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City Election 8 May 2013 | 03:42 am
Mackinac Island City Election Tuesday, May 7, 3013 Mayor * Margaret Doud 207 Ben Horn 144 Council (top 2 elected) * Kay Hoppenrath 211 * Dominic Redman 203 Richard Lind 130 Sam Barnwell 104 Unconteste...
Longtime Grand Hotel Owner R. Daniel Musser Dies at 80 14 Apr 2013 | 03:26 pm
By Bob Berg Grand Hotel Chairman Emeritus R. D. (Dan) Musser, Jr., under whose guidance the iconic hotel doubled both its size and the length of its season and achieved world class status, passed away...
Historic District Commission Review Process Is Outlined 12 Apr 2013 | 03:11 am
By Stephanie Fortino As the Mackinac Island Historic District Commission (HDC) starts to review applications for work in the new downtown historic districts, the commission is defining its opera...
Coordinated Efforts Get Sailor Off Boat and Home to Mother’s Funeral 12 Apr 2013 | 03:11 am
By Stephanie Fortino and Paul Gingras Members of the Mackinac Island Fire Department were among those who assisted tugboat Michigan crewmember Erik Selke to leave his vessel and travel home to R...
Shaeyon Klemann Returns From Operation Enduring Freedom 12 Apr 2013 | 03:11 am
Army Specialist Shaeyon Klemann has returned to the United States from deployment at a forward operating base to serve in Operation Enduring Freedom. Mrs. Klemann is a petroleum supply specialist as...
Public Library Lines Up Three Authors for Summer Series 12 Apr 2013 | 03:11 am
Mackinac Island Public Library will host its Summer Author Series with P. J. Parrish June 28, Corinne Smith July 26, and D.E. Johnson August 23. All sessions are on Fridays at 4 p.m. in the library. r...
Foundation’s Youth Donate to Cash-Strapped Grand Marais School 12 Apr 2013 | 03:11 am
By Erich T. Doerr It goes almost without saying that life on Mackinac Island is pretty good. So when the Mackinac Island Community Foundation Youth Advisory Council went looking for ways to do g...
Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac 12 Apr 2013 | 03:11 am
By Yvan Silva, M.D. The heart pumps regularly into a network of elastic arterial walls to get blood to perfuse the tissues. This creates and maintains pressure within the arterial system that is...
St. Ignace Announces April 16 Job Fair, Customer Workshop 12 Apr 2013 | 03:11 am
A job fair and customer service workshop will be Tuesday, April 16, at Little Bear East Arena in St. Ignace. It is free and open to all employers and employees. read more
Nature Notes 12 Apr 2013 | 03:11 am
By Patricia Martin This “spring” is taking its own sweet time getting here this year. Recently we’ve been going from snow to rain to winds, and occasionally we get a bit of sunshine. The tempera...
