By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief Editor’s Note: On Saturday, June 1, the Mason County Historical Society will host Ghost Tour ’24: Trains, Towns, and Lumber Camps. This bus tour will explore the former Manistee & Grand Rapids Railroad along with ghost towns and former lumber camps that existed along the route. Click here to learn more. A special thanks to Mike…
On Saturday, June 1, the Mason County Historical Society will present a special bus tour exploring an abandoned railroad along with ghost towns and abandoned lumber camps of northeastern Mason County. In 1899, a group of lumber barons from Manistee and Ludington formed the Manistee & Grand Rapids Railroad. The standard gauge railroad ran from the City of Manistee, through…
HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — Sable Dunes Audubon Society will hold a birding hike on Saturday, April 6 beginning at 10 a.m. at the Ludington State Park. The hike will begin at the warming shelter. Participants will look at several locations in the park for returning migrant bird species. PENTWATER — The Society will hold its first educational workshop of the season at…
LUDINGTON — Tinkham Avenue, between Lakeshore Drive and William Street, is currently closed for construction. The street is expected to be closed until the first week of July. The suggested detour is Bryant Road between Lakeshore Drive and Washington Avenue. Residents in that area have been contacted and Republic Services has been alerted to the road closure for refuse services.…
Robert C. “Doc” Campbell, DDS, 91, longtime resident of Scottville, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Doc was born on November 20, 1932 in Jackson, the son of Harlan and Katherine (McDowell) Campbell and graduated from Leslie High School with the class of 1950. With his father being a dentist, Doc followed in his footsteps by first earning his bachelor’s…
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