AN UNUSUAL DISCOVERY this last weekend for a homeowner on the beach on Lakewood Lane in Harvey. A dead bear, a fully grown male. It weighed 156 pounds but it was waterlogged and bloated. DNR Wildlife Research Technician Erin Largent says the bear showed no obvious signs of injury and likely drowned recently in rough ... Continue Reading
The Wild Rover, Cliffs Contract Talks, Mild Winter, Vajda Departure, Gym Closing, and a Driver’s Dream
DON'T EXPECT THE long-anticipated ownership change at the Wild Rover to happen anytime soon. Bill Digneit (of Double Trouble DJ's fame) is one of the partners in the purchase, and he says the closing on the bar/restaurant has been delayed. He figures the deal will close within 60 days. No later than the end of the ... Continue Reading
Blackrocks, Cambensy, and a Battle over Beer and Noise
A LONG SIMMERING dispute along Third Street burst into the open Tuesday evening. Strangely enough, it occurred at a meeting of the usually snooze-inducing Marquette City Planning Commission. Simply put, the dispute pitted a popular and independent-minded City Commissioner, Sara Cambensy, against a popular business, ... Continue Reading
Vajda’s Future, Orphanage Progress, Land for Sale, Piedmont’s Popularity, Joe’s Second Departure, and the Main Event
MORE INTRIGUE AT City Hall. Following last week's reports that City Manager Bill Vajda had quit or threatened to quit comes this disclosure: He's one of 19 applicants for the County Administrator's job in Grand Traverse County. And if you check his credentials, he seems better qualified for the job than most, if not ... Continue Reading
Vajda Resignation Rumors? Wrong
THE RUMORS SWIRLING around City Hall and throughout Marquette that city manager Bill Vajda is resigning are just that: rumors. Unfounded. Wrong. That's the word from Vajda himself. They started when Vajda took this week off--an unscheduled vacation at home, which he says is his first actual vacation since he took ... Continue Reading