By Scott Sullivan Editor Saugatuck short-term rental discussions may come to a head Thursday, Feb. 29, when city council weighs placing a 6-month moratorium on new rental licenses in the R-1 Residential district. Council’s workshop last Wednesday brought a spirited crowd to debate the planning commission’s Feb. 15 recommendations. What might change? Per the city: Read More…
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Manager, missing 3 weeks, resigns
By Scott Sullivan Editor Saugatuck City Manager Ryan Heise has resigned for “personal reasons and opportunities for professional development” on heels of an unexplained three-week absence. “It became widely known six months ago,” said Mayor Lauren Stanton, “that Ryan had intentions to relocate his family to the Stillwater, Minn. area where his wife’s family resides Read More…
Maggie’s Pantry
By Maggie ConklinMonte CristoMonte Cristo is the name for a grown-up grilled ham and cheese sandwich on steroids. It is an Americanized term for what started in France (of course) as the Croque monsieur, loosely translated as “crunchy gentleman.”The classic Monte Cristo sandwich is stacked high with slices of ham, melty cheese and condiments, then Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditor When I need advice, I know where to look: the newspaper. No, not this one. Sure, we have columnists who tell us what to do, where to go and so on. I mean papers that carry syndicated columnists, like Ann Landers and Abby were. One I know today carries three.“Dear Abby” (aka Read More…
Obituary: James (Jim) Wilson Hensley
James (Jim) Wilson Hensley, age 85, passed away on Feb/ 22 after a brief battle with cancer. The main goal in his life was to retire and live the rest of his days in his beloved Michigan.Jim, who was born in St. Louis July 6, 1938, spent every summer of his childhood at the family Read More…
Saugatuck City Manager Heise resigns
By Scott SullivanEditorSaugatuck City Manager Ryan Heise has resigned for “personal reasons and opportunities for professional development” on heels of an unexplained three-week absence.“It became widely known six months ago,” said Mayor Lauren Stanton, “that Ryan had intentions to relocate his family to the Stillwater, Minn. area where his wife’s family resides and was considering Read More…
STR freeze plan may draw heat
By Scott SullivanEditorSaugatuck short-term rental discussions may come to a head Thursday, Feb. 29, when city council weighs placing a 6-month moratorium on new rental licenses in the R-1 Residential district.Council’s workshop last Wednesday brought a spirited crowd to debate the planning commission’s Feb. 15 recommendations.What might change? Per the city: Build UpThe city’s 2023 Read More…
Saugatuck clinches division crown
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor SAUGATUCK—One of the goals the Saugatuck girls basketball team set for itself this season was to win the SAC Central championship.The Trailblazers can cross that item off their to-do list.Controlling the tempo of the game from start to finish, Saugatuck bested Holland Black River 47-24 on Friday, Feb. 23, to clinch Read More…
Life as Performance Art
If you are a Republican, the Democrat next door is not your enemy, nor vice versa. If you are pro-life and your neighbor down the street supports Planned Parenthood, he or she is not your enemy. If you believe in enforcing gun laws, National Rifle Association members are not your enemy, nor are you theirs. And so on.As Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Sport allows me to leave my troubles behind
Today’s a great day. I have a cold now running on 8 days, my bank account is in the negative, and my ex-wife has called for the umpteenth time- and it hasn’t even reached noon on my wall clock.But hey I still have pickleball, a sport I began playing a year ago, and now play Read More…