Mackinac Island Town Crier

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Mackinac Island Town Crier
TypeWeekly Seasonal Newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Hoffmann Michigan Media Group, LLC
PublisherKim Ruley
EditorStephanie Fortino
Founded1957
Headquarters Mackinac Island, Michigan
Circulation 2,700
ISSN 8750-040X
OCLC number 10945365
Website www.mackinacislandnews.com

The Mackinac Island Town Crier is a weekly, seasonal newspaper that covers events in and around Mackinac Island in the U.S. state of Michigan. [1] The Town Crier has been owned by the family of Wesley H. Maurer Sr. since 1957, making it one of Michigan's oldest family-owned and -operated newspapers. As of 2019, the Town Crier was published 22 times a year, with weekly issues in the summer and periodic issues in the late fall, winter, and early spring. It has a circulation of 2,700. [2]

In 2023, the Mackinac Island Town Crier and the St. Ignace News were sold to Hoffmann Michigan Media Group, LLC part of the Hoffmann Family of Companies. [3]

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