Two new hotel proposals were tabled by the Mackinac Island Planning Commission Tuesday, December 11, to permit more study of the proposals by commissioners.  More...

The article “Public Works Must Find Revenue To Support Solid Waste Operations,” published in the Town Crier October 6, incorrectly stated that selling recycled materials amounted to $8,063 in revenue on Mackinac Island. More...

When Benoni Lachance died in 1919, the Civil War veteran was carried to his grave at the Catholic Cemetery by his six sons, and he was laid to rest with a proper tribute from his comrades in the Pratt Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, of which More...

The Mackinac Island Lakers will begin their 24th year in the Northern Lights League, the smallest conference (by enrollment) affiliated with the Michigan High School Athletic Association.  More...

Before Governor Rick Snyder’s abrupt flip-flop last week on legislation to make Michigan the 24th right-to-work state in the nation, he said it was too divisive an issue for it to be “on my agenda.” Now that it is high-profile on hi More...

Sunday, December 9, was a very windy and overcast day. At approximately 3 p.m., snow started to fall and by Monday morning, December 10, about five inches covered the ground, making Mackinac Island a winter wonderland. More...

This fall and early winter, there have been lots of natural sightings, from the pair of swans on the east side of the Island, to the wonderful color of the fall foliage, to the pair of bald eagles seen soaring above the bluffs and the playful otter a More...