The bridge club winners for Wednesday, July 16, were Toots Gillespie in first place, Vicki Sadler in second place, and Kay Berk in third place. Login ...

Mackinac Island Mayor Margaret Doud is recognized for her 50 years of mayoral service by officers of Bayview Yacht Club at Windermere Hotel Monday, July 14, 2025. (Victoria Smith/Town Crier) After ...

The historical process of wet plate collodion photography was showcased during a presentation led by resident artist Amber Dietz Wednesday, July 9, in the Station 256 Conference Room. The presentation ...

Growing up on Mackinac, we frequently saw and occasionally caught various reptiles and amphibians. Hanging out at Lone Lake and other wetlands, we would collect tadpoles and watch them turn into frogs ...

Tourists are quick to spot the one ambulance on Mackinac Island whenever it rolls by. On streets usually packed with horses and carriages, the motor vehicle stands out. While an ambulance may be a ...

The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac will begin this Friday and Saturday, July 18 and 19. The race will cover a distance of 289 nautical miles, or 333 statute miles, sailing through Lake Michigan ...

Yesterday, while driving in the woods along Rifle Range Road, I noticed that a white, summer flower blooming known as Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) or, as it is sometimes called, Redcap. For those ...

The other day, as I was biking up to the Grand Stables to talk about carriages with Ben Mosely (chief of all things equine at the Grand), my bicycle chain slipped when I was shifting. It became stuck ...

An Artist Reception with Julie Muszynski was held at the Mackinac Island Public Library Tuesday, July 1, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Aptly named “Mementos,” the reception highlighted Muszynski’s collection ...

Bikers pedal down M-185 Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Josephine Anderson/Town Crier) PeopleForBikes, a nonprofit organization from Boulder, Colorado, ranked Mackinac Island as the 2025 best city for bikes ...

For more than 140 years, a trickle of water has flowed forth just west of Devil’s Kitchen on the southwestern shore of Mackinac Island. The spring is marked on the 1882 Hubbard’s Annex plat map, ...

The Grand Hotel is known in part for its iconic interior design. The bold patterns of Dorothy Draper line the halls, from the yellow-and-white striped porch awnings to the most luxurious of suites.