By Scott SullivanEditorSaugatuck City Council Monday reversed plans announced at its workshop four days earlier to replace planning commission liaison Russ Gardner with Garnet Lewis.Scott Dean, who replaced Lewis as mayor post-Nov. 8 election, said last Thursday he felt both are eminently qualified and experienced as PC members, but Lewis might “serve better on emerging Read More…
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Life as Performance Art
HL Mencken was an old school newspaper man who wrote for the Baltimore Herald – fedora, cigar, allegedly a bottle of something in the top drawer of his desk, and magnificently sarcastic and acerbic. Much to everyone’s surprise, he also played in a wind quartet which they thought was completely out of character. Over the decades, Read More…
Won’t you help us help those in need?
It’s that time of year when our email and post box is flooded with Christmas Wishes. Our annual program, partially funded by local businesses fulfills the wishes of dozens of families in need of food, transportation, shelter and holiday gifts for children.This year is particularly difficult for many families. Because of inflation, the price of Read More…
Girls Basketball Preview:
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorAs longtime Saugatuck coach Kevin Tringali looks at his roster for the upcoming season, he likes what he sees.“I’m very excited about the upcoming season,” said Tringali, who led the Trailblazers to a 12-9 showing a season ago. “This particular group of young ladies has really put the work in over the Read More…
Obituary: Elizabeth Thompson, 84
Elizabeth Ann Thompson, 84, of Saugatuck and formerly Edwardsburg and Sand Creek, passed to her rest at her home on Nov. 17, 2022.She was born Nov. 17, 1938, in South Bend, Ind., the daughter of Edward James and Elma (Corl) Westfall and graduated from Edwardsburg Schools. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree and a Read More…
Obituary: Charles Rickett, 92
Charles C. “Chuck” Rickett, 92, of Evanston, Ill., and for 29 years Saugatuck, passed away on Nov. 18, 2022.An active and involved citizen of Saugatuck, Chuck in 1988 took over a two-year term on the Saugatuck-Douglas District Library Board of Trustees — and stayed for 25 years (20 as president).He guided the district through multiple Read More…
Blue Star
By Scott SullivanEditorTimeChronology is a negligible dimension. It draws on Chronos, a mortal who per ancient Greeks turned the zodiac wheel. Over time he was conflated with the Titan Cronus (to Romans Saturn). Both timekeepers knew its ravages.Jealous of sky god Uranus who ruled the universe, Cronus took a stone sickle given by his Mother Read More…
Kick out the ‘jammies
The local charity group Santa’s Elves got a boost Friday from Century 21 Affiliated Douglas real estate agents collecting children’s pajamas to donate to Douglas Christian Neighbors for distribution to needy children. Shown Friday at the Overisel Hardware in Douglas collection barrel are front (left to right): C-21’s Diana Decker,Gigi Virta, Erica Shirey, Tammy Kerr, Read More…
Both sides elated with Corps findings
By Scott SullivanEditorThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a 57-page Section 106 memorandum on impacts of North Shore of Saugatuck’s planned north of the Kalamazoo River channel to Lake Michigan hailed by project backers as well as foes.David Swan, co-founder and president of the nonprofit Saugatuck Dunes Coastal Alliance, which for 15 years has Read More…
Mike’s Musings: Think twice before you make your child walk
I was going to write my usual Thanksgiving tribute to those that have made 2022 a bountiful year, when scanning the news, I came across this piece that got my blood boiling.The headline declared, “Woman arrested for forcing her son to walk home.”So the story goes, two brothers were arguing in the backseat of the Read More…