldiers in 1780-81, the fort walls were restored five years ago for $4.1 million and are the oldest structure in the state.But the mortar is crumbling prematurely, and the Mackinac Island State P... More...
Editor's Note: Grand Hotel decorator Carleton Varney, president of Dorothy Draper and Company in New York, published the following recollections of President Gerald Ford in his column in the Palm Beach Daily News January 5. More...
Former Mackinac Island resident Elizabeth M. Wandrie, 85, of Spring Hill, Florida, died Sunday, December 31, 2006, at the Hernando-Pasco Hospice Care Center in Brooksville, Florida. She was born November 17, 1921, in Detroit to Cecil and Adele (nee Diehl) Beattie. She married Otto B. Wandrie Septe... More...
Mackinac Island's volleyball team won three of four matches while the Lakers basketball team fell to Beaver Island Wednesday, February 7, in a Northern Lights League (NLL) series that was postponed from Friday, February 2. The Lakers volleyball team won the first two matches, 26-24 and 25-18, lost... More...
"Struggle is educational," Betty Ford, the most candid and consequential of the nine presidential first ladies I observed while covering politics, wrote in her 1978 book, "The Times of My Life." Nearly three decades later, the nation watched the frail 88- year-old former first lady gallantly strug... More...
To the Editor: My husband and I visited the Island in middle October. We had a very enjoyable stay. What a stress release! We got a copy of your newspaper and read it from front to back. I'm sure we'll be back for another visit. The Island is enchanting! I'm sending for a subscription to your pa... More...
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