Blooming lilacs of all colors around Mackinac Island helped celebrate the opening of the 58th annual Lilac Festival Friday, June 8. "It's a special time on Mackinac," Mayor Margaret Doud said during the crowning of the 2007 Lilac Queen. "It's a time for the year-around residents to come together,... More...
Just as the ceremonial queen's coronation marks the beginning of the Mackinac Island Lilac Festival, the traditional Grand Parade on Father's Day afternoon, Sunday, June 17, closes it. The parade is the single element of the annual Lilac Festival that has been part of the celebration since the be... More...
Businesses filling their windows with merchandise, promoting services on awnings, using oversized price tags and sandwich boards, and piping music onto downtown streets could be found in violation of proposed changes to city ordinances. More...
"Just a big shudder," was the only indication Michelle Dean had when a thunderstorm toppled a large Norway maple onto La Chance Cottage on Mackinac Island Friday, June 8, breaking windows, porches, and the roof of the century-old structure. Arriving shortly before 1 a.m. More...
In old-fashioned knickers attire, Dave McNair emptied a bag of golf balls onto the practice putting green at Wawashkamo Golf Club Sunday morning, June 10, and carefully positioned the balls into the number 600. Six hundred is the number of golf courses Mr. More...
Four Michigan Democrats have high profile roles in Capitol Hill's oversight of the beleaguered Bush Administration. Republicans on two fronts last week attacked the most junior of them, Representative Bart Stupak of Menominee. More...
To the Editor: Here on Mackinac Island, we're learning this summer about how special places can get endangered. This is not, however, a process that is unique to Mackinac. A few days ago, Wednesday, June 6, a road that passes less than a mile from my Illinois home was named to a list of the world... More...
RSS Feed
Interpreters Tell Story of Island's History, Culture