Monthly Archives: September 2022

The following piece is published in this month’s Put-in-Bay Gazette. The Gazette has been producing incredible independent Put-in-Bay island news for over 40 years. If you have any interest at all in what is happening on South Bass Island, we urge you strongly to subscribe to the Put-in-Bay Gazette. One-year online subscriptions are only $15, and print subscriptions are available as well. To subscribe please visit the Put-in-Bay Gazette subscription form.   News From Other Islands Rattlesnake Island Michael Gora from Middle Bass reports the Rattlesnake Island Local Post is coming to life again and will issue new stamps starting...

putinbayohio.com is proud to present the Put-in-Bay Gazette’s “Moss on the Rock”. For the best South Bass Island journalism, visit putinbay.news and subscribe to the Gazette today! Moss on the Rock On the Ballot in November Petitions to run for public office in November had to be to the Ottawa County Board of Elections by August 9th, but weren’t official until August 17th. In the Village, Mayor Judy Berry will be running unopposed for that position. Two incumbent Village Council members, Pam Stephens and Fred Cerny, will run unopposed. In the Township, incumbent Trustee Chris Cooper will run unopposed. No...

A Trip Back in Time By Barry Koehler The anticipation for the Vanilla Ice concert had been building for months but only Bill and Ted could have prepared me for the time warp I was about to enter. It was 1992 again at The Boathouse Bar and Grill! The floor was packed with mostly 40-something partiers reliving their glory days when special guest Tone Loc kicked off the show. As the Grammy nominated rapper rocked us with his hit songs “Wild Thing” and “Funky Cold Medina,” the crowd was transformed back into a bunch of kids jamming at an old...