Stop Over-building on Mackinac Island
      To the Editor: Condo explosion! This obsession to ruin the landscape of our beautiful Island is deplorable. For those of us with families who have been on Mackinac Island for decades, this isn't progress, this is excessiveness. It is time to cease and desist the over-building of this beautiful l...
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Dismayed About Coffee Shop
      To the Editor: My husband and I have been coming to Mackinac Island and staying on the Island for many years. One of the many charms of the Island is that it has never been a typical tourist-type place. We come there in order to get away from the regular commercialism of modern life.
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Winter Vacation on Island Is Special
      To the Editor: Thank you, Mackinac Island, for the fond memories spent on the Island over the New Year. I have spent many summer vacations at Grand Hotel, but never in the winter. My husband surprised me with a Christmas present at Mission Point. It was everything I ever dreamed, right down to he...
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December Town Crier Was a Joy
      To the Editor: I was stunned by the December 8 issue of the Town Crier in countless positive and joyous ways. If we were placing items in a time capsule for opening many years in the future, this issue should be included as a magnificent sharing of the history of our time on the Island. I wa...
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