The annual Lilac Festival Parade, the longest-running hitch parade in the United States, had Main Street packed with residents and visitors Sunday, June 14, and many onlookers sat on rooftops or stood on balconies, watching the parade from high above More...
By Liz Kirkwood Executive director, For Love of Water
Two 62-year-old pipelines lie on the bed of Lake Michigan, transporting nearly 23 million gallons of oil across the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac daily. More...
Tom Corrigan’s request to split a lot at 7834 Main Street, next to the school, will be considered by the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) Wednesday, July 22, at 4 p.m. Mr. More...
Privately owned streets on Mackinac Island are now subject to new regulations. The city council unanimously adopted a new ordinance Wednesday, June 10, the first ever to oversee private streets. More...
Northern Michigan lawmakers are among key players in the Legislature’s long-running saga on how the state can fix the state’s deteriorating roads. More...
We celebrated the conclusion of the 66th annual Mackinac Island Lilac Festival on Mackinac Island this past weekend. Thursday, June 11, everyone enjoyed the Taste of Mackinac with lots of great food from many of the restaurants. More...
The Days of Summer Experienced on Mackinac Island Once Again
We welcome summer this week and the return of the majority of horses that will spend it here on Mackinac Island. By the third week of June, the saddlehorse count in both Jack’s and Cindy’s riding stables will near 30. More...
A summer-long Island art exhibition, “Peaceful Mackinac,” will open at the Richard and Jane Manoogian Art Museum Wednesday, June 24, at 6:30 p.m., with a reception and award ceremony. More...
Sylvia Jean Bullard, 60, of Monterey, California, formerly of Elk Rapids, passed away Sunday, October 5, 2014, at Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula, after an illness of cancer. She was born March 20, 1954, to Paul and Jean Anne (nee Duey More...
James Clifford McDonald, 62, of Mobile, Alabama, formerly of Traverse City and Mesick, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2015, in Mobile. He was born February 14, 1952, the third of four children born to Paul and Jean Anne (nee Duey) McDonald in More...
At right: Both teams pose for a group photograph after the game: (back row, from left) Shane Moore, Bobby Lee, Mike North, Patrick McManus, Fuller Cowell, Nick Roberts, Stu Zimmerman, Jacob Chambers, More...