By Scott SullivanEditorWays to See“Look at this,” my wife said.I see nothing.“Camera crap everywhere. Lights, lenses, bodies, cards, chargers, boxes …”So I see many ways …“Time to retire,” she said.Then what?Internet and movie screens to the rescue. I can lie…

By Scott SullivanEditorJeff Kerr’s years-in-the-works plan to develop the northern 6.9 acres of 324 W. Center St. may take another step at the Douglas Planning Commission meeting Thursday, May 11.Contract city planner and zoning administrator Tricia Anderson is suggesting the…

Maybe I’m more sensitive than most, but when I get a subscription cancellation, I’m bothered. A few weeks ago we received a 300-word cancellation notice essentially ripping columnist G.S. Stoppel and myself.Stoppel’s column runs in the Commercial Record, Allegan County…

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA      Truth be told, there is just not a lot of information I need to know about you, I’m just not interested in your politics.  In fact, I don’t care if you are a Republican, Democrat, Green Party, Natural…

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorA balanced offensive attack helped propel the Saugatuck girls soccer team past archrival Fennville on Thursday, April 27.Iris Kuipers, Adele Nieuwsma, Avery Smith and Jenn Schock each scored a goal as the Trailblazers posted the 4-1 victory…

By Scott SullivanEditorThe Twerk“You don’t twerk, it won’t work,” said my daughter.Huh?“Stoop, thrust your hips back and shake your butt to New Orleans bounce music.”I know what ‘twerk’ is, I said. What is “work”? Dance I can do. Tap, tango,…

Holland Hospital, Saugatuck Township and more local leaders broke ground last Thursday on the hospital’s 16,940-square-foot medical building at 3500 Blue Star Hwy. It is slated to open in spring next year.“The new Saugatuck medical building,” hospital president Patti Van…

There is nothing new about burning books. The ancient Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, probably Sumerians and Hittites did it.Hitler and his minions tried it in the 1930s as an after-party for the Nuremberg Ral-lies. The Church did a fair number of…

I apologize in advance because some of you think I pontificate too much on my personal life, but I gotta reach out one more time and congratulate my son on earning his BA degree in political science from Eastern Michigan…

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA The lead character in the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” sings “If I Were a Rich Man.”A small portion of many of our brains fantasizes what it would be like to be wealthy. We dream of a…

With nearly 70 percent of the electorate opposed to a second term for President Joe Biden, he announced this week that he’s running despite that number and historically low approval ratings. It could very well be a race between Biden…

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorA quick start set the tone for the Saugatuck girls soccer team in its SAC contest against Parchment on Friday, April 14.The Trailblazers jumped out to a 4-0 lead at halftime before adding two more goals in…

By Scott SullivanEditorGreatest Show on EarthCan we choose not to choose limits? Our bodies die; start with that. I loved sports; they did not love me but pushed me to interesting levels before I hurt myself. The arts, music, science…

By Scott SullivanEditorA much-revised plan to build 45 residential duplexes on 16 acres at 485 Ferry St. west of the former Haworth plant stands to win conditional Douglas Planning Commission approval Thursday, April 20.Developer Dave Barker’s 90-home Forest Gate Condominiums…

Back in the day Bud Light was all the rage. It was the beer of choice for the masses. When I owned a bar we ordered as much Bud Light as all other beers combined. Maybe due to the craft…

    We will be observing Earth Day on April 22. It is our fifty-third year of this important day, having begun in 1970.   Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin introduced the idea, and it was quickly embraced by a bi-partisan majority in both…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Coach: Rick Bauer (16th season)Returning letter winners: Luke Gorgas (pole vault), sr.; Charlie Stormer (distance), sr.; Will Doucette (sprints), jr.; Will Ayers (hurdles, pole vault), sr.; Landon Miller (sprints), jr.; Luke Barde (throws), jr.Season outlook: Dominant.That…

By Scott SullivanEditorDatedMarriage put a crimp on my dating and itself grows dated. Internet to the rescue. “[Dating] begins No find I able to impossible was to It be letter it is,” emailed Calvina Grasso. I couldn’t have said it…

By Scott SullivanEditorSaugatuck city council member and former mayor Garnet Lewis was arraigned April 3 on charges of failure to report a violation on nominating/initiative petitions.Mark Miller, a physician and candidate who ran with Lewis and three others for council…

By Scott SullivanEditorSaugatuck City Council Monday approved three proposals to assess the city’s airport property. The land, surrounded by Saugatuck Township, lies east off 63rd Street bordering on an old landfill where 134th Avenue ends east of the expressway.Fleis &…