I’ve never pretended to be the brightest kid on the block, even when adults patted me on the noggin and called me “Sonny.”  At first, I thought had something to do with that big yellow ball of bright light, meaning I…

Scammers are everywhere on social media and the internet these days. They used to pose as policemen seeking funds or IRS agents demanding the money you owe for back taxes. But lately schemes have been getting more and more sophisticated.…

Saugatuck Village Players will hold auditions for their 36th annual production of Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 19 and 20, in the Douglas UCC Friendship Hall, northwest corner of Wall and Spring streets, at 7 both…

By Scott SullivanEditorHot Smoke/The PearlSophomore year at Purdue, student government friends named me Shreve Hall Cultural Director. Our culture: create a new unpaid job whose task was be interesting.We devised Americans for a Sensible Society to invite U.S. Rep. Earl…

The return of Oktoberfest to Douglas’s Beery Field Saturday and Sunday proved good indeed for celebrants including Community Pride sponsors, Mayor/Burgermeister/opening keg tapper Jerry Donovan (above right) and players of 15-foot-long Alpenhorns (right) preparing to parade downtown. More fun included…

By Scott SullivanEditorAn Oct. 5 forum among seven candidates for four 2-year Saugatuck City Council seats saw all agree they love the city but voice varied views on its progress or lack thereof.On the ballot Nov. 8 will be incumbents…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor PORTAGE—In a field that featured 35 teams, the Saugatuck boys cross country team placed 11th in the Division 3 race at the Portage Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 8.The Trailblazers finished with 356 points, while Hart (71…

In less than 30 days, Americans will be asked to cast their ballots for the candidates and proposals of their choice. I am not here to write in support of any one candidate or proposal; however I am here to…

    Growing up, I had no need for an alarm clock ringing in my ears.  I was awakened by the hideous stench of The Olds plugging in the percolator for their first cup of coffee.  I don’t know the name of the brand,…

By Scott SullivanEditorA family of man greets guests at Wishbone House, the Douglas thrift shop and cat adoption center given a reprieve by the 501c3 Wishbone Pet Rescue Alliance board after a Sept. 21 town hall meeting helped raise more…

What’s not to love about a crisp early fall Saugatuck High School football game during which players and fans dressed in pink for breast-cancer awareness? Carter Miller (right) wasn’t cleared to play due to injuries but greeted teammates including Jefferson…

By Scott SullivanEditorFactions, friction, fictions, fractures election factors. Schisms, prisms, prisons … The IncineratorConsummating college transfer I was in Room 102, ground floor of Harrison Hall, Purdue, above seven more men’s floors and east east eight women’s. Winter term’s start.…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor SAUGATUCK—Following the third set of its SAC Central showdown with visiting Delton on Tuesday, Sept. 27, the situation appeared rather bleak for Saugatuck.But, as so often is the case, appearances were deceiving.Despite being down 2-1, the…

It was with great sadness that I viewed the videos and photos of the destruction to Fort Myers Beach caused by Hurricane Ian. I had spent many days of my youth and young adulthood enjoying the weather and beaches of…

    Perhaps you remember the old German oom-pah band drinking song, “In Heaven there is no beer, that’s why we drink it here.”  I read some potential bad news for the near future.  It seems that there is a serious shortage of carbon…

By Scott SullivanEditorJournal entries: 9/7– Speak not, walls have years. 9/15 – Know I did. 9/16 – Seeing. 9/18 – Get flow going, writing’s yours. I.U.Seeing corporate success stress Dad made be vow not to be a suit case. “History,…

\Add to “The Only Strange Thing in Saugatuck is When Things Aren’t Strange” saga Witches on Water, who braved a chilly first fall eve and hat-spilling north wind Sept. 22 to paddleboard and kayak to and from Saugatuck Yacht Club…

By Scott SullivanEditorSaugatuck’s old vs. new guard may have been showing in an 84-signature petition calling for city council to rectify an abuse of power submitted Sept. 22 for inclusion in Monday’s meeting agenda packet.Signers include three candidates running for…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor HOLLAND—The SAC volleyball match between visiting Saugatuck and Black River on Thursday, Sept. 22, was a true back-and-forth affair.In the end, it was the Trailblazers who claimed the 25-12, 21-25, 25-17, 22-25, 15-13 victory.“We jumped out…

In attempting to break through the logjam between clean air advocates and those who think our reliance on fossil fuels will not go away any time soon, we have forgotten what I think could be an important alternative- nuclear energy.Green…