Art Club tableau vivant blows by
By Scott SullivanEditorA tableau vivant is a silent, motionless person or persons arranged to represent a scene or incident. In another translation: What could be more French?Asked by Christa Wise last winter to pose as photographer for the Saugatuck-Douglas Art…
Douglas wins EPA Haworth grant
By Scott SullivanEditorDouglas took a giant leap forward in its efforts to repurpose the former Haworth plant site May 12 when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency apprised city leaders their cleanup grant application has been accepted.The city, turned down by…
Life as Performance Art
We have four major national patriotic holidays in our country, and two of them always come near the end of May. Most of us already know about three of the major holidays – Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Veteran’s Day. There…
Three people I consider heroes
Elon Musk, Robert Kennedy Junior and Franklin Graham are three people I admire the most. Each is of a different political persuasion. Each has a different mission in life. But all three are doing the best they can to make…
Trails group: call of wild takes foot
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR The RiverWood Council, new name for the Tri-Community Trail Master Plan Committee, announced more updates in its just-released spring newsletter. Among them is keep working with Saugatuck Township to increase access and improve amenities at the…
Community Pride Week to return June 1-5
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Community Pride Week will return to the lakeshore full force Wednesday through Sunday, June 1-5. Festivities fete not just the local LGBTQ population but all people. Community Pride Committee-sponsored fun will start Wednesday, June 1, with…
Multi-decorated vet keynotes AFD lunch
Michigan native and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Jim “Doc” McCloughan will be guest speaker at the 10th annual Saugatuck-Douglas Armed Forces Day Luncheon Saturday, May 21, at Community Church of Douglas, 6874 Wiley Road, beginning at 11 a.m. The…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorDark EnergyScientists believe the universe is expanding (Into what? Don’t ask) at a faster and faster pace. Except those who don’t.Three Princeton physicists have challenged this assumption, presenting a model wherein the universe’s expansion soon ends, then it…
Saugatuck soccer team wins two games, loses one
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorSCHOOLCRAFT—The Saugatuck girls soccer team ended a stretch of three games in six days with a 3-1 loss to host Schoolcraft on Monday, May 9.The Trailblazers won the first two games they planned during that span, besting…
Life as Performance Art
Groucho Marx would famously flick his cigar, raise his eyebrows, and ask contestants on his television quiz show, You Bet Your Life, “Who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?” It’s a quick question, and the answer is a bit further down in this column. Grant was…
Disinformation board needs to be scrapped
Say what?I was aghast when I heard President Biden had created the “Disinformation Government Board” in an effort to combat what he and his minions think is “disinformation.”Like most Americans, I believe free speech is a God-given right protected by…
Enlightening stones
Stones immaculate were the quarry for Will Rodriguez of Grand Rapids and other seeks Saturday on the Pier Cove Park beach. “This,” he held up one, “is a lightning stone.” “Why is it called that?” we asked, noting apparent veins…
Trails: call of wild takes foot foot
By Scott SullivanEditorThe RiverWood Council, new name for the Tri-Community Trail Master Plan Committee, announced more updates in its just-released spring newsletter.Among them is keep working with Saugatuck Township to increase access and improve amenities at the township’s Tails ‘n’…
Mike’s Musings: Why can’t I hear the Maxwell testimony?
As I watch the lowlights of the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard lawsuits, I can’t help but wonder what happened with the Ghislaine Maxwell trial. I hope we haven’t forgotten, already, but just a reminder, Maxwell was found guilty a…
Alexa Urquhart, 73
It is with deep regret that Alexa Urquhart transitioned on Good Friday from cancer.She was and is loved by her husband, Dan Urquhart, son, Dan Hager, sister Rita Flattley and David Davenport, brother David and JoAnne Flattley, niece Christy Valenzuela,…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorSporting NewsThere are geeks who bite heads off live chickens and ones who fix your computer, then tell you next time simply upload the ethernet SSD Bluetooth to the URL GUI until you glaze over and want to…
Mike’s Musings: Our tax dollars fund useless projects
Why is it that our federal government feels it can spend our tax dollars on projects that make little sense? Is it because there is no accountability? Or is it because out bureaucracy needs to spend the dollars allocated to…
Life as Performance Art
If you have ever gone to a big potluck dinner or noshed your way through an all-you-can-eat buffet, you know the drill. Spread out before you at serving stations or trestle tables is a vast array of food. With a plate…
Roll out the barrel
You know it’s a summerlike spring day in downtown Saugatuck when Frank Banko of Ada returns with his accordion to entertain polka-loving college couple Joe Figurski and Helen Hoffman. Bring your dancing shoes; the season’s just starting. (Photo by Scott…
Full Venetian Fest to return this year
By Scott SullivanEditorLook for Saugatuck’s biggest summer party, Cow Yacht Club’s Venetian Festival, to return full force July 29-31.Saugatuck City Council Monday approved Cow Hill’s special events application to bring back a full state of fun — fireworks and boat…
