I’m having a hard time believing that the former president of the United States might go to prison because he kept classified documents at his home in Mar-A-Lago.Isn’t that what all presidents do. I dare you name me one that hasn’t take what he considers his own- whether they be classified or not, home to Read More…
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR The lakeshore showed off summer colors as sun shone on Community Pride Week festivities in Douglas June 1-4 and Fennville poppy fields in full bloom. The fifth Community Pride Week feted diversity of all people all people with an array of fun including drag bowling, book-burning panel talk, Care-A-Van car parade Read More…
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Douglas City Council Monday rezoned the Saugatuck Public Schools’ bus-parking lot on the southwest corner of Blue Star Highway and Fremont Street from C-2 General Commercial to C-1 Village Center near the highway and R-5 Residential in its wooded back parcel. District superintendent Tim Travis has voiced interest in moving bus Read More…
BY JIM HAYDEN CORRESPONDENT Dedicated police coverage will return to Fennville in July, more than six months after the police chief resigned and after two candidates to replace him backed out at the last minute. The city commission Monday voted unanimously to contract for one fulltime officer from the Allegan County Sheriff’s Office, ending 10 Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorSpy WhaleNow them Russkies done it: sent a spy whale snooping in seas near Norway and Sweden. Is Oval Beach next?Hvaldimir, a beluga, was first seen four years ago wearing a harness with camera mounts. No GoPros were attached, but “Equipment St. Petersburg” read the clips.“The Russian Navy,” said Norwegian marine biologist Jorgen Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorThe lakeshore showed off summer colors as sun shone on Community Pride Week festivities in Douglas June 1-4 and Fennville poppy fields in full bloom.The fifth Community Pride Week feted diversity of all people all people with an array of fun including drag bowling, book-burning panel talk, Care-A-Van car parade plus two days Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor KENT CITY—Saugatuck sophomore Mazie Robison just keeps adding to an already impressive track & field resume.Competing at the Division 3 State Finals on Saturday, June 3, Robison turned in a pair of All-State performances to give her a total of three All-State medals for her career.In the 100-meter hurdles, Robison moved Read More…
Decades ago, when Montreal hosted a world’s fair, a friend of my parents had only three days to see everything. For a normal person, that would not be sufficient time, but he was not someone considered normal. People said he was dumber than dirt, an odd ball, a bubble off center, and just plain strange. To make Read More…
I wrote an opinion a couple weeks ago about AI, and how it is fast invading many aspects of our society. One offshoot of AI is ChatGPT, a very popular application that students and professionals use to create reports, essays and the like. I was curious about its capabilities, so I asked ChatGPT to write Read More…
John Patrick Hanley was born on March 17, 1934, in Peoria, Ill. to John and Sherma Hanley. He grew up in South Peoria and attended St. Mark’s Grade School. From an early age, he was driven by hard work and the value of a dollar. John tagged along with his father in Peoria picking parts from old cars before they were scrapped Read More…