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. On tap: a Children’s Film Festival March 14-31, Family Film Festival March 19 and Community Read More…
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Township weighs buying well land for $1
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR The Saugatuck Township Board Wednesday, March 9, weighed closing on an Oct. 4, 2017 agreement to buy 5.8 acres owned by North Shores of Saugatuck LLC north of 135th Avenue for $ 1 to provide municipal well services to neighbors. The Kalamazoo Lake Sewer & Water Authority — which serves Saugatuck Read More…
Township eyes seeking $300K trail grant
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR The Saugatuck Township Board was scheduled Wednesday, March 9, to consider joining Saugatuck city applying for Michigan Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund grants of $300,000 each to help complete the nonmotorized Blue Star Trail through the communities. A public hearing on the matter was also advised for that night’s monthly Read More…
Douglas slates Union sidewalk work
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Douglas will build a sidewalk south of Union Street from Center Street west to Blue Star Highway after city council Monday accepted an $88,475 low bid from Curt DeJonge Excavating of Holland to do the work. Its intent is to provide safer pedestrian access to and from downtown. Construction, which will Read More…
Rebels score four wins in baseball action
By Katie McElvy Double Header vs. Coosa Valley Chambers 12, Coosa Valley 2The Rebels faced Coosa Valley in a double header to start the week and walked away with both wins. In the first game, Coosa Valley got on the board first, scoring one run in the first inning, but Chambers tied it up in Read More…
Obituary: Malcolm (Mal) D. Scott
Malcom (Mal) D. Scott passed away March 1, 2022, at the age of 89. The son of Dr. Paul and Gladys Scott, Mal was born in New Market, IN, Aug. 19, 1932.Mal grew up in New Market and graduated from high school in 1950, where his fondest memory was the year he and his teammates Read More…
Obituary: Linda Louise Barker DeLoach
Linda Louise Barker DeLoach was born in McDougal, Ark., April 29, 1942, the daughter of Lennie A. and Vivian Barker (Wells). Linda, of Lawrence, passed away peacefully in her home on March 4, 2022, at the age of 79.Linda loved her family more than life. She loved to spoil her grandchildren and great-grandchildren with candy, Read More…
Obituary: Geraldine Agnes Whitworth
Geraldine Agnes Whitworth, 83, of Paw Paw, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2022. Geraldine was born in Claypool, Indiana, March 25, 1938, daughter of the late Paul and Bernice (Berkowitz) Ziegler.She was united in marriage Oct. 7, 1961, to Franklin Fay Whitworth, who preceded her in death, Aug. 25, 2017.Geraldine had been an active Lioness Read More…
Obituary: Eugene (Gene) Carr
Eugene (Gene) Carr went to be with his Lord Wednesday, March 2 at the age of 97. He was born July 22, 1924, in Hinckley, Illinois to Archie and Wilhelmina (Troeger) Carr, the fifth of 15 kids. The family moved to Michigan in 1937.He married the love of his life, Helen Wright, in 1946 and they Read More…
Obituary: Betty J. Brown
Brown, Betty J. – age 90, died February 22, 2022, in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Betty was born July 30, 1931, in Paw Paw, the daughter of James and Lucia (Scotese) Marcelletti. She graduated from Paw Paw High School in 1949 and attended Nazareth College and Michigan State. She worked for several years in what was Read More…