Douglas News

Douglas Communication Group's Sharlan Douglas, a Royal Oak Planning Commissioner, has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the board of directors of the Michigan Association of Planning.

The Lawrence Township Board of Trustees has decided to get prices on converting the old Fifth Third Bank on St.

Two studies on whether the cities of Saugatuck and Douglas and Saugatuck Township should be consolidated will be unveiled Friday.

The Saugatuck Douglas Area Business Association is holding its annual holiday home decorating contest.

This oughta re-spark a good debate along the lakeshore. Two studies will be released a week from Saturday on the idea of consolidating Saugautuck-and-Douglas. Plante-Moran did one, MSU did the other.

A Tuesday night fire destroyed a building that formerly housed Naughtins Marine, Saugatuck Township Fire Chief John Blok said.

Allegan County fire officials say an abandoned home which was once the old Naughton's Marina in downtown Douglas was destroyed by fire Tuesday night.

City Council member C. Daniel Urquhart has resigned from the Kalamazoo Harbor master plan committee; his wife, Alexa Urquhart, was appointed to the position.

It could cost the city more than $160,000 to build a concrete wall to shore up 150 feet of eroding roadway on the east side of Water Street, between Randolph and South streets.

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Partygoers register for The B.O.B.'s costume contest. GRAND RAPIDS -- At The B.O.B., it's all about the costumes -- ultra-professional, often-macabre costumes that draw contestants and spectators from across Michigan to downtown Grand Rapids' "haunted indoor circus." At The Orbit Room, it's about hard rock and heavy metal music, not to mention ...

October 23, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. - "As a council person, I'll work to actualize the challenges of the Tri-Community report," Karen Spoerl, a 1958 graduate of DePauw University, tells the Commercial Record .

Another large swath of duneland along Lake Michigan might soon be for sale. Click to enlarge The Presbytery of Chicago is considering selling the 130 acres of the Presbyterian Camps at Saugatuck to help cover financial needs in the denomination, according to sources and Web sites.

Allegan County officials hope the third time is a charm in their attempts to get federal money to assess an estimated 400-plus contaminated sites within the county.

Beer and October go together like fall color and road trips. Enter the newest offering of the Saugatuck Brewing Co.: the Bed, Breakfast and Brewery package -- sampled not necessarily in that order.

Lena the friendly dog is doing much better, thank you. And so are her owners, Douglas and Carol Twa of Montague.

As of 10:30 a.m. Monday, more than 4,200 Consumers Energy customers were still without power in West Michigan.

County officials will review how the Kal-Haven Trail and Van Buren Trail are operated with an eye toward saving money.

Deb and Jack Murdoch have planted the roots of their retirement on a 25-acre farm.

23-Oct. 18, Carnegie Center for the Arts, 107 N. Main St., Three Rivers. Reception, 2-4 p.m. Aug.