By Scott SullivanEditorTidy BowlMy hearing is bad. So when someone summoned me to grab balls and hit the lanes, I thought they they meant hurling bowls at pins. I decided to do more research.Hardwood lanes 60 feet long (same as a pitching mound to home plate), 42 inches wide, lined by gutters have arrow demarcations Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorJune was busting out all over for Douglas Police, who responded to 166 calls within city limits and five outside last month. Noteworthy, Chief Steve Kent told city council Monday, were:
Back in the bad old days, suicide was a felony, a serious criminal offence with substantial penalties. That might seem a bit odd since someone who took their own life is dead and cannot be charged with a crime. True, but the ancient Roman law had a bit of a twist to it. Committing suicide was Read More…
This has been a concern for many in the USA. Some of us believe our economic foe is exerting way too much influence on our country and by buying up U.S. acreage, that influence will only increase. My friend and newspaper columnist (his column is published in over 600 newspapers weekly) Dr. Glenn Mollette lays Read More…
What do you get when you mix sunshine, water, moonlight, boating, music, food, and fun? The Saugatuck Venetian Fest. The annual party on the water returns July 28 through 30 in Saugatuck and Douglas with a theme of “Green Venetian” to celebrate the towns’ summertime boating culture an promote environmental protection of its waterways. Several Read More…
The Saugatuck Public Schools board has given superintendent Tim Travis highest-possible ratings for being highly effective, demonstrating acumen across areas including student outcomes, resource allocation and management, processes and procedures plus leadership team relations and development. Michigan requires yearly such assessments of district leaders. “A highy effective rating,” said board president Laura Zangara, “reinforces the Read More…
Saugatuck City will host and help sponsor traditional July 4 festivities Tuesday including a noon parade plus Coghlin Park laser lights, music and fireworks at dusk. Local volunteer Birdie Holley will organize this year’s parade at noon from in front of Saugatuck Middle/High School (north campus under construction), 401 Elizabeth St. She expects five to Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorPowerless“Dad, I won’t bury you in Sleepy Hollow,” said Flannery. “It’s for pets.”“And I’m not one? Eternal rest among dogs, cats, birds, snakes, a monkey … How don’t I qualify?”Blame a summer 2009 harebrained dad plan when I’d prevailed on her, 8 then, to pedal her Razr along while I ran on the Read More…
By Jim HaydenCorrespondentGates of the ex-Fennville Dump closed 45 years ago, but a June 19 site walk through by city officials and environmental scientists could lead to a cleanup and transformation.The inspection was step one in working with the Allegan County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority towards winning a U.S. Environment Protection Agency Targeted Brownfield Assessment grant. Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor SAUGATUCK–It’s been said that timing is everything.And while it wasn’t an easy decision, Bill Dunn sensed the time was right for him to step down from his longtime role as Saugatuck High School/Middle School athletic director.“In one sense, there is never a good time to make a decision like this because Read More…