Church News from St. Paul ’s: St. Paul’s Annual Meeting – January 21st Members of St. Paul’s churches gathered for worship and our Annual Meeting following our worship service. The annual meeting approved the budget for the coming year and elects new officers for the church vestry. Officers of the vestry can serve up to two [...]
Put-in-Bay School News by Steve Poe, Superintendent- I recently heard a quote that is so appropriate for this time of year. “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” With January being “School Board Recognition Month,” we would like to express our gratitude for the work our Board of [...]
PUT-IN-BAY- Aquatic Center Open For Summer Tourists Summer tourists at Put-in-Bay can swing out to the west side of town to drop a line in Lake Erie, and get a close-up view of Lake Erie’s fishes and interactive exhibits at The Ohio State University’s Aquatic Center. Located a mile west of downtown Put-in-Bay, the Aquatic Visitors [...]
Island railroad tracks pulled up, headed for new home in Findlay, Ohio Islanders will recall the quarter-scale train Skip and Sharon Duggan had on their property out by the South Bass Island Lighthouse. The locomotive and cars were capable of pulling loads of kids around on the tracks Skip, Rob Mohn and another fellow laid in Duggan’s [...]
FOOD PANTRY IS PREPARING FOR WINTER St. Paul’s Church has offered a food pantry for 12 years. Each year the Put-in-Bay community looks for ways to lend a hand to those who may need some assistance. Unlike the food pantries on the mainland the system is anonymous. We do not ask for any information from the [...]
Another annual Put-in-Bay Chamber of Commerce Reverse Raffle is over, and the ghost of the last Godfather of Cleveland, John Scalish, was probably laughing himself silly as he watched emcees Ray Fogg and Duff Spatafore doing their Italian imitations at this year’s raffle. Ray’s version of an Italian mob wise guy wasn’t bad considering Fogg probably [...]
We are excited to introduce to you Muscle Bay Fitness LLC, The First Put-in-Bay Gym and fitness center on the island.. Located at 1961 Langram Road in the former Cargo Net. We will be open for business in the second week of April. The Put-in-Bay Gym was a longtime dream 13 years in the making. Co-owner [...]
The iconic Put-in-Bay Road Races Reunion is expanding for 2017 with more track time on a longer course at Ted Erickson Field on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. Race Director Jack Woehrle along with the Put In Bay Ohio Port Authority, Chamber of Commerce and FAA have worked to expand to two days of racing [...]
Put-in-Bay Ohio-Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial is tuning up for the first ever Put-in-Bay Music Fest to be held here on Saturday, June 10th, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. The park’s maintenance crew has worked hard getting the park ready for the May 20 opening, Perry Education Days, and the Memorial Day Remembrance ceremony. The [...]
The Lake Erie Islands Wildlife Center on Meechen Rd. is open daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you have family, kids, and grandkids, whether residents or visitors, you will want to make the Lake Erie Islands Wildlife Center one of your stops at Put-in-Bay Ohio. Our new exhibits that were funded through an ODNR [...]