An entourage of antique cars will travel across Mackinac Bridge in a parade for the Antiques on the Bay show Friday, June 17, at 4:30 p.m., setting the stage for Saturday’s main show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The parade will wind around the Mackinac Straits long-term care facility in St. Ignace and through State Street, stopping at Harbor […]
DNR Assists Drummond Island Citizens To Develop Land Management Plans
In a citizen-led effort, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is assisting officials from Drummond Island in developing a long-term resource management plan to address pressing local concerns centered around hunting, trail use, and tourism. A public meeting attended by about 30 residents was held Wednesday, June 8, to gather ideas about concerns and the next public meeting will be […]
Mackinaw Planning Commission Approves Ordinance Changes
Mackinaw City Looks at Becoming A Dark Sky Community To Complement ParkMackinaw City could be one of the first Dark Sky communities in the world if the community acts on a proposal that would extend the Dark Sky Park created at the Headlands last year. Mary Stewart Adams presented the concept to the Mackinaw City Planning Commission at its meeting Thursday, May 26, proposing that the use of low-intensity or shielded […]
New Assisted Living Facility To Add 20 Jobs in St. Ignace
By February, a new 38-bed assisted living facility is expected to open in St. Ignace. The 28,000- square-foot facility would employ 20 full-time people and a number of part-time positions, say developers. The St. Ignace Planning Commission approved the project, slated for South Airport Road, May 25 pending approval by City Manager Eric Dodson. Review of the project currently is […]
Michigan Politics
Local Mergers A Tough SellYet another Michigan governor has called for more regional cooperation among local communities. A difference over the decades is that many other governors across the nation now are making similar calls, not only for cooperation but also for consolidations. In the mid-1970s, Governor William G. Milliken won a promise from President Gerald R. Ford for about $600 million in federal […]