Thomas Richard Lyons, age 89, died on January 27, 2023, in St. Charles, Illinois.Thomas, or Dick as he was known to friends and family, was born on February 4, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Thomas and Madelyn Lyon. On December 29, 1956, he married Mary Devine.Dick served in the U.S. Army Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorSeal of DisapprovalThis time I knew it was all over. Ron and Maggie Conklin had paused en route to the South Pole to take pictures of seal pups, which on Page A6 she notes can grow to more than 20 feet long, weigh 4.5 tons and devour anything that moves in water. This Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorShort-term rentals are a long-term issue in many resort communities.Say a home or homes near yours are occupied by short-term guests who may or may not come here to celebrate Saugatuck being unruly. What effect might that have on your property value, quality of life and more?Or you own such a property. Is Read More…
As you might have noticed I keep coming back to the theme of respect. We give it and we earn it. It is a rapid exchange of an intangible element in our life, flowing back and forth faster that the weirdest possible form of crypto-currency. It is exchanged even when we do not share the same meaning Read More…
I’m not a fan of Big Pharma. If you read my columns regularly you know I have railed against the industry consistently. After all the sacrifices we made through the COVID pandemic, I think it is time to give them a piece of my mind again.Never mind that Big Pharma, if you believe what one Read More…
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Douglas Jan. 17 named planning commission, Kalamazoo Lake and Douglas harbor authorities member Greg Freeman city council member over ex-council and PC member C. Daniel Urquhart. Freeman replaces Phil Topper, a Douglas Cove bartender appointed in January 2022, then elected to council Nov. 8, who resigned 27 days later with a Read More…
The Saugatuck-Douglas Rotary Club is new organizer of Saugatuck’s perennial Venetian Festival, at least for 2023. The chapter board voted unanimously Jan. 13 to assume “provisional” leadership of the event. Previous organizer Cow Hill Yacht Club relinquished control in a letter to Saugatuck City Council, citing increased costs and complexity. Cow Hill leadership voiced hope Read More…
James H. Shashaguay, age 73, of Saugatuck, passed away Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. Jim was born in Holland, Mich., to John and Eloise Shashaguay May 11, 1949. He attended Holland Public Schools and graduated from Holland High School in 1967.After graduation he attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and obtained his pilot’s license. He flew float planes in Read More…
On Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, Wallace Carmen Forrester joined wife Betty, family and friends in a grander place.Wallace was born on Feb. 17, 1934, to Wallace Carmen and Evelyn Forrester, in Douglas. Wallace (Wally) and Betty met in 1951 and married Dec. 18, 1952.He is survived by his children Steve, Nancy, Susan, Douglas and Theresa; Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorPope PolI knew Rand Paul would show up on my imagined South Pole trip paralleling Ron and Maggie Conklin’s real one. (See Page A6)I was there, dropped off by The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine on Cape Horn, marked with a red “S” John said stood for Stupid. With that in front and Cape behind Read More…