By Scott SullivanEditorWere Douglas’s Water Street Gallery on Water Street, it might have problems.Its 98 W. Center St. locale instead puts it downtown on an east-west commercial wide street with ample parking, quite different from narrow, hilly and winding north-south Water Street, which crosses Center four blocks east.Water Street’s residents do enjoy water views downhill Read More…
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Life as Performance Art
The first of several garden seed catalogues arrived the other day, and I dropped everything for an hour or so to go through it. Others will soon follow, and I will go through them as well. We will dog-ear pages and circle some of their wares that are appealing, and then make a final decision on Read More…
Classified document scandal needs to be put to rest
After re-reading my opinion last week that the Trump/Biden classified documents scandal was much to do about nothing, I realized I left out a couple of major points.First, I minimalized the importance of classified documents, by writing many of them are rendered useless by age. We are going crazy over documents relating to policies and Read More…
Saugatuck girls come up short in comeback bid against Allegan
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorThe Saugatuck girls basketball team nearly pulled off a big comeback against Allegan on Monday, Jan. 16.Down by 14 through three quarters, the Trailblazers cut the deficit to four with less than three minutes to play. And they appeared poised to draw even closer to the Tigers.But a layup attempt wouldn’t fall, Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorPsycho ImageMy imaginary polar trip, paired with Ron and Maggie Coghlin’s real one, was past desperate. They’d passed through a Buenos Aires flower cooler down wood steps to 100-foot basement bar for cocktails. Maggie’s absinthe was served with one perfect cube of ice.I’d been on a 10-foot raft lost between Tierra del Fuego Read More…
Radar Dome registers nationwide
By Scott SullivanEditor“The iconic radar ball is a well-known community landmark visible for miles along the shore of Lake Michigan,” said Michigan deputy state historic preservation officer Martha MacFarlane-Faes.“The groundbreaking technology it once employed was an important piece of our national defense infrastructure during the height of the Cold War,” she continued.Located high atop the Read More…
Life as Performance Art
Harry and Megs recalled a conversation Mother had with me over half a century ago. I don’t know what brought it on, although it was probably a long-winded telephone monologue from her friend Juanita. Juanita would call several times a week, usually when she was unhappy. Mother sat me down and said that in all relationships, Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Who cares who has classified documents? Not I
Much ado about nothing, or so that’s what I would call the most recent hysteria about classified documents. As background for those not following the storyline, classified documents which President Biden was required to return to the federal government at the end of his vice-presidential term, were discovered in three locations- one being his personal Read More…
Saugatuck basketball teams return to action
following Christmas break
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorAfter a 15-day layoff during Christmas break, the boys and girls basketball teams from Saugatuck resumed the season by hosting Galesburg-Augusta on Wednesday, Jan. 4.And the Trailblazers came away with a split decision.The Saugatuck girls opened the night by posting a 51-47 win before the Saugatuck boys dropped a 67-35 decision to Read More…
Destruction, death hard to face
By Mike WilcoxPublisherMany of us watched pioneer newswoman Barbara Walters for many years. Whether on NBC or ABC, I always tried to watch her interviews with high-profile people at that time. I was saddened when I learned of her death last week.Difficulties can debilitate us. Walters survived her own struggles, including four divorces. Her reported Read More…