Sticking to it
The way dogs fight when they play you’d almost think they were human. They do too, actually. The winner of this trio’s scrap at Douglas’s Schultz Park dog park Sunday earned the privilege of returning a stick to his human…
Safe Harbor buys Tower Marine, SYS
By Scott SullivanEditorTower Marine of Douglas and Saugatuck Yacht Service have been sold after 65 years in the Peterson family to Safe Harbor Marinas.Safe Harbor, the world’s largest owner and operator of marinas, with more than 130 such facilities across…
Local governments share pot pie
By Scott SullivanEditorMunicipalities allowing marijuana sales will receive $56,453.44-per-licensed shop in revenues from the state next week, according to just-released Michigan Department of Treasury figures.That means Douglas (with Green Koi and Afficianado dispensaries) will receive $112,906.88, Saugatuck Township (New Standard)…
Point Pleasant plans unfurled
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Imagine a Douglas Point Pleasant Marina with close to 30 boat strips plus expanded parking south of Washington Street and southwest of the Blue Star Bridge. Consultant Edgewater Resources Monday presented city council a plan (see…
Township OKs 329+K water work
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Saugatuck Township has awarded low bidder Redline Excavating a $329,042.64 contract to extend municipal water to a controversial ski lake development east of 66th Street and south of 135th Avenue. Work will be contingent on arranging…
Revised Wicks plan wins PC OK
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR The Saugatuck Planning Commission Monday voted 4-1 to approve a twice-tabled special land use and site plan application by Wicks Park Bar and Grille, 449 Water St., to extend operations into a former home behind it…
Obituary-Maryrita Peters
Maryrita Peters, 78, of Saugatuck, passed away on March 20, 2022 in Holland Hospital. She was preceded in death by her parents, Florence and John Doran, two brothers, John Jr. and Philip Doran, and nephew, Philip Doran Jr. also of…
Inflation, Ukraine situations hurt
By Mike WilcoxPublisherMost of us simply want peace in our lives, nation and world. We enjoy resting in a warm or cool house with something to eat, free from worry and stress.Peace is not always easy. This winter, chances are…
Life as Performance Art
By G.C. StoppelMid-March’s warm, sunny weather was a tonic we needed. This winter was a character builder; we had more cold, snow gray skies and bleak news than we wanted.With a few hours of sunshine, melting snow and migratory birds…
It’s spring
… not necessarily meaning you need to wear green hair and bows — as did Lily Sewall, 8, of Saugatuck on St. Patrick’s Day to play in the sunshine at Beery Field in Douglas. But it’s hard to fault being…
Revised Wicks plan wins Saugatuck OK
By Scott SullivanEditorThe Saugatuck Planning Commission Monday voted 4-1 to approve a twice-tabled special land use and site plan application by Wicks Park Bar and Grille, 449 Water St., to extend operations into a former home behind it at 121…
House fire first here in 15 months
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR A Saturday morning blaze caused severe damage to an Old Allegan Road home and ended a 15-month stretch of no structure fires in the Saugatuck Township Fire District jurisdiction, reported department IT director Erik Kirchert. A…
Big lake neighbors seek water main
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Is building water lines to Lake Michigan like taking coals to Newcastle? Not for homeowners near the big lake. John Castro March 9 told the Saugatuck Township Board most, although not all, of his neighbors were…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorFossilsScientists have named a 330 million-year-old creature found fossilized in limestone Syllipsimopodi bideni after President Joe Biden. That makes Biden older than dinosaurs. Go figure.The fossil, discovered in Montana, was donated to the Royal Ontario Museum where it…
Obituary: Nancy Fosdick, 75
Nancy Lee Fosdick, 75, of Big Clifty, Ky., passed away on March 3, 2022.She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Josephine Fosdick, and stepmother Hazel Fosdick, all of Douglas.Nancy is survived by her husband, Fred Fetcho of…
Erin-Go-Brrr …
During some years Saugatuck’s St. Patrick’s Day Erin-Go-Bark Parade is a precursor to spring warmth and fun. Last Saturday’ event was, well fun, with costumed pooches and their pet humans braving snow squalls to strut downtown streets. Warmth is coming,…
SCA rowboats to ply Coghlin Park
By Scott SullivanEditorThis time it’s official. A Saugatuck Center for the Arts “wave” of rowboats planned this summer for Coghlin Park — wrongly reported here Jan. 27 winning Saugatuck City Council approval — Monday did, in adjusted form.The proposal, one…
Ukrainian and American Pain – We must unplug from Russia and China
I’m turning over my column space to my friend, Dr. Glenn Mollette this week. Mollett a doctor and a writer, is of the opinion we need to disconnect ourselves from a reliance on both Russian and Chinese goods. I couldn’t…
Life as Performance Art
Growing up, my favorite television cartoon program was Rocky and Bullwinkle. There were several different segments such as Fractured Fairy Tales, Dudley Doright, Mr. Know It All, and of course, the cartoon of Rocky the flying squirrel and his non-candidate for membership…
SCA Mountainfest fetes film, families
The fifth annual Mountainfilm on Tour: Saugatuck Film Festival — bringing together children’s programming, outdoor adventure, meaningful and creative films, and community collaboration — is underway at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts. Ongoing through March is a scavenger hunt.…
