I been on this train for several years, but I refuse to get off. My elected representatives particularly in the U.S. Senate, are generally too old, and need to retire. In fact, I believe we should have a maximum age, one is allowed to serve in Congress. How about capping it at 80, or maybe Read More…
Telephones have perplexed me since I had to put my pointer finger into the rotary dial seven times instead of four as before. I had just learned to count to five; two more were a challenge.Since then it’s just gotten worse with buttons replacing dials, then flip and smart phones.That explains why I have a Read More…
By Scott Sullivan Editor Saugatuck Township will host an open house to celebrate, welcome and thank the community for making possible its redone hall. Stop in. The enlarged main entrance, now facing Clearbrook Drive south, not Blue Star Highway east, invites through lobby to check in, seats or perhaps passage straight through halls to officials’ Read More…
Saugatuck’s First Congregational Church heads into its 164th year of ministry with good news: with congregation funds already raised the expansive, historic has replaced all eight furnaces and five air-conditioning units that keep it comfortable for guests. Much has changed over the years. The Church started during the Civil War as a one-room structure overlooking Read More…
Sandra Randolph opened Good Goods in 1989 in one room of the historic “White House” building on the corner of Mason and Water streets in Saugatuck. Thirty-plus years later the business fills two floors with fine art and American crafts including furniture, jewelry, clothing, glass and pottery. “When I opened Good Goods,” said founder/owner Sylvia Read More…
J. Petter Galleries, 160 N. Blue Star, Hwy., will feature Rein Vanderhill’s fall painting shown, Kim Zahnow’s photo of a couple exploring other space interiors there and more during Fall Gallery Stroll 47 Saturday, Oct. 7. From 2-4 p.m. Eve Ozer and Gail Mancuso will do artist meet-and greets to John Otto’s live music in Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorDELTON—Another week, another win for the Saugatuck football team.The Trailblazers opened play in the SAC Valley with a 42-14 road win over Delton, pushing their record to 6-0 in the process.All but one of Saugatuck’s victories—a 15-14 decision over Union City in Week 4—has been by double digits.“This was another good win Read More…
By Maggie ConklinKeep it SimpleFor many years my mother Molly and I would spend one week each early October at a watercolor art workshop on Mackinac Island.Our teacher was a wonderful German woman who wrote a book about her harrowing childhood in East Germany during WWII. It’s titled “Warchild – Word War II and its Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditor1Rivers ran wine last week in São Lorenco do Bairro, Portugal after two distillery tanks burst, unleashing a 600,000-gallon tide to dismay or delight, depending.The vintner swallowed his losses — enough to fill an Olympic pool — and owned up for staining streets, stores, homes and the town’s reputation, but not my entrepreneur Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorSaugatuck City Council member and former mayor Garnet Lewis Friday withdrew Friday from the Nov. 7 council race, leaving the city with three candidates — Holly Anderson, Russ Gardner and Logan White — for as many seats.Lewis and partner Vicky Lepoir are moving into more space in nearby Saugatuck Township. As such, the Read More…