MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE THOUGHT the MSHS nickname debate a settled issue, having been decided based on the results of a survey put out by the MAPS Board of Education. Well, it isn’t. At last Monday night’s meeting, board Vice-President Glenn Sarka made a motion to include renewed discussion of what to do about our ... Continue Reading
Moving Out… and Up the Ladder
REGULAR VIEWERS OF LOCAL television news are well aware of, or at least somewhat interested in, the career arc of the reporters and anchors they've gotten to know from their many hours of watching them on the flat screen. Since WLUC-TV came on the air some 67 or so years ago, a fair number of their broadcasters ... Continue Reading
Mastering the Plan
THOSE OF YOU FOLLOWING the progress of the city's work on the new Master Plan were no doubt aware of the two community feedback sessions hosted by officials this week. According to Dennis Stachewicz, Director of Planning and Community Development, the workshops were intended to gather the community’s ideas on ... Continue Reading
Mining Their Business
HAVE YOU BOUGHT ANYTHING for a nickel lately? Probably not. A nickel doesn’t buy what it used to. I remember a pinball machine that you could play for a nickel. You could get a candy bar for a nickel. And if you had two nickels, the opportunities were endless! Now… not so much. But nickel… the mineral, ... Continue Reading
Dancing with the Digneits • Summer Fun at the Mountain • More Words
Diggin’ and Dancin' Did you see the results of last week’s 8th edition of Dancing with our Stars? You do know about Dancing with our Stars, don’t you? Unless you’ve been off the grid for the past month, you’re surely aware of the annual dance-off fundraiser for the U.P. Hospice Foundation, presented by Upper Peninsula ... Continue Reading