Young Trailblazers hope to contend for division title
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorGraduation took a serious toll on Saugatuck’s roster, with 12 members of the 2021 squad now done with high school.That, however, doesn’t mean the cupboard is bare for coach Bill Dunn, who is entering his 20th season…
Obituary: Phillip Wightman, 81
Phillip Lawrence Wightman, 81 of Fennville, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, at his home.Born Feb. 1, 1941, in Douglas, he was the son of the late Chester and Hilda (Stein) Wightman and the husband of Fae Ann (Christensen)…
Mike’s Musings: Don’t be scam victim
By Mike WilcoxPublisherScammers are everywhere these days, often where you least expect them.I ran into a group a couple nights ago while trying to call Spectrum to fix my internet.Spectrum wants you to make all inquiries online, so they do…
Life as Performance Art
By G.C. Stoppel A recent TV insurance commercial shows an older man trying to help young people not turn into their parents. Good luck with that one. Why run from their attributes and quirks when it gives you instant status as…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorLife LessonsI like history straight up: good, bad, ugly … It is not mine to airbrush or condone but learn as best I can from what happened. Let’s discuss it.I love and support the Saugatuck-Douglas History Center (formerly…
Poets play on Salmon Docket
The once-annual, interrupted-by-Covid-Etc.-too-long Red Dock Poetry Reading will return to the eye-popping-now-more-more-like-a-Salmon Dock (shown with Chief Tony Amato vanishing through a portal) off the end of Douglas North Union Street Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 6 to 7 p.m. Live music…
Familiar faces, new places as township realigns
By Scott SullivanEditorIt wasn’t musical chairs but close Aug. 10 as the Saugatuck Township Board:• Accepted supervisor Cindy Osman’s resignation and appointed her full-time building official/assistant zoning administrator;• Named clerk Abby Bigford supervisor to replace Osman; and• Appointed planning commission…
Saugatuck city seeks to fill 3 seats
By Scott SullivanEditorSaugatuck City Council has hired Frank Walsh Municipal Services to seek candidates for three city positions, two old ones combined plus a new one.A new combined zoning administrator and project manager, combining jobs recently vacated by Cindy Osman…
Township may seek .5 mill for parks
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR The Saugatuck Township Board was scheduled to vote Wednesday, Aug. 10 (too late for this week’s deadline) on asking voters Nov. 8 to approve a 10-year, 0.5-mill property tax assessment to operate, maintain and improve public…
Mt. Baldhead Challenge comes home Sept. 10
The 22nd annual Mt. Baldhead Challenge will “come home” to downtown Saugatuck’s Wicks Park Saturday, Sept. 10. The Saugatuck-Douglas Rotary Club’s Saugatuck Public Schools’ Boys and Girls Club fundraiser, aka “The Ultimate Multi-Terrain Race,” will offer 8.2-mile “Challenge” and 12.5-mile…
Pickleball power kids pop!
A Douglas-Saugatuck Pickleball Club hosted camp Aug. 1-2 at Schultz Park had 15 kids ages 9 to 15 jumping for joy with new tie-dyed t-shirts and paddles from Niles-based Paddletec Co. Club member Sarah Cullen and Saugatuck Community Recreation director…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorMonkeypoxI’ve wanted to be Monkeypox Czar since I heard of the job just now. President Biden tapped FEMA regional administrator Robert Fenton to the new role with Demetre Daskalakis deputy. Their mission: get new vaccines into arms of…
Abstract a part
Abstract is not apart from the Art Coast of Michigan. Kevin Barrett’s steel “Kickstart” sculpture, shown here framed by Saugatuck Center for the Arts arches removed one more level from “reality” photographically is shown here. Look for more public sculpture…
Water Street building hearing Thursday
By Scott SullivanEditorShould Saugatuck’s former River Market/Gleason’s store and current Big Lake Outfitters buildings at 650 and 640 Water Street, sold together Oct. 15 for $1.75 million, be razed and replaced by a 20,327-square-foot, 3-story mixed-use building?A Saugatuck Zoning Board…
Mike’s Musings-Why the difference in American, European foods?
In America, many of us suffer from a variety of illnesses and medical conditions. Many more of us are overweight and feed on a diet that includes too much junk food and cola. It is a shame that many of…
Life as a Performance Art
Mother may not have orig-inated the concept of Cancel Culture half a century ago, but when the occasion called for it she was aces. She did it quietly and judiciously.One time John Birch Socie-ty representative turned up at our door,…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorDownloadI learn doing and undoing. Take the flash. After nine years of natural-light photography I bought a Speedlite for an indoor shoot. Time had come.It arrived the p.m. before the shoot and I quaked unpacking it. My Depression-raised…
Mike’s Musings: Big Oil… Soaking our Savings
Those of us who use more than a tank of gas on a weekly basis, have felt the doubling of gas prices in our pocketbook. What use to be a $40 fill-up is now $80 and if you own a…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorDownloadI learn doing and undoing. Take the flash. After nine years of natural-light photography I bought a Speedlite for an indoor shoot. Time had come.It arrived the p.m. before the shoot and I quaked unpacking it. My Depression-raised…
Supreme Court says rehear dunes standing
By Scott SullivanEditorThe Michigan Supreme Court Friday struck down past local and state appeals court rulings that a dunes preservation group lacked standing to appeal 2017 go-aheads given a proposed NorthShore of Saugatuck development north of the Kalamazoo River channel…
