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Rich-Poor Gap Growing So Fast, It May Destabilize U.S. Economy By Peter Grier The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON - The income gap between the rich and the rest of the US population has become so wide, and is growing so fast, that it might eventually threaten the stability of democratic capitalism itself. More ... Class of ‘05 Live: Excerpts From This Season’s Commencement Addresses Brian Williams NBC News Anchor Bates College, Lewiston, Maine More ...
Lilacs Blooming for 56th Annual Event June 10 - 19 By Jessica Delaney Lilacs are in bloom on Mackinac Island in time for the 56th Annual Lilac Festival, which began Friday, June 10, and culminates with a Grand Parade Sunday, June 19, at 4 p.m. More ...
Business Picking Up for Dan, Sue Fenlon at Log Cabin Store By Ryan Schlehuber In the Hiawatha National Forest on Brevoort Lake lies Sue and Dan Fenlon’s Brevoort Lake Camp Store, a business that has stood since at least the 1940s and which they hope to revitalize. More ... Sunset Cruises Begin on Monday Evenings Sunset cruises under the Mackinac Bridge will be offered on Monday nights by the St. Ignace Visitors Bureau. All three Mackinac Island boat lines will host the cruises. More ... Hotspots Internet Ribbon Cutting June 18 A ribbon cutting dedication for the St. Ignace Hotspots Wireless Broadband Internet Project will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 18, at the St. Ignace Chamber of Commerce. More ... DeTour Reef Light Schedules July Tours Tours of the DeTour Reef Light are scheduled for the weekends of July 9, 16, and 23 at 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. Tours are limited to six people each. Cost of each tour is $90, including boat transportation from DeTour Village and light refreshments at the lighthouse. More ... Home Buyer Workshop Set for Tues. A free home buyer pre-purchase workshop will be available from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, at the St. Ignace Public Library on 110 W. Spruce Street. It will provide information about how to assess readiness to purchase a home, how to work with a real estate agent, how home inspections and pur More ... Craft Show Sets Up This Weekend The Cheboygan Summer Arts and Crafts Show will be Friday, June 17, and Saturday, June 18, in Washington Park, at 124 North Main Street. More ... Court Report The following dispositions are from 92nd District Court in St. Ignace, May 31, June 1, June 7, and June 8, Judge Beth Gibson presiding. Arresting agencies are in parentheses. More ...
By Ryan Schlehuber Visitors to St. Ignace soon will be able to enjoy a stroll through downtown while learning about the community’s history with the aid of a walking tour guide being completed by Michilimackinac Historical Society. More ...
(Photograph courtesy of Mackinac State Historic Parks) More ...
By Stephen Underwood As a teenager, Ed Reavie was one of those who idolized legendary screen icon James Dean. Six years ago, he had the good fortune to sit in the house Mr. Dean grew up in and pay a visit to his gravesite. More ... Concert Series Begins June 23 The Bayside Live! Concert Series will begin Thursday, June 23, with a performance by Rich Eddy’s Rockin’ Oldies Band from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the First National Bank parking lot in downtown St. Ignace. More ... Spaghetti Dinner Planned Saturday at Mackinaw City There will be an all you can eat spaghetti dinner Saturday, June 25, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Mackinaw City Senior Center. The cost is $5 for adults, while children age 12 and younger are admitted free. More ... St. Ignace Parents Group Pushes for Classes in Face of School Budget Cuts School Board Restores Honors English, Anatomy Classes at LaSalle High School By Stephen Underwood As St. Ignace Area Schools Superintendent Pete Everson led his last school board meeting Monday, June 13, and handed the baton over to incoming superintendent Michael Springsteen, parents and teachers continued to fight for senior-level classes victimized by budget cuts. More ... Grant May Fund Broadband Internet Service at Garfield Twp. By Ryan Schlehuber Garfield Township residents may soon have access to broadband Internet service if Steve Mason of Lighthouse.Net in Sault Ste. Marie is successful in securing a community grant from Rural Utilities Services. The money would fund the purchase of a mobile classroom, 10 computers, an Internet tower, and More ... EDC Plans Projects To Stimulate Tourism, Local Businesses By Ryan Schlehuber Several projects are in progress or are being planned through the Mackinac County Economic Development Corporation (EDC). Projects include establishing a facility to make and promote local small market goods, offering wireless Internet connections to tourists throughout St. Ignace, and establishing More ...
Customers peruse items on tables belonging to the mother-daughter team of Carol Binger and Tahnia Cole at the St. Ignace community garage sale Saturday, June 11. The first-time event filled much of North State Street in the late morning and early afternoon hours. Both families and individuals with t More ... New State Law: Diners Can Take Wine Bottles Home Restaurant Owners Seek More Changes By Ryan Schlehuber Michigan wine drinkers can now take leftover bottles of wine home from restaurants and may, someday, be able to order wine from out-of-state wineries to be shipped directly to their homes. More ... Freshwater Inst. Offered June 28 A four day Freshwater Institute will be held at the University of Michigan Biological Station in Pellston from June 28 through July 1. High school students are invited to participate in the program, along with middle school and high school teachers, and employees of natural resource agencies in nort More ... U.P. Forests: Select Cutting Selects What? By Bill Cook U.P. Extension Forester Many forest owners have spoken to me about having their forest “select cut,” which immediately raises a red flag. There seems to be a popular perception that partial cutting is the best way to employ a timber harvest. Maybe, and maybe not. More ... Les Cheneaux Islands Association To Host Informational Summer Programs Summer cottage taxation, water quality, and coastline security will be the subjects of three programs to be hosted by the Les Cheneaux Islands Association this summer, open to everyone. The programs will be Wednesdays at 3 p.m. and will last about one hour. More ...
by Paula Ramelis, MSU Extension Join us for a day of fun as we visit a neighborhood community each Thursday beginning July 7 for six weeks. Activities will begin at each site at 9 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m. This club is open to ages 5 to 11, teen leaders ages 12 to 19, and adult volunteer. More ... Evening Under the Stars Benefit for Lighthouse The DeTour Reef Light Preservation Society (DRLPS) will host its sixth annual Evening Under the Stars lighthouse benefit event at the Bayside Dining waterfront on Drummond Island, Saturday, July 2. There will be several works of art available for a silent auction, including a Limited Edition print d More ... County Commissioners Ponder Treasurer’s Office Audit, Send Letter Urging Support of Prison By Karen Gould Mackinac County will collect an additional $144,748 in taxes this year over 2004, estimates Jim Fenlon, director of the Equalization Department, who announced the projected increase to county commissioners at their Thursday, June 9, meeting. Of the 4.3118 mills to be levied this year, 1.4372 will be More ...
Long-time Pickford resident Clifford “Rube” Waybrant and his son, James, have created a new scholarship for licensed practical nursing (LPN) students at Lake Superior State University (LSSU). For the elder Mr. Waybrant, it’s a creative way to thank the nurses at War Memorial Hospital’s Long Term Car More ... USCG Cutter Mackinaw To Become Museum Cheboygan To Be Home of Retired Icebreaker The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw , an icebreaker that has helped keep Great Lakes shipping lanes open since World War II, will become a museum in Cheboygan with the passage of legislation introduced Thursday, June 9, by U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Carl Levin (D-MI). More ... Trout Lake Man Arrested on Drug Charges June 2 A 23-year-old Trout Lake man was arrested on two counts of delivery of cocaine, one count of delivery of marijuana, and one count of maintaining a drug house, reported officers of Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement (SANE) Thursday, June 2. More ... Community Foundation To Give Grants June 16 at Les Cheneaux Les Cheneaux Community Foundation will distribute grants Thursday, June 16, at the Les Cheneaux Community Library in Cedarville. Grants will be presented at 5:30 p.m. More ...
Board Appoints ZBA Members, Approves Circus Visiting Hessel, Updates Island Sewer Situation By Amy Polk A proposal to reinstate launch fees at the Hessel Municipal Marina drew public criticism at a Wednesday, June 1, special meeting of the Clark Township board, and the issue was dropped. More ... Cedar Cove Hosts Open House Sat. Cedar Cove Assisted Living Community will host an open house Saturday, June 18, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., at which the public can tour the new, 20-unit facility and meet staff and organizers of the project. More ... LaSalle Class of ‘75 Plans Reunion The LaSalle High School Class of 1975 will host a reunion Saturday, July 2, at the St. Ignace Golf Course. More ... Circus Comes to Hessel June 23 The Bailey Brothers Circus will present a circus in Hessel Thursday, June 23, at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Albert J. Lindberg Airport. More ... Transfer Station Summer Schedule Waste Management’s St. Ignace transfer station is now open Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and open Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. It will be closed on the weekends. More ... Caregiver Support Group To Meet The Chippewa County Caregiver Support Group will meet Wednesday, June 29, at 2 p.m. in the second floor conference room at Avery Square Center in Sault Ste. Marie. More ... Public Asked To Report Lake Huron Whitefish Tags In a three-year study on Lake Huron, fish biologists are testing two hypotheses that could affect the way lake whitefish are managed. Led by Fish Assessment Biologist Mark Ebener for the Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority (CORA). More ... Seney Wildlife Refuge Offers June Programs Seney National Wildlife Refuge will offer guided tours of the refuge backcountry from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. every Wednesday in June, July, and August. More ... |
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