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Click here for digital edition  Most harbor projects are designed to cater exclusively to boaters, but not the Mackinaw State Harbor. More ... In its second year, the Upper Peninsula Pond Hockey Championships are quickly building momentum, as 55 teams competed this year on Moran Bay, and event coordinators are expecting an even bigger field of teams next year. The competition took place Saturday, February 23, and Sunday, February 24, at St. Ignace. More ... A mechanical harvester will be on its way to Cedarville Bay this spring to help control the rampant weed growth that has plagued boaters and threatened the bay. More ... Little Bear East Arena and Community Center in St. Ignace ended 2007 $68,318 in the black, the first year it has shown a profit since it opened in 1999, reported City Manager Eric Dodson to the Recreation Advisory Committee Wednesday, February 13. More ... DeTour Village's annual winter festival, now being called the Everybody Loves Fun (ELF) Festival, will offer more activities this year and will take place all day Saturday, March 1. Cooking contests, a parade, snow sculpting, and sled decorating for children are planned. Many of the activities will be centered around the DeTour Village Hall on Superior Street. More ... The May 6 election will see candidates for several school boards, the Mackinac Island city council, millage requests in St. Ignace Township and schools at Cedarville, DeTour, and Pickford, and a transfer-of-authority proposal for Mackinac Straits Hospital. One mill assesses $1 for every $1,000 of a property's taxable value. More ... Acommitment for federal funding for a transportation museum in St. Ignace could be received as early as April, depending on support received during the public hearing process, the backing of the city council, and the completion of the grant application and its review by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). More ... Three residents from Mackinac Island crossed the ice to St. Ignace Thursday afternoon, February 21, passing a St. Ignace resident heading to the Island along the way. They were the first ice crossings this season. Jason St. Onge, Cub Horn, and his son, Brett Horn, meandered through rough terrain, making the trip in an hour. The group left at 2 p.m. More ... Council members, residents, and representatives of the business community discussed water and sewer rate hikes at a public hearing Thursday, February 7, at Mackinaw City Village Hall and heard two plans that would charge higher per-gallon rates to heavier users. More ... A state proposal seeks to expand the current "Saving Paradise" legislation to other isolated schools in the Upper Peninsula, the Les Cheneaux Community Schools board of education learned at a meeting Monday, February 18. More ... Brother and sister Adam, 2, and Lauren Schafer, 4, both of St. Ignace, enjoy watching the Upper Peninsula Pond Hockey Championships on a unique sled Sunday, February 24. The sled, made of wood and skis, was made by their grandfather, boat builder Bob Schafer, who has been using it to haul logs from the woods to make a 100-foot schooner. He added the car seats on for the weekend. More ... |
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