The popularity of UFC has eclipsed boxing and kickboxing ten-fold. I can remember going to my first local match about fifteen years ago. It was in a ballroom, and there wasn’t a seat to be had. Local fighters, our friends…

Peter Vincent Mocini, aged 70, of Saugatuck, died on June 13, 2023 at his home.He was born on Sept. 19, 1952 in Chicago to the late Giulio and Mary Stella (Maurizi) Mocini. He attended St. Peter Catholic School and graduated…

By Scott SullivanEditorHigh FidelityColombia has a cocaine hippo problem. Three imported from Africa by drug lord Pablo Escobar escaped his compound after he died in 1993, found homes on the Magdalena River and have multiplied to between 181 and 215,…

By Scott SullivanEditorRoxbury, Conn. fields between unquarried stones are muddy this day. Snow-limned shapes strike you. Scrape down to granite, call a crane, hoist one, circle it. Scrape off frozen leaves, earth and worms on its sides. Is this him?…

  By today’s standards my parents were notoriously of the free-range mentality, albeit within some limitations. Once we were out of school for the summer and had gone through the paper grocery bag full of debris from our desks, we had…

I never cared much for Simon and Garfunkel when I was young. Something about the duo seemed odd to me and their music was too melancholy and folksy for my taste. One song I’ve always been a big fan of,…

By Scott SullivanEditorAncient RealmsA Polish archaeologist thinks he’s found proof of a long-lost “medieval New York” on the Baltic Sea island Wolin.Wojciech Filipowiak believes he’s discovered remains of the mythic Jomsborg, a trading center and fortress mentioned in 12th-century Viking…

By Scott SullivanEditorA free summer solstice social at the foot of Saugatuck’s highest point awaits goers Wednesday, June 21, at the Saugatuck- Douglas History Center’s Pump House Museum at Mt. Baldhead’s foot.From 6 to 8 p.m. as west light lowers…

Life as Performance ArtGC  Stoppel     Have a thought and take a teaspoon of pity on backyard gardeners this month. This is a difficult and trying time of year for those raising vegetables.  June is full of angst and anxiety for the amateur farmer.  We…

I’m having a hard time believing that the former president of the United States might go to prison because he kept classified documents at his home in Mar-A-Lago.Isn’t that what all presidents do. I dare you name me one that…

BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR The lakeshore showed off summer colors as sun shone on Community Pride Week festivities in Douglas June 1-4 and Fennville poppy fields in full bloom. The fifth Community Pride Week feted diversity of all people all…

BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Douglas City Council Monday rezoned the Saugatuck Public Schools’ bus-parking lot on the southwest corner of Blue Star Highway and Fremont Street from C-2 General Commercial to C-1 Village Center near the highway and R-5 Residential…

BY JIM HAYDEN CORRESPONDENT Dedicated police coverage will return to Fennville in July, more than six months after the police chief resigned and after two candidates to replace him backed out at the last minute. The city commission Monday voted…

By Scott SullivanEditorSpy WhaleNow them Russkies done it: sent a spy whale snooping in seas near Norway and Sweden. Is Oval Beach next?Hvaldimir, a beluga, was first seen four years ago wearing a harness with camera mounts. No GoPros were…

By Scott SullivanEditorThe lakeshore showed off summer colors as sun shone on Community Pride Week festivities in Douglas June 1-4 and Fennville poppy fields in full bloom.The fifth Community Pride Week feted diversity of all people all people with an…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor KENT CITY—Saugatuck sophomore Mazie Robison just keeps adding to an already impressive track & field resume.Competing at the Division 3 State Finals on Saturday, June 3, Robison turned in a pair of All-State performances to give…

     Decades ago, when Montreal hosted a world’s fair, a friend of my parents had only three days to see everything.  For a normal person, that would not be sufficient time, but he was not someone considered normal.   People said he was dumber…

I wrote an opinion a couple weeks ago about AI, and how it is fast invading many aspects of our society. One offshoot of AI is ChatGPT, a very popular application that students and professionals use to create reports, essays…

John Patrick Hanley was born on March 17, 1934, in Peoria, Ill. to John and Sherma Hanley. He grew up in South Peoria and attended St. Mark’s Grade School. From an early age, he was driven by hard work and the value of a…

Friends of the Blue Star Trail will roll into their annual “A Toast to the Blue Star Trail” funder Monday, June 26 at Inisfree Estate in Pullman with progress to celebrate. Guests can raise a glass towards winning conditional approval…