Saugatuck volleyball outlasts Delton
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor SAUGATUCK—Following the third set of its SAC Central showdown with visiting Delton on Tuesday, Sept. 27, the situation appeared rather bleak for Saugatuck.But, as so often is the case, appearances were deceiving.Despite being down 2-1, the…
Mike’s Musings: My childhood playground destroyed by Ian
It was with great sadness that I viewed the videos and photos of the destruction to Fort Myers Beach caused by Hurricane Ian. I had spent many days of my youth and young adulthood enjoying the weather and beaches of…
Life as Performance Art
Perhaps you remember the old German oom-pah band drinking song, “In Heaven there is no beer, that’s why we drink it here.” I read some potential bad news for the near future. It seems that there is a serious shortage of carbon…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorJournal entries: 9/7– Speak not, walls have years. 9/15 – Know I did. 9/16 – Seeing. 9/18 – Get flow going, writing’s yours. I.U.Seeing corporate success stress Dad made be vow not to be a suit case. “History,…
Hat’s off as witches take to waves
\Add to “The Only Strange Thing in Saugatuck is When Things Aren’t Strange” saga Witches on Water, who braved a chilly first fall eve and hat-spilling north wind Sept. 22 to paddleboard and kayak to and from Saugatuck Yacht Club…
City petitioners claim power abuse
By Scott SullivanEditorSaugatuck’s old vs. new guard may have been showing in an 84-signature petition calling for city council to rectify an abuse of power submitted Sept. 22 for inclusion in Monday’s meeting agenda packet.Signers include three candidates running for…
Saugatuck volleyball picks up win
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor HOLLAND—The SAC volleyball match between visiting Saugatuck and Black River on Thursday, Sept. 22, was a true back-and-forth affair.In the end, it was the Trailblazers who claimed the 25-12, 21-25, 25-17, 22-25, 15-13 victory.“We jumped out…
Mike’s Musings: Forget fossil fuels, solar power-nuclear energy is best
In attempting to break through the logjam between clean air advocates and those who think our reliance on fossil fuels will not go away any time soon, we have forgotten what I think could be an important alternative- nuclear energy.Green…
Life as Performance Art
It was a fizzle of a year for tomatoes, as most of my neighbors agree, and now in the waning days of September I am pulling the vines to add to the pile of yard waste waiting for the city…
Douglas cuts $21K severance with ex-ZA
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Douglas City Council Monday approved a $21,127.02 separation agreement with Aug. 15-fired zoning and planning administrator Nick Wikar. Members braced, perhaps not coincidentally, for a 272-page planning commission agenda involving four public hearings two nights later.…
Stop-marina update set Sept. 27
The Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance will host a town hall meeting Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts at 6:30 p.m. to update residents on its efforts to stop developer NorthShore of Saugatuck from creating a private…
Saugatuck, Douglas council races set
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR City council elections Nov. 8 stand to be lively with seven candidates in Saugatuck and five in Douglas seeking four open 2-year seats in each. In Saugatuck Township, a parks millage request will be on the…
Douglas police have busy August
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Douglas Police Chief Steve Kent updates city council monthly on department calls answered. During August 180 were in city limits, three not. Noteworthy incidents, the Chief listed: • At 9:55 Friday, Aug. 12, I (Kent) was…
Obituary: James Tamblyn, 69
Jim Tamblyn surrendered life peacefully on Sept. 15 at age 69, due to complications of pancreatic cancer, in his home in Douglas.He was born in 1953 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and raised in Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wisc. From a…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorNew WaysI was a child of the ‘burbs. Backyard patios, bug zappers, crabgrass … Who knew one of my Penasee Globe roles would be agriculture editor?Paul, who’d proceeded me at that Wayland newspaper, could write. The son of…
Smiles bright at Harvest Ride
By Scott SullivanEditorSaturday’s 11th annual Lakeshore Harvest Ride drew some 600 riders to raise $40,000 for the planned 20-mile Blue Star Trail from Saugatuck to South Haven.From Douglas’s Schultz Park bikers took Riverside southeast to 62nd Street west, a 126th…
Douglas Hall in scrape
Maintaining historic structures isn’t cheap. Douglas’s century-plus-old former Dutcher’s Lodge/now City Hall last week received sanding and power washing on its south (facing Center Street) and east (facing Union) walls in preparation for a council-OK’d fresh paint coat, which given…
Saugatuck boys cross places fourth at Holly Invite
Members of the Saugatuck boys cross country team show off their fourth-place trophy. Pictured are (top from left) Loch Rigozzi, Lucus Schoonmaker, Luke Gorgas, (bottom)Russell VandePoel, Sammy Gamboa, Charlie Stormer and Justin Oetman. By Jason WesseldykSports EditorHOLLY—Four members of the…
Life as Performance Art
Not too long ago some wise guy or girl came up with the nutty idea that there ought to be age limits on politicians. Just as here in Michigan and a few other states elected officials can be “termed out,” after…
Mike’s Musings: If only dreams of space flight were true
Watching a rocket launch into space never gets old for me. Last week I had the opportunity to view three nighttime launches, thanks to Space X’s aggressive launch schedule to send Starlink satellites in to space. Living on the Space…
