By Scott SullivanEditorAwakeningsLawn Love has released this year’s click-bait poll ranking best and worst U.S. cities to have a hangover. Coming to dazed, dizzy and dehydrated in San Francisco beats Montgomery, Ala., respondents voted.Others preferred to enjoy D.T.’s and vomiting…

By Scott SullivanEditorAn Allegan County Circuit Court judge weighed in Thursday on the long-brewing Saugatuck vs. Dune Ridge floating homes lawsuits, indicating the city and past council members may be liable for damages.Judge Roberts Kengis made his preliminary views known…

By Scott SullivanEditorSaugatuck City Council last week put a pause on pausing new short-term rental applications.The planning commission voted 5-1 March 16 to recommend a nine-month freeze on processing new STR applications to buy time while a newly-named task force…

     A few years back I was starting to look for a new car.  I pulled into a dealership that had some makes and models that caught my eye and had a good rating for reliability, safety, and sipping (rather than guzzling)…

Editor’s Note: Because I’ve been laid up in a hospitalthe last couple of days (broke my hip) I pulled this oldy but goody columnfrom the vault. BY MIKE WILCOXPUBLISHER Saturday will be April Fools’ Day. It is also thebirthday of…

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorThe good times continued to roll for Saugatuck girls soccer in 2022, as the Trailblazers claimed a district championship for the second straight season and finished with a 12-6-3 overall record.And with many key players back from…

By Scott SullivanEditorPit Bull Put Down“Allegiance” means a subordinate’s commitment to a superior individual, group or cause. It draws on the late Middle English liege, one who pays fealty to a lord, and appears often in Shakespeare’s writing. Shake a…

By Scott SullivanEditorDouglas police might as soon not live Groundhog’s Day month over. Chief Steve Kent told city council Monday the department in 28 days handled 157 total cases, all but five, backing up neighbor units, in city limits.Noteworthy incidents,…

By Scott SullivanEditorThe Saugatuck Township Planning Commission Tuesday revisited site plans for a proposed new brewery at 6525 Blue Star Hwy. The meeting fell after this week’s deadline.Saugatuck resident David Rodriguez, working with Holland Engineering, is proposing a brewery, restaurant…

   I knew there had been a radical shift in the universe the day I was walking down the street and three women were coming in my direction. They were not talking with each other.  Rather, all of them were on their…

As any business owner will tell you, employees make a business successful. I couldn’t agree more, and I’m here to tell you I am fortunate enough to have one of the best groups of employees an employer could ever wish…

BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Should Saugatuck pause acting on short-term rental applications while the city studies reforming current standards? The planning commission will consider doing so at its Thursday, March 16 meeting in city hall at 7 p.m. The city…

BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Since assuming Saugatuck city policing from a department formerly shared with Douglas July 1, 2018, Allegan County Sheriff’s deputies have been busy here. At a March 6 open house co-sponsored by the department with city council…

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorSHELBY—For the record, the Saugatuck girls basketball team dropped its Division 3 regional semifinal against Kent City on Tuesday, March 7, by a score of 66-32.That, however, isn’t what Trailblazers coach Kevin Tringali will remember about this…

Molly Angela Baker, 92, of Saugatuck and Key Largo, Fla. passed away on March 5, 2023.Molly was born on May 6, 1930 to Marion and Angela Buttles in Zeeland. She and Mary were the first twins born in Zeeland Hospital.…

Mary Lyons, nee Devine, age 89, died on March 3, 2023, in Geneva, Ill.Mary was born on July 27, 1933, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the second child of Joseph and Mary Devine. On Dec 29, 1956, she married Thomas Richard Lyons.…

By Scott SullivanEditorGoRed means stop, green go, yellow caution. Primary color blue + yellow = green: go with caution. Blue means go.Having shot black-and- white Kodak Tri-X 400, I went color 15 years later with trepidation. What would Cartier-Bresson say?…

By Scott SullivanEditorSince assuming Saugatuck city policing from a department formerly shared with Douglas July 1, 2018, Allegan County Sheriff’s deputies have been busy here.At a March 6 open house co-sponsored by the department with city council members Russ Gardner…

By Scott SullivanEditorThe area’s traditional Erin Go Bark St. Patrick’s Day People and Pet Parade will continue this year in Douglas.Lakeshore Boutique owner and city council member Randy Walker won council approval March 6 to hold the event this Saturday,…

     We received a Christmas card and letter from longtime friends, and in it they wrote about returning to Orchestra Hall for the first  performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in nearly two years. At the end of the evening the director,…