Put-in-Bay Diary:
This category details events that occur on a day to day basis in any given month or year, plus snippets of daily island life in Lake Erie.
This category details events that occur on a day to day basis in any given month or year, plus snippets of daily island life in Lake Erie.
Diary May 2020 - All The Local Gossip! Fri., May 1st - The Put-in-Bay Gazette April issue is printed in the morning. You'll notice a new outdoor newspaper rack outside the Island General Store since customers can no longer enter the store. Ted McCann (Put-in-Bay High School Class of 1981) and his wife Betsy enjoy an [...]
Put-in-Bay Diary March 2020 - Island Gossip & News Sun., March 1st - A weekend blast of cold has brought in the most ice we’ve seen all winter. Ice, albeit not very thick, has filled the harbor in front of the Monument all the way to Middle Bass. A few islanders are spotted taking their airboats [...]
Diary August 2019 Put-in-Bay Ohio Diary August 2019 - Thurs., Aug. 1st - There’s a soft opening at the new Tree Bar at Mist at Mr. Ed’s in the late afternoon. Fri., Aug. 2nd - There are plenty of people on the island enjoying a perfect-weather summer day. The I-LYA Sailboat Regatta begins. Sat., Aug. 3rd [...]
Island Diary July 2019 Diary July 2019 Mon., July 1st - Islanders awake to the shocking news that Patrick Myers was found dead at his home on Mitchell Rd. the previous evening. A new modular home that arrived on Catawba before the weekend is ferried to the island now that the water has gone down a [...]
Island Diary May 2019 Put-in-Bay Ohio Wed., May 1st - It’s Ottawa County Senior Day at Camp Perry! Sarah Toole is honored as the Put-in-Bay “2019 Senior of the Year.” The High Water overnight floats several floating docks up onto the road at Squaw Harbor and blocks both lanes. Thurs., May 2nd - The Fishbowl and [...]
Put-in-Bay Diary October 2018 Mon., Oct. 1st - Lisa and Russ Brohl are picking grapes from their vines. Neighbors David and Kat Holscott and Monk Nemec help pick the Catawba grapes. Barb Cooper is Lifeflighted off the island with a broken shoulder after a fall. Get better soon, Barb! Tues., Oct. 2nd - Dawn Schill from Perry’s [...]
Put-in-Bay August 2018 Diary Wed., Aug. 1st - The August 2018 Diary marks the arrival of Hanna Gottlieb from Steyr, Austria, for a summer visit with Scott and Caroline Jackson. Steyr is where many islanders have visited and it is where Joe Suttmann, Erika Suttmann Crossley (Put-in-Bay Class of 2001), and Caroline Jackson (Put-in-Bay High School [...]
July 2018 Diary From Put-in-Bay July 2018 Diary Sun., July 1st - A large algae bloom is spotted off the east shore of the island. Gordy Barr comes over to Put-in-Bay with his new island book. He and his wife, Kyle, enjoy dinner with Christie Ontko and Cliff Fulton at the Goat. Mon., July 2nd - [...]
Put-in-Bay Diary Fri., June 1st - The Put-in-Bay High School Class of 2018 graduates on the plaza at Perry’s Monument. After the hour-long ceremony, the graduates, their families, and friends head to the Put-in-Bay Yacht Club for a graduation party. Put-in-Bay Diary Sat., June 2nd - In the afternoon, the Wine in the Garden event takes [...]
Diary April 2018 Sun., Apr. 1st - St. Paul’s Episcopal Church has a beautiful morning for its Easter Sunrise Service. Diary April 2018 Mon., Apr. 2nd - There is no school for kids. It is part of the long Easter weekend vacation. A car is seen on the ferry with snow on it. Diary April 2018 [...]