Fun, Safety Intersect at Youth Swimming Program
June 23, 2022
Oscar Miller, Piper Miller, Ziva Jaffar, Gideon Westblade, Beau Motz, and Maizy Motz practice their kicking by splashing Margo Hessler. For story, more photographs on the community swimming lesson program,...
Façade Restoration In Works at Grand Hotel
By Stephanie Fortino | June 23, 2022
More upgrades at Grand Hotel are planned, including an extensive façade renovation that could take up to five years to complete. Other work is proposed at the Jockey Club and...
A Celebration of Contemporary Art
By Paige Hodder | June 23, 2022
From the trails of Mackinac Island to the docks, into the water and onto the boats, the submissions for the 13th annual Mackinac State Historic Park Juried Art Show captured...
Lilac Festival Parade Returns With Jubilant Fanfare
June 16, 2022
Cindy’s Riding Stable and Jack’s Livery won the Best Equine Act Award during the Lilac Festival Grand Parade. Sporting tie-dye shirts and decorated steeds are (from left) Taylor Tucker riding...
Black Entrepreneurs Started Island’s Hospitality Industry
By Stephanie Fortino | June 16, 2022
Black entrepreneurs on Mackinac Island, Jean and Jeanette Bonga, formerly enslaved, opened the first-known hotel on the Island in the 1780s, a precursor for what would become Mackinac Island’s hospitality...
Remains of Father Jacques Marquette Are Reburied at St. Ignace
By Erich T. Doerr | June 23, 2022
Some of the remains of Father Jacques Marquette were returned to St. Ignace and laid to rest Saturday, June 18,...
High Gas Prices, Low Temps Mean Slow Start at Marina
By Alexis Rankin | June 23, 2022
The impact of increased gas prices is extending beyond the mainland pumps to the Island as recreational boaters are feeling...
City Taxes Will Raise Nearly $3 Million; Stonecliffe Projects Near Resolution
By Stephanie Fortino | June 23, 2022
Following the Truth in Taxation hearing held before the city council meeting Wednesday, June 15, the council kept the millage...
Islanders, Bays Top Teams as Mackinac Island Hosts Golf Tournament
By Stephanie Fortino | June 2, 2022
The Cedarville-DeTour Islanders girls and the Brimley Bays boys won the annual golf tournament on Mackinac Island Wednesday, May 4....
Track, Field Team Returns Larger Than Ever Following 3-year Hiatus
By Stephanie Fortino | May 12, 2022
The Mackinac Island track and field team is experiencing a revival this year, the first time a track team has...
After Practicing Basics, Island Linksters Are Ready for New Golfing Season
By Stephanie Fortino | May 12, 2022
The Mackinac Island golf team boasts seven players this year, who are competing for veteran coach Mary Patay. The season...
Mackinac Island Girls, Boys Gear Toward Season With Strong Commitment
By David Latva | December 9, 2021
Despite its small size, Mackinac Island Public School has a strong turnout of student athletes each year. Wintertime means Lakers...
Lakers Host 7 Schools for 18th Mackinac Island Volleyball Tournament
By David Latva | October 7, 2021
Mackinac Island hosted the 18th Lakers volleyball tournament Saturday, October 2. The Cardinal Mooney Cardinals defeated the Mackinaw City Comets...
Lacal Roberts
June 23, 2022
Lacal Curtis Roberts, 60, of Kincheloe died Saturday, June 4, 2022, at McLaren Northern Michigan hospital in Petoskey. He was...
Jack Staats
June 23, 2022
John R. Staats, 81, of Petoskey and Mackinac Island, passed away Thursday, May 27, 2022. Mr. Staats taught high school...
Richard Bolander
June 16, 2022
Richard Lee Bolander, 86, longtime resident of Sault Ste. Marie, and currently, Mackinac Island, died Saturday, May 21, 2022, in...
WEDDING
June 23, 2022
Morgan Roundtree and Kyle Helwig of Virginia Beach, Virginia, were married at Nags Head, North Carolina, May 17, 2022. Parents...
People Are Brought Together At Cornhole Tournament Here
By Paige Hodder | June 16, 2022
A crowd full of family and friends cheered on as two-person teams faced each other in a series of games...
Historian Jennifer McGraw Researches the Many Burials of Marquette
By Erich T. Doerr | June 2, 2022
St. Ignace has one of the longest documented histories of any community in the United States, and that fascinates local...
HORSE TALES
by Candice C. Dunnigan | June 23, 2022
If you watched any of the human and horse interest pre-race features on Belmont day this June, you may have...
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ON MACKINAC ISLAND
BY MARGARET DOUD | June 23, 2022
It is beginning to feel like summer, with warm days and beautiful sunrises and sunsets. The colorful beams reflect off...
A Look at History
BY FRANK STRAUS | June 23, 2022
Influence of Metal Here On Mackinac Island, there are no mailboxes in front of our houses and there are no...
Preserve, Reuse Historic Structures
June 23, 2022
To the Editor: I am writing to express my concern about an instance of the continued chipping away of the historic architectural fabric of the...
Reader Applauds History by Frank Straus, Other Town Crier Writers
May 26, 2022
To the Editor: Mr. Maurer, In my attempt to avoid our current wartime news … war against The Plague, war between each other over how...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
September 9, 2021
To the Editor: I attended a wedding Saturday, August 28, and it rained heavily right after. There were no taxis available to get us to...