Community Action Alger-Marquette (CAAM) is back in the news as concerns about valuable programs and agency leadership have resurfaced … this time with the Marquette County Board of Commissioners. Regular readers may recall an article that appeared in Word on the Street almost two years ago which recounted a ... Continue Reading
Psychedelics and Meditation… Different Paths to Mental Health
Psychedelic Psychotherapy, and to a more moderate degree, meditation, are emerging treatments becoming more popular as they continue to gain acceptance in the world of traditional mental health therapy. Though both treatment methods have been around for hundreds of years, they are now “emerging” in the sense ... Continue Reading
The High Cost of… Building a House
The Home Builders Association of the U.P., in conjunction with the HBA of Michigan and the National Association of Home Builders, recently released information related to the cost of building a house in today’s inflated market. The bad news is there’s not much good news in the story. In addition to the current ... Continue Reading
Good Ice / Bad Ice • Winter Weather and Winter Games • Shop Local… Online?
The Cold Facts There’s good ice, and there’s bad ice. The bad ice, of course, is that on the highway. And though we call them “accidents,” like they just happen, regardless of what we do... most of them can be prevented. I don’t know what else we can say, but… SLOW DOWN! Would you rather be late, or the ... Continue Reading
Road Rage
WE'VE BEEN DOWN this road before… specifically M-553, south of Marquette. It’s the highway that takes you from town to the crossroads of CR-480 and M-553, and the speed limit, starting just south of the Pioneer Road intersection, is a way too fast 55 mph. A two mile stretch of that road is home to… the new ... Continue Reading