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Market Street Art Walk Will Feature Artists and Their Work August 23 23 Aug 2013 | 03:13 am
Market Street’s art galleries are joining together from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, August 23, to present an end of summer art walk. Businesses involved will feature Mackinac Island arts and some will p...
Maintaining Your Health on Mackinac 23 Aug 2013 | 03:13 am
By Yvan Silva, M.D. The summer solstice is well underway. Sunny or not, this is when the ultraviolet rays are the most intense on your skin. By now, sun lovers and deeply tanned wannabes are aware of...
HORSE TALES 23 Aug 2013 | 03:13 am
by Candice C. Dunnigan Recently this summer, a friend called my attention to a reprint of a little paper from 1887 called “The Spirit of the Straits.” In it was, to my delight and surprise, a column ...
Kottke Concert Closes Out Arts Council Summer Series 23 Aug 2013 | 03:13 am
With guitarist Leo Kottke drawing a crowd of about 1,000 people to Marquette Park Thursday, August 15, Mackinac Arts Council Program Director Lily Porter said she was pleased with the concert turnout....
NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ON MACKINAC ISLAND 23 Aug 2013 | 03:13 am
BY JEANNETTE DOUD We’ve been experiencing a wonderful week of weather. The sunsets and sunrises have been absolutely breathtaking. It has been a great year for flowers on Mackinac Island because of t...
Preparations Underway for Inaugural Grand Garden Show Aug. 26 - 27 23 Aug 2013 | 03:12 am
By Stephanie Fortino More than 500 people are expected to attend the first Grand Garden Show that will be held Monday, August 26, and Tuesday, August 27, which is open to Mackinac Island residents an...
Nature Notes 23 Aug 2013 | 03:12 am
By Patricia Martin When most people hear the word alyssum, they think of sweet alyssum (Lobularia martinima) a low-growing garden plant (six inches or less), an annual that seeds in from year to year...
Mackinac Island Yacht Club Bridge Results 23 Aug 2013 | 03:12 am
In Mackinac Island Yacht Club Bridge League games for the week ending Wednesday, August 21, Lois Largo placed first, Janet Stingel placed second, and Toots Gillespie placed third.
A Look at History 23 Aug 2013 | 03:12 am
BY FRANK STRAUS The 2013 Mackinac Island Fudge Festival will be Friday, August 23, and Saturday, August 24. For this writer, thinking about fudge reminds me of the kindly face of longtime Mackinac Is...
Enjoyment of Telling Stories Brings Interns to Write for Town Crier 23 Aug 2013 | 03:12 am
By Martha Stuit The people of Mackinac have abundant ties to the island and unique stories to tell. read more
