By Jason WesseldykSports EditorFor the record, Ada Roth and Penny Grob are both only freshmen.You never would have known that, though, based on the way the duo played when Saugatuck hosted Hartford in girls basketball on Friday, Dec. 2.Grob scored a game-best 15 points, with Roth close behind at 14 points to help keep the Read More…
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Obituary: David Webster, 92
David B. Webster of West Olive went home to be with our Lord Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022 in Sarasota, Fla., under the loving care of his family and Hospice at the age of 92.He was the son of David C. and A. Irene (Robinson) Webster, born Feb. 8, 1930 in Saugatuck and graduated from Saugatuck Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorSwimming DinosaursThe world’s first swimming dinosaur, says The Smithsonian, has been discovered in Mongolia. I’ve been waiting for this to happen.So the foot-long merman/maid with jaws full of tiny teeth preyed 71 million years ago in the Gobi Desert site Hermiin Tsav, part of the Barun Goyot Formation? All kinds of bones get Read More…
Douglas DPW head replaced
By Scott SullivanEditorRicky Zoet has become Douglas public works director on an interim basis after Matt Vogel was fired from his fulltime post following a closed city council session Nov. 22.City manager Rich LaBombard said reasons for the termination, being a personnel matter, could not be disclosed.The DPW head’s firing came three months after Douglas Read More…
New brewery plans advance
By Scott SullivanEditorThe Saugatuck Township Planning Commission has deferred granting special approval use for a brewery, restaurant and live-music venue on 2.769 acres at 6425 Blue Star Hwy. pending receipt of more information.Saugatuck resident David Rodriguez, working with Holland Engineering, is proposing the development just southwest of the Blue Star/135th Avenue intersection. He hopes to Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Old woman jailed for $77 debt, give me a break
82-year-old Martha Menefield of Valley, Alabama was handcuffed and driven to jail last week for failing to pay her Waste Management trash bill for three months- June, July and August.I did a quick reread when this was sent to me last week because I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. An 82-year-old woman? Jailed for Read More…
Life as Performance Art
One afternoon about this time of year, as my sister walked past his woodworking shop, Mr. Ness stuck his head out the door and called for us to come inside. In his thick Norwegian accent, he told us that a letter for us from Santa had mistakenly been delivered to his shop. He solemnly handed it to us, pointing Read More…
Boys Basketball Preview:
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorSome teams are young. Other teams are experienced.Saugatuck is a combination of the two.Because although the Indians only have one senior on the roster—point guard Will Ayers—they can five players returning from last year’s varsity squad.“It’s a bit of a strange situation,” Saugatuck coach Brian Ward said. “We’re young, yet still experienced. Read More…
Obituary: Patricia Hercinger, 84
Patricia Marie Hercinger, age 84, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022 at Holland Hospital. Pat was born Sept. 9, 1938 in Sturgis and graduated from Sturgis High School in 1956. She continued her education with Western Union where she became an Automatic Operator.Pat worked for Western Union until 1971 when she became a stay-at-home Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorOn the RoadAdopt-A-Highway crews are getting bored with I-5 in Oregon. The human skull they found in a backpack 75 miles south of Portland Nov. 21 was the second such in four years.Mother was right when I asked her, “Why can’t I bring an AR-15 to school like the other kids?”She smiled and Read More…