Back in the day Bud Light was all the rage. It was the beer of choice for the masses. When I owned a bar we ordered as much Bud Light as all other beers combined. Maybe due to the craft beer rage, it has lost some of its luster, but I gotta believe it is Read More…
We will be observing Earth Day on April 22. It is our fifty-third year of this important day, having begun in 1970. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin introduced the idea, and it was quickly embraced by a bi-partisan majority in both the Senate and House, and a proclamation was signed by the President. The first year it Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Coach: Rick Bauer (16th season)Returning letter winners: Luke Gorgas (pole vault), sr.; Charlie Stormer (distance), sr.; Will Doucette (sprints), jr.; Will Ayers (hurdles, pole vault), sr.; Landon Miller (sprints), jr.; Luke Barde (throws), jr.Season outlook: Dominant.That one word pretty much sums up Saugatuck’s performance in the SAC during the better part Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorDatedMarriage put a crimp on my dating and itself grows dated. Internet to the rescue. “[Dating] begins No find I able to impossible was to It be letter it is,” emailed Calvina Grasso. I couldn’t have said it better.Copied in with me were dgrumpy, b_angell1389 and bigbubba16. How do people get these names? Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorSaugatuck city council member and former mayor Garnet Lewis was arraigned April 3 on charges of failure to report a violation on nominating/initiative petitions.Mark Miller, a physician and candidate who ran with Lewis and three others for council last November, then made aware of the issue ended his run, was arraigned for the Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorSaugatuck City Council Monday approved three proposals to assess the city’s airport property. The land, surrounded by Saugatuck Township, lies east off 63rd Street bordering on an old landfill where 134th Avenue ends east of the expressway.Fleis & Vandenbrink engineering will conduct environmental assessments of the 170-acre largely-undeveloped parcel, one for what is Read More…
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Saugatuck City Council Monday hired professional planning consultants McKenna and Associates for $25,000 to help and facilitate its new short-term rental (STR) task force. That group — chair Holly Anderson, Sean Steele, Kevin Tringali, Elizabeth Boerema, Cathy Hart, Anne Gudith, Joe Clark, Steven Manns and Lauren Stanton — has been tasked Read More…
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Saugatuck city council member and former mayor Garnet Lewis was arraigned April 3 on charges of failure to report a violation on nominating/initiative petitions. Mark Miller, a physician and candidate who ran with Lewis and three others for council last November, then made aware of the issue ended his run, was Read More…
My alma mater’s alumni office phoned me recently, seeking money of course.The student making the cold call mentioned it had been quite a while (a few decades, really) since I had last visited the school. When I asked how he knew, he said their computer records indicated I had not been on campus. I said I might have Read More…
As I sit here with a walker at my side, I have gained a newfound affinity for those that must endure ailments and pain. You see I’ve been very healthy all my life, and never have had surgery. I didn’t understand the pain and suffering many, particularly the elderly face each day.My suffering is negligible. Read More…