September 2023 Gazette – A Few Thoughts By Jeff Koehler
5 Sep, 2023
putinbayohio.com is proud to present this piece from the Put-in-Bay Gazette. For the best South Bass Island journalism, visit putinbay.news and subscribe to the Gazette today! A Few Thoughts By Jeff Koehler Business Up or Down? Every summer we all wonder if business on the island is up or down. This season we’re hearing mixed things about that topic. We’ve heard some restaurants are a whopping 30% down, but others are about the same as last year. On the other hand we’ve heard about a business breaking its all-time, one-day record. We’ve also heard that rentals are off a...
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August 2023 Gazette – Delaware Avenue Parking Update
24 Aug, 2023
putinbayohio.com is proud to present this piece from the Put-in-Bay Gazette. For the best South Bass Island journalism, visit putinbay.news and subscribe to the Gazette today! Delaware Avenue Parking Update On Friday, July 7th, “4 Passenger Golf Carts Only” was stenciled by line marking contractors on each of the diagonal parking spots on Delaware Ave. This was done to augment the regular information parking signs along the street for a couple of reasons. 1) 6-passenger-and-above golf carts stick out into the street and disturb the flow of traffic, especially when it comes to getting police cars, firetrucks and...
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August 2023 Gazette – Moss on the Rock
16 Aug, 2023
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 Visits to Stone Lab, SBI Lighthouse & Aquatic Visitors Center Want to visit Stone Laboratory, the Aquatic Visitors Center, and the South Bass Island Lighthouse yet this summer? Save these important dates for this month or visit https://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/…/osg-sl-offer-science. Come visit Gibraltar Island for a Thursday tour from 10 a.m. to noon or 1 to 3 p.m., running every Thursday until August 17th. The tours meet at The Boardwalk and...
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July 2023 Gazette – Middle Bass Music Festival
22 Jul, 2023
putinbayohio.com is proud to present this piece from the Put-in-Bay Gazette. For the best South Bass Island journalism, visit putinbay.news and subscribe to the Gazette today! Middle Bass Music Festival Lonz’s Winery Patio and Pavilion is the place to be on Saturday, July 15th, when the Middle Bass Music Festival rocks the island. It’s going to be a great time with live music, an artist tent, food trucks, beer, wine, and all your neighbors hanging out enjoying some Middle Bass Island charm. This year we are excited to have four amazing bands. One of the absolute best Reggae...
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July 2023 Gazette – Moss on the Rock
11 Jul, 2023
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 German Brass Band A real German brass band will be performing at Das Lokal, the Biergarten at the Goat, on Wednesday, July 12th starting at 3 p.m. The band, which traveled all the way from Germany, will have about 30 musicians. So if you like this type of music, don’t pass up this opportunity to enjoy an imported brew and some great fun. Everyone is welcome. Fundraising For Fireworks...
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June 2023 Gazette – Moss on the Rock
27 Jun, 2023
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 Island Survey Results If you were one of the 200 or so who filled out the Island Survey, there will be an opportunity to hear the results on Saturday, June 3rd, at 3 p.m. at the Senior Center. Betsy McCann, who worked designing surveys before retiring to the island, helped put this one together. The number of people who took time to take the survey was very good. LEI...
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June 2023 Gazette – New Proprietors at Anchor Inn
7 Jun, 2023
putinbayohio.com is proud to present the Put-in-Bay Gazette’s “New Proprietors at Anchor Inn”. For the best South Bass Island journalism, visit putinbay.news and subscribe to the Gazette today! New Proprietors at Anchor Inn When Emily Easterling surprised her husband Paul with a stay at the Anchor Inn for his birthday three years ago, they never dreamed they would someday own Put-in-Bay’s popular boutique hotel. After staying with Anchor Inn owners Joey Wolf and her husband Bill Burger, the couple couldn’t get the idea out of their heads how they might enjoy owning and operating an upscale lodging facility on an...
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May 2023 Gazette – Garlic Mustard Challenge 2023
18 May, 2023
putinbayohio.com is proud to present this piece from the Put-in-Bay Gazette. For the best South Bass Island journalism, visit putinbay.news and subscribe to the Gazette today! Garlic Mustard Challenge 2023 The Portage Park District and Stark Parks have issued the Put-in-Bay Township Park District and Lake Erie Islands Conservancy, a challenge as to which community can pull the most garlic mustard in a day! We have accepted the challenge but need your help and lots of volunteers. In 2022, our numbers were down as the ferries quit running that day but our hardy volunteers still managed to pull over 800...
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May 2023 Gazette – Let’s Bring Back Founders Day!
2 May, 2023
putinbayohio.com is proud to present this piece from the Put-in-Bay Gazette. For the best South Bass Island journalism, visit putinbay.news and subscribe to the Gazette today! Let’s Bring Back Founders Day! From The Put-in-Bay Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau The Put-in-Bay Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau and the Founders Day Committee would like to bring back Founders Day from yesterday! Let’s put the community back into Founders Day and why we celebrate it. This year’s event is on Saturday, June 10th, in DeRivera Park. Plans are being made to invite the community and its organizations to host fundraisers...
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