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 ...

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, ...

U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker ruled in favor of Hoffmann Marine, which owns and operates the two passenger ferry companies that transport people to and from Mackinac Island, in a request to block ...

Community volunteers have come together to keep English as a Second Language Classes running for a fourth year through Mackinac Connect. The program pairs non-native English speakers with a volunteer ...

Recent developments in Mackinac Island ferry operations have drawn a lot of attention, and criticism, with many concerned about recent price increases and an alleged monopoly by the Hoffmann Family of ...

For years, the Detroit Institute of Arts has worked to bring art to local communities by placing reproductions of work around the city’s metro area. Mackinac Island is one of the lucky locations ...

A series of annual sailing races will take place on Mackinac Island this summer, helping to connect individuals through the navigation of the Island’s surrounding water. Three of the five annual races ...

Buzz and Woody, a Grand Hotel horse team, wait on Main Street for passengers. (Candice Dunnigan/Town Crier) Most of the horses one sees on Mackinac Island come in pairs, or teams. Usually, when it ...

There is a housing crisis in the United States. Building a home on Mackinac Island can present additional challenges, not only because materials must be shipped from the mainland, but also for the ...

The new visitor's center at Colonial Michilimackinac has opened its doors to the public for the first time since undergoing renovation efforts. The remodeling began in November 2024 and wrapped up ...

This summer, we have been blessed with an abundance of flowers bursting forth in the Island's gardens. The Irises have done particularly well, and some species can still be seen blooming in yards. You ...