This longtime Put-in-Bay tradition The Wake celebrates the passing of another summer season. Join friends and islanders for a fun-filled weekend, one of the last of the season! The Wake's main festivities occur at the Roundhouse Bar and Park Hotel on Saturday night. Guests pay a modest entry fee to go through the "haunted" hotel and [...]
Put-in-Bay Historical Weekend- Join us as we celebrate Put-in-Bay History and the 205th anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie and Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry’s naval victory over the British. The Historical Weekend is a family-oriented event that features art in the park on Saturday where well known regional craftspeople display and sell their wood and [...]
Put-in-Bay News March 2017 starts with the retirement of Lodging Owners Bob and Judy Bransome who operated one of the popular Put-in-Bay Hotels establishment for 25 years and have a new condo on the island so they won’t be going far. More on the new owner in next month’s issue. New Park- Thanks to the Clean Ohio [...]
Put-in-Bay Diary March 2017-Events and happenings on the Island! Put-in-Bay Diary- Wed March 1st - There is an Ash Wednesday service at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in the morning. Dale Burris has the North Bass boat “Cold Duck” is in the water. 50+ mile per hour winds bring down a tree in Don and Rosi Stephens [...]
Put-in-Bay News July 2017 BIRTHS Isla Sara McGrath- Congratulations to Derek and Alison (Duff) McGrath on the birth of an 8 lbs, 11.5 oz, 21-inch daughter, Isla Sara, on May 6th. She joins sisters Lydia and Cora at the family home. Alison is the daughter of Put-in-Bay Island resident Allen Duff, and Catawba residents Melanie and [...]
The US Postal Service has announced the issue of a postage stamp commemorating the Battle of Lake Erie which took place 200 years ago on Sept. 10, 1813, just a few miles away from Put-in-Bay out on the lake. The battle dramatically changed the history of the United States. The War of 1812, sometimes called “the [...]
