“Stop using the word ‘re-gret,’” and older woman ad-vised me. “Regret is auseless emotion. You would be bet-ter off dropping it from your vocabulary.”I have come to realize she was right, and charitable too. To regret something means it was…

One of the great accomplishments one can achieve in their teen years is graduating from high school. Wilcox Newspapers has underscored this achievement by honoring grads in several of our local newspapers. It is a daunting task, but we believe…

By Scott Sullivan Editor A Lakeshore Resort proposal to create a private road from Saugatuck Self Storage, at 2892 Blue Star Hwy. in Douglas, 3,750 feet south and west through undeveloped Saugatuck Township land to the back of its 2885…

By Gari Voss The Tuesday, May 2, 2023 elections results are in the locked bags and cans, and the books have been examined by the Allegan County Board of Canvassers. Precincts are quite comfortable with the results.SCHOOLSThe closest watched proposals…

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorAll wins are nice. But some are a little more meaningful than others.Case in point: The 3-0 win by the Saugatuck girls soccer team over Holland Black River on Thursday, May 3.Because not only did that win…

By Scott SullivanEditorWays to See“Look at this,” my wife said.I see nothing.“Camera crap everywhere. Lights, lenses, bodies, cards, chargers, boxes …”So I see many ways …“Time to retire,” she said.Then what?Internet and movie screens to the rescue. I can lie…

By Scott SullivanEditorJeff Kerr’s years-in-the-works plan to develop the northern 6.9 acres of 324 W. Center St. may take another step at the Douglas Planning Commission meeting Thursday, May 11.Contract city planner and zoning administrator Tricia Anderson is suggesting the…

Maybe I’m more sensitive than most, but when I get a subscription cancellation, I’m bothered. A few weeks ago we received a 300-word cancellation notice essentially ripping columnist G.S. Stoppel and myself.Stoppel’s column runs in the Commercial Record, Allegan County…

     Truth be told, there is just not a lot of information I need to know about you, I’m just not interested in your politics.  In fact, I don’t care if you are a Republican, Democrat, Green Party, Natural Law Party, Socialist…

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorA balanced offensive attack helped propel the Saugatuck girls soccer team past archrival Fennville on Thursday, April 27.Iris Kuipers, Adele Nieuwsma, Avery Smith and Jenn Schock each scored a goal as the Trailblazers posted the 4-1 victory…

By Scott SullivanEditorThe Twerk“You don’t twerk, it won’t work,” said my daughter.Huh?“Stoop, thrust your hips back and shake your butt to New Orleans bounce music.”I know what ‘twerk’ is, I said. What is “work”? Dance I can do. Tap, tango,…

Holland Hospital, Saugatuck Township and more local leaders broke ground last Thursday on the hospital’s 16,940-square-foot medical building at 3500 Blue Star Hwy. It is slated to open in spring next year.“The new Saugatuck medical building,” hospital president Patti Van…

There is nothing new about burning books. The ancient Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, probably Sumerians and Hittites did it.Hitler and his minions tried it in the 1930s as an after-party for the Nuremberg Ral-lies. The Church did a fair number of…

I apologize in advance because some of you think I pontificate too much on my personal life, but I gotta reach out one more time and congratulate my son on earning his BA degree in political science from Eastern Michigan…

The lead character in the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” sings “If I Were a Rich Man.”A small portion of many of our brains fantasizes what it would be like to be wealthy. We dream of a lawyer telling us…

With nearly 70 percent of the electorate opposed to a second term for President Joe Biden, he announced this week that he’s running despite that number and historically low approval ratings. It could very well be a race between Biden…

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorA quick start set the tone for the Saugatuck girls soccer team in its SAC contest against Parchment on Friday, April 14.The Trailblazers jumped out to a 4-0 lead at halftime before adding two more goals in…

By Scott SullivanEditorGreatest Show on EarthCan we choose not to choose limits? Our bodies die; start with that. I loved sports; they did not love me but pushed me to interesting levels before I hurt myself. The arts, music, science…

By Scott SullivanEditorA much-revised plan to build 45 residential duplexes on 16 acres at 485 Ferry St. west of the former Haworth plant stands to win conditional Douglas Planning Commission approval Thursday, April 20.Developer Dave Barker’s 90-home Forest Gate Condominiums…

Back in the day Bud Light was all the rage. It was the beer of choice for the masses. When I owned a bar we ordered as much Bud Light as all other beers combined. Maybe due to the craft…