BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Tower Marine of Douglas and Saugatuck Yacht Service have been sold after 65 years in the Peterson family to Safe Harbor Marinas. Safe Harbor, the world’s largest owner and operator of marinas, with more than 130 such facilities across 24 states and Puerto Rico, also acquired the Red Dock real estate Read More…
Douglas’s two-year-old Green Koi cannabis dispensary has launched a Bridging Local and Global Charity initiative benefiting Wishbone Pet Rescue locally and the Rainbow Railroad internationally. Ethan Del Stone said he and Green Koi co-owner David Setzke “have always had an altruistic element at our core. This is our way of taking our charitable drive up Read More…
BY SCOTT SULLIVAN EDITOR Municipalities allowing marijuana sales will receive $56,453.44-per-licensed shop in revenues from the state next week, according to just-released Michigan Department of Treasury figures. That means Douglas (with Green Koi and Afficianado dispensaries) will receive $112,906.88, Saugatuck Township (New Standard) and Fennville (City Hall Dispensary) $56,453.44 EACH; and Saugatuck city which opted Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor After suffering a loss against South Haven in its opening game of the season, the Saugatuck girls soccer team was hoping to break into the win column when it hosted Zion Christian on Friday, March 25.And that’s exactly what the Trailblazers did.Jenn Schock scored a pair of goals and the Saugatuck Read More…
Patricia Anne Rozek, 79, of Fennville passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at her home.Born Aug. 14, 1942 in Harvey, Ill., she was the daughter of the late Thomas Dennison II and Maude (Mueller) Dennison.In 1959 she met the man who would become her husband, George Rozek. They wed on Sept. 30, 1961 and enjoyed Read More…
On March 19, 2022, Robert James Allen passed away peacefully in his home in Douglas at the age of 77.Robert was born on June 26, 1944, in Holland. He graduated from Holland High School in 1962.Bob enlisted in The United States Air Force and served his country for four years, then was employed by The Read More…
Michigan really is a winter wonderland. I came to that conclusion after my girlfriend and I took a state mini-tour two weekends ago.It began and ended at Metro Airport, but the hundreds of miles we traveled in between providing breathtaking scenery and genuinely friendly people was invigorating for this soul.Our first destination was Boyne Highlands, Read More…
By G.C. StoppelMy parents had a “kitchen garden” where we grew fruits and vegetables. We ate some of the bounty in a style later called “farm to table.” Some we gave away to people who didn’t have gardens. Everything else we ate was either canned or frozen.Today some would say we “were privileged to have Read More…
By Scott SullivanEditorAxe ThrowingThere’s a strip on Plainfield Drive in Grand Rapids where tattoo/piercing, liquor and ax-throwing shops come in quick succession. You don’t need to even cross the street.We all like trifectas, so which first? Having seen Ed Ames “teach” Johnny Carson to throw a tomahawk on The Tonight Show, I might need a Read More…
The way dogs fight when they play you’d almost think they were human. They do too, actually. The winner of this trio’s scrap at Douglas’s Schultz Park dog park Sunday earned the privilege of returning a stick to his human pets, then further reward of having them throw it for all three to tussle over Read More…