IT'S SOMETHING ALL of us over fifty are supposed to get...and yet most of us can't. Not in Marquette County, or elsewhere in the U.S. The new shingles vaccine, Shingrix--a series of two shots--is remarkably effective in preventing the painful disease, but the pharmaceutical company producing the vaccine can't make it ... Continue Reading
Marquette’s Chamber and Ampersand “In Transition”
CHANGES ARE IN the works for Marquette's Chamber of Commerce and its co-working space, Ampersand. There's uncertainty, as well. The first change came a couple of weeks ago when executive director Nick Steffey stepped down from his role, leaving that post vacant. Chamber Board president Christian Verardi, while praising ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk: Jamie Weeder
Brian Cabell sits down with the 34-year-old cofounder and artistic director of the Upper Peninsula Shakespeare Festival and the Wolf's Head Theater Company. BC: Where were you born and raised? JW: Primarily downstate. Westland, Michigan, the Detroit metro area. I was raised there with my mom and my dad, my brother and ... Continue Reading
Faith in Humanity
YOU GOTTA SALUTE Anna Dravland. She is one persistent lady. She's ramping up for the second annual Spread Goodness Day March 15th. It was an idea she had been mulling over for a few years--encouraging people to do good things for each other--and she actually brought it to reality last year. This, in spite of the fact ... Continue Reading
Commission Votes to Opt Out on Marijuana
THERE WILL BE no recreational marijuana businesses in the city of Marquette in the near future. That's the bottom line after the City Commission Monday night voted 4-3 to opt-out on Michigan's recently passed marijuana legalization law. Couple quick points: This in no way affects the smoking or possessing of small ... Continue Reading