HORSE TALES

Sakes Alive, Horses and Hives

The other morning, when I went to the corral to feed our horses, I noticed two small, raised welts on the left flank of our Arabian. The other two horses had no lumps or bumps on them. The Arab seemed fine, and was content to munch his hay and chew his morning grain. I thought he might have gotten stung […]

American Legion Barbecue Is Sunday



Fundraising for military organizations and scholarship funds and cleaning cemeteries and marking graves were among the highlights this year for Mackinac Island’s Chapman-St. Onge-Dankowski American Legion Post 299. The Legion will host a barbecue to celebrate its 12th anniversary Sunday, August 23, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Community Hall. The public is welcome. A hot dog and chili […]

NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ON MACKINAC ISLAND



It was a very busy week on Mackinac Island and the weather has been picture perfect. It’s nice to see the beautiful cruise ship, Pearl Mist, tied up at the Arnold Dock. People enjoyed biking, hiking, riding horseback, or riding in a surrey with the fringe on top. The 11th annual Fudge Festival will celebrate the Island’s most famous food […]

Poetry Gathering at Anne’s Tablet Is August 26



The 13th annual East Bluff Poetry Gathering will take place at Anne’s Tablet Wednesday, August 26, at 4 p.m. The informal gathering is open to everyone, and people are invited to bring their own poetry or their favorite poetry by others to read or recite. The gathering is dedicated to the memory of East Bluff cottager Lorabeth Fitzgerald, an early […]

Mackinac Island Yacht Club Bridge Results



In Mackinac Island Yacht Club Bridge League games for the week ending Wednesday, August 19, Janet Stingel placed first, Vicki Riel placed second, and Buzz Waggoner placed third.

Park Supporters Celebrate $2.2 Million Raised for Programming



The support group for Mack- inac State Historic Parks has contributed $2,168,837 to support park programs and facilities since 2000, including more than $250,000 in the past two years, and has a growing membership, now at 2,500 from throughout the country, who join in the group’s mission, “preserving and sharing the heritage of Mackinac.” The success of the group, Mackinac […]

Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac

Eating Fish May Provide Health Benefits

The 1980 publication of studies of Greenland Eskimos, and their low rates of coronary heart disease owing to their predominant consumption of fish, led to the important consideration of fish as healthy food. Since then, there has been mounting evidence on several fronts, experimental and clinical, to further promote this hypothesis that eating fish is beneficial to health. On balance, […]

A Look at History

County Near Straits of Mackinac Named for Irish Protestant Patriot

There’s been talk in a local county board about buying new highway signs. As the people of the Straits of Mackinac drive home from a shopping trip or a visit to a friend, a new sign may show up on the roadside of I-75 or U.S. 131: “Entering Emmet County.” Most of us never think much about who this “Emmet” […]

Planned Outage Canceled



An electric power shutdown on Mackinac Island scheduled for 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. Tuesday, August 25, has been canceled. Work that had been scheduled to be done was accomplished last weekend.The planned outage was scheduled to finish repairs to a broken underground cable that cause a blackout August 7. Those repairs were completed, however, during another outage August 22. […]

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