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Commissioners Vote Against Expanding Road Board Decides To Keep Commissioners at Three After Second Public Hearing By Karen Gould The size of the road commission will not be increased from three to five members, said Mackinac County commissioners following a second public hearing on the matter Thursday, June 7. The first public hearing was held in April. More ...
St. Ignace Garden To Offer More Plots, Classes This Summer By Paul Gingras Growth has always been a theme at the community garden behind St. Ignace Middle School, but this summer, not only will garden plants emerge for a third consecutive year, there will be more of them, more classes on site, and more families working their own plots. More ... Les Cheneaux Schools Cut $137,000 From Budget Aide Position, Athletic Busing Eliminated, Will Be Reinstated if Finances Improve By Amy Polk Les Cheneaux Community Schools Board of Education made substantial cuts to balance next year's budget and reduce a projected $190,000 deficit at a special meeting Wednesday, June 6. "By cutting some of these things, we are not saying the program is cut, we're only saying the general fund is not g... More ... Leak Repair Is Underway Brevort Twp. Sewer Damage Discovered By Paul Gingras To combat a major leak in a sewer pipe at the Brevort Township lift station, the township board of trustees hired Maverick Construction at its Tuesday, June 5, meeting to build a pipe system to bypass the sewer's wet well, allowing the sewer to continue operating while the defective pipe and its f... More ...
Twenty-one vendors were set up along St. Ignace's downtown sidewalk for the annual Community Yard Sale Saturday, June 9. The event is sponsored by the St. Ignace Business Association. More ... Moran Township Gives Stipends To Balance West End Fire Service By Paul Gingras To ensure adequate fire and ambulance coverage in northern and western portions of Moran Township, the Moran Township Board of Trustees voted to provide stipends of $5,000 to Hendricks Township and $3,000 to Brevort Township to help the neighboring fire and ambulance services weather difficult fin... More ...
Towers of the Mackinac Bridge seem to stand watch over the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw (left) as it moors overnight Monday, June 11, in St. Ignace, the home port of the U.S.C.G. Cutter Biscayne Bay (right). St. More ... Jack 'Doc'Watson Announced as Guest of Honor for St. Ignace Car Show Planners Preparing for Antiques on the Bay June 22 - 23, and 32nd Annual Car Show June 28 - 30 at St. Ignace The 11th annual Antiques on the Bay car show will take place Friday, June 22, and Saturday, June 23, and the 32nd annual St. Ignace Car Show will be the following weekend, June 28 through June 30, at St. Ignace. Both shows feature free displays of antique, custom, and collectible automobiles in d... More ...
Walleye Takes Top Prize at Six Lbs., 11 Oz. By Ryan Schlehuber Craig Krueger of Grand Ledge was the winner of the inaugural Brevort Lake Walleye Derby Saturday, June 2, catching a sixpound, 11-ounce walleye, winning $1,200. The catch-andrelease derby hosted 130 fishermen in 65 two-man teams and raised $1,500 for the Straits Area Sportsmen's Club's fish crib h... More ...
Anthony Nayback takes aim at the ball on the tee. Tee ball players began learning the basics of baseball, such as how to hit, catch, and when to run. More ...
By Amy Polk Wild birds feeding their young are among a collection of photographs by Helen and Harry Harris of Cedarville now featured at the Les Cheneaux Historical Museum on Meridian Street in Cedarville. The museum's 2007 feature includes several examples of the bird houses the Harrises produced and compani... More ... |
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