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Display Will Reflect Changing Culture of Transportation Age By Paul Gingras "I was raised in an American age when one of the great technological breakthroughs was transportation," said car enthusiast Richard Tobin of Hessel and Miami, who will show his heavily modified 1941 Lincoln Continental convertible at the 32nd Annual St. Ignace Car Show Thursday, June 28, through S... More ...
By Ryan Schlehuber Ninety-two-year-old Bob Gregg, a 25-year veteran and former fire chief for the Homer Fire Department, had never seen the 1920 Prospect fire engine look as good as it did during Antiques on the Bay at the St. Ignace public marina Saturday, June 23. More ...
By Amy Polk The term "snug as a bug in rug" was illustrated as 15,000 milfoil weevils were carefully placed in heavy mats of weeds in Cedarville Bay Thursday, June 21. Soon after, the tiny aquatic insects started their new job of controlling an invasive plant called Eurasian watermilfoil in the bay. More ... EUP July 4 Celebrations Announced Independence Day observances are planned throughout the area for various dates next week. St. Ignace Crowning of the royal court Monday, July 2, will begin St. Ignace Fourth of July festivities, which will include a parade, Fire Department public picnic and open house, and fireworks. More ...
Ground Broken for New $800,000 Erickson Center at Curtis By Paul Gingras Groundbreaking for the multifaceted Erickson Center in Curtis took place Wednesday, June 20. Designed to spur art, educational, and cultural activities in the region, the $700,000 to $800,000 building is hoped by planners to be a major force in economic development for the central Upper Peninsula. More ... The St. Ignace News Car Show & 4th of July OFFICE HOURS AND DEADLINES The St. Ignace News Office in St. Ignace will be closing at 1 p.m. Friday, June 29 and will reopen Monday, July 2. The St. Ignace News Office in St. Ignace will be closed Wednesday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day. More ...
By Karen Gould Businesses filling their windows with merchandise, promoting services on awnings, using oversized price tags and sandwich boards, and piping music onto downtown streets could be found in violation of proposed changes to city ordinances. More ... City Planners To Review Lighted Sign Request for Vacant Lot By Ryan Schlehuber David Swope's request to erect a lighted advertisement sign on his empty property near Hillside House Restaurant on North State Street will be considered by St. Ignace Planning Commission once he submits a site plan. Commissioners, at a meeting Wednesday, June 20, also heard objections to the requ... More ...
Weatherman Dave Price of the CBS television network will be filming live for The Early Show Thursday, August 23, on Mackinac Island. It will be one of several Thursday features filmed throughout the country, in a series called the "Great American Vacation. More ... Schnell Leaves Development Post at Village Mackinaw City By Paul Gingras Steve Schnell, community development director for Mackinaw City, has resigned from the village to work in a similar, newly created position for Cheboygan County. At the Village Council meeting Thursday, June 21, the board voted to post the nowopen position, and change its title to Planning/Zoning ... More ... Fundraiser To Begin Hospital Campaign July 1 A fundraiser to support construction of a new county hospital in St. Ignace will be held at Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island Sunday, July 1. Mackinac Straits Hospital and Health Center hopes to raise $3 million locally for the project, estimated to cost $27 million. More ... Mackinac County Property Taxes Increase 8.58% By Karen Gould County residents will see an 8.58% increase in county operational millage for 2007. Following a truth in taxation hearing, Mackinac County commissioners approved the increase Thursday, June 14. The county will levy the maximum allowable 4.4631 mills. While last August voters approved 4.5 mills, t... More ... |
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