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.
Island Diary March 2018 Diary March 2018 -Mar. 1st - The weather is absolutely lousy at Put-in-Bay - windy, rainy and cold changing to snow. The planes are not flying in the morning. Hefty winds out of the northeast bring lake water up to the top of the city docks, covering the roadway at Miller’s downtown [...]
Put-in-Bay Diary- Thurs., Feb. 1st - Karen Wilhelm is substituting for her husband Mark processing freight at the Put-in-Bay Airport terminal. Shawn Dages hauls in a huge walleye worthy of a spot over any mantel. Put-in-Bay Diary -Fri., Feb. 2nd - St Paul’s youth join the youth from across the Diocese at the annual Winter Convocation [...]
Put-in-Bay Diary Monday Jan.1st While many islanders are just getting up and enjoying a cup of coffee, one of the Crew’s Nest workers is out checking the bubblers on the docks to keep the ice from heaving them. Put-in-Bay Diary Tues., Jan. 2nd - In the morning the temperature is 5 degrees with wind speed at [...]
Put In Bay Diary Events for December of 2017 Put In Bay Diary Fri., Dec. 1st - The Crew’s Nest is being decorated for Christmas. There are still a few private boats in the water. Gary Kowalski’s fuel vessel, “Cantankerous,” heads home with the last load of fuel for the 2017 season! Put In Bay Diary [...]
Put-in-Bay Diary-Sun., Oct. 1st - The Keys close down party features delicious free seafood cuisine. Art Boyles and Celestine Collier are married in a wedding in the gazebo in DeRivera Park. Mon., Oct. 2nd - Pauline Garsteck from the Village Bakery treats the HGTV crew here on the island for breakfast. More info to come on [...]
Put-in-Bay Diary-Fri., Sept. 1st - The Toby Keith concert at the Put-in-Bay Airport is over. Clean up and take down crews work all night and by morning those passing by the airport saw no sign there was even a concert there. Put-in-Bay Ferry Boats ran most of the night to get all the passengers, trucks and [...]
Put-in-Bay Diary-Feb. 1st - February starts with snow on the ground and open water around the islands. Put-in-Bay Diary-Feb. 2nd - The Village of Put-in-Bay has a Streets and Safety Committee meeting at the Town Hall in the morning to discuss various issues, one of which is whether or not a non-commissioned chief of police who [...]
Put-in-Bay Diary May 1st, 2017 - There’s rain before breakfast. The Put-in-Bay Village Council meets at 9 a.m. Put-in-Bay Diary May 2nd, 2017 - There’s a strong west wind blowing 30-35 mph since 5 a.m. and the last boat to Put-in-Bay is canceled. Put-in-Bay Diary May 3rd, 2017 - Christie Ontko is substitute teaching at Put-in-Bay [...]
Put-in-Bay Diary Sat., July 1st - Julie Roach is late for work in the morning because she stops to get donuts for the Boardwalk’s office staff. A young deer is seen running past the Bathing Beach at the end of Put-in-Bay’s busy main street in the middle of the day. The residents of the Middle Bass [...]
The Put-in-Bay Diary June 2017 featured the following Milestone events. Thurs., June 1st - Construction workers are putting siding on old freight barn at Lime Kiln Dock at the Put-in-Bay Ferry Landing. Fri., June 2nd - Put-in-Bay High School graduation ceremonies take place at the Monument Visitors Center. It’s followed by a reception at the Put-in-Bay [...]