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Back to Refugia: how to Heal

BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Calvin College English professor and “Refugia Faith” author Deb Reinstra has lent herself to Lent observations at All Saints’ Episcopal Church at Hoffman and Grant streets, Saugatuck. Reinstra, who knows woods and waters here through her in-laws’ home on Douglas harbor, will discuss the book’s finding-refuge theme Saturday, March 11, in Read More…

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Blue Star

By Scott SullivanEditorSo CalledAmazon ad affiliate Lavatory Lab ranks Michigan public bathrooms “Among America’s Worst!” — 20th of 50 states for rankest. What Jeff Bezos paid PoopCo for online opinion poll data: priceless.Bottom of the bowl: Wyoming scored 3.5 out of 10. Michigan (5.1) was nearer the 5.2 average than whitehotpr.com’s “Worst!” teaser but it Read More…

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Back to Refugia topic here March 11

By Scott SullivanEditorCalvin College English professor and “Refugia Faith” author Deb Reinstra has lent herself to Lent observations at All Saints’ Episcopal Church at Hoffman and Grant streets, Saugatuck.Reinstra, who knows woods and waters here through her in-laws’ home on Douglas harbor, will discuss the book’s finding-refuge theme Saturday, March 11, in the historic Carpenter’s Read More…

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Ice storm fells limbs, more

By Scott SullivanEditorLast week’s ice storm created skaters’ waltz conditions for homes, schools and offices, causing multi-day closures, power outages, trees down and roadway slide-offs.From 10 p.m. to 11 a.m. late Wednesday through Thursday morning, Feb. 22-23, the Saugatuck Township Fire District answered nine service calls, reported IT Director Erik Kirchert.No. 1 came at 10:24 Read More…

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Saugatuck girls overcome slow start to prevail

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor HOLLAND—It would be fair to say the girls basketball game between Saugatuck and Holland Black River didn’t start exactly the way Trailblazers coach Kevin Tringali had been hoping.Saugatuck fell behind 7-2 and one quarter and were down by as many as 12 points at 16-4 midway through the second stanza.“(Black River) Read More…

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Mike’s Musings: DAZED and CONFUSED, or JUST GROWING OLD

Growing can be a real pain, sometimes. What you once remembered with ease, you now forget.Case in point occurred last weekend. My significant other and I had booked a concert at a smallish auditorium back in December. It was sure to be sold out because the band had had a string of major hits in Read More…

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Life as Performance Art

    For a number of years, we have been seeing news reports about our southern borders.  Unfortunately, we have overlooked the fact that we also have a northern border with Canada.  It’s easy to forget about it because, with the exception of a handful of  under-rated hockey players, laid off curlers, comedians,  and lumberjacks not too many people want to Read More…

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Water, water not everywhere, youths know

BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Saugatuck-Douglas doesn’t lack water resources. Nor fluid and fluent thinkers. Among younger ones, 18 Saugatuck High School Advanced Placement English students Feb. 1 entered the Grand Rapids Economic Club’s 2022-23 High School Essay Contest about a subject that’s all around them: “As water scarcity impacts human sustainability, what responsibility does Michigan Read More…

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Help Saugatuck tackle short-term rentals

BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Saugatuck seeks eight citizens to advise the city on how better to deal with the longstanding issue of short-term rentals. The advisory task force will be asked to prioritize current concerns, issues, opportunities and objectives held by the residents, property and business owners, schools, public safety and other stakeholders.  Members will Read More…

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Learn about Saugatuck police March 6

Residents and business owners are invited to learn more about policing in Saugatuck Monday, March 6, in Saugatuck High School, 401 Elizabeth St., from 6 to 7:30 p.m. City council members and Saugatuck Public Schools parents Lauren Stanton will join the Allegan County Sheriff’s Department, which oversees policing both in Saugatuck city and township, will Read More…