From Social Distancing to Social Districting… It was just a couple weeks ago that the President announced the end of the pandemic. Granted, we’ve been inching back to normalcy for some time now, but it’s still nice to be given carte biden to shed the cloak of covid, once and for all. Notable in the comeback is ... Continue Reading
Some News… and Some Opinion
Let the Walls Come Tumbling Down The NMU Foundation held a press conference yesterday at the NMU Center to announce the official transition of the former hospital property ownership from UP Health System to the Foundation. We got to hear from some of the same people who have been out front of this deal since it ... Continue Reading
Redmen? Or What?
AS SCHOOL IS BACK in session and our sports teams are again competing on the fields and courts, it seems like a good time to revisit the MSHS mascot/branding issue. We hoped this wouldn’t still be a topic of discussion… but it is. The Indian Chief image has been scrubbed from the scene, but apparently no official decision ... Continue Reading
Hotel- DENIED Restaurants- CLOSED
IN A DECISION THAT may have surprised some, but not many, the Marquette Planning commission has denied a local developer’s application for a Special Land Use Permit to build a 4-story hotel, just off Lakeshore Boulevard, across from Picnic Rocks. The action took place before a packed house Tuesday night in the ... Continue Reading
Attorney General’s Office Offers (No) Opinion
In what seems like a surprisingly quick response to State Representative Sara Cambensy’s request for an investigation into the former hospital property project being engineered by the NMU Foundation, the Attorney General’s office has weighed in with a letter to Cambensy in which they indicate they aren’t going to ... Continue Reading