I knew there had been a radical shift in the universe the day I was walking down the street and three women were coming in my direction. They were not talking with each other. Rather, all of them were on their flip phones talking to someone else. They were not experiencing the moment together, perhaps creating memories Read More…
As any business owner will tell you, employees make a business successful. I couldn’t agree more, and I’m here to tell you I am fortunate enough to have one of the best groups of employees an employer could ever wish for. I harken back a couple of years to COVID, when Fauci and his minions Read More…
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Should Saugatuck pause acting on short-term rental applications while the city studies reforming current standards? The planning commission will consider doing so at its Thursday, March 16 meeting in city hall at 7 p.m. The city last month created a short-term rental task force to research the issue and develop recommendations for council Read More…
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Since assuming Saugatuck city policing from a department formerly shared with Douglas July 1, 2018, Allegan County Sheriff’s deputies have been busy here. At a March 6 open house co-sponsored by the department with city council members Russ Gardner and Lauren Stanton, police welcomed guests and shared information about Saugatuck public Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorSHELBY—For the record, the Saugatuck girls basketball team dropped its Division 3 regional semifinal against Kent City on Tuesday, March 7, by a score of 66-32.That, however, isn’t what Trailblazers coach Kevin Tringali will remember about this season.Rather, he’ll remember that his squad played in the program’s first regional contest in 19 Read More…
Molly Angela Baker, 92, of Saugatuck and Key Largo, Fla. passed away on March 5, 2023.Molly was born on May 6, 1930 to Marion and Angela Buttles in Zeeland. She and Mary were the first twins born in Zeeland Hospital. After graduating from Holland High School, then Hope College, she taught school before raising her Read More…
Mary Lyons, nee Devine, age 89, died on March 3, 2023, in Geneva, Ill.Mary was born on July 27, 1933, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the second child of Joseph and Mary Devine. On Dec 29, 1956, she married Thomas Richard Lyons. She attended St. John’s University in Queens, N.Y., working toward a degree in business.Mary and Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorGoRed means stop, green go, yellow caution. Primary color blue + yellow = green: go with caution. Blue means go.Having shot black-and- white Kodak Tri-X 400, I went color 15 years later with trepidation. What would Cartier-Bresson say? I’d developed, printed and cropped my images for layouts long ago.Going color film to digital Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorSince assuming Saugatuck city policing from a department formerly shared with Douglas July 1, 2018, Allegan County Sheriff’s deputies have been busy here.At a March 6 open house co-sponsored by the department with city council members Russ Gardner and Lauren Stanton, police welcomed guests and shared information about Saugatuck public safety since then Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorThe area’s traditional Erin Go Bark St. Patrick’s Day People and Pet Parade will continue this year in Douglas.Lakeshore Boutique owner and city council member Randy Walker won council approval March 6 to hold the event this Saturday, March 18, from noon to 1 p.m.Walker estimates 50 attendees, perhaps more than one green-clad, Read More…