"It's like we threw a long bomb into the end zone and we completed the pass. And we scored. It actually happened." The words of David Gill, the president of the board of the Marquette Brewing Cooperative which today (Tuesday) opens Drifa, the new brewery in south Marquette. Today's opening is for the 350 co-op members ... Continue Reading
Running for Herself and Her Children
YOU LOOK AT Jill Leonard--tall and lean--and you might guess that she's an athlete, and you'd be partially correct. She's now 45, married, a mother of three, a businesswoman who runs an insurance agency. But years ago, she was a basketball star. Her high school team won a state championship, she earned a scholarship to ... Continue Reading
Road Rage Marquette Style
A SIGHT AND sound witnessed recently in downtown Marquette. Car #1 headed north in slow traffic on Front Street stops at a well-marked crosswalk at Main Street to allow a pedestrian, waiting on the sidewalk, to cross Front Street. Car #2 stops behind Car #1, and the driver immediately leans out the window and starts ... Continue Reading
I Love Marquette, UP the Sky, and Climate Change Refugees Pouring into the UP
WE'RE NOT SURE what it means yet, but the I Love Marquette store on Washington Street in the heart of downtown has been closed for at least a week now. Simply a Closed sign on the door. Lights are on inside, flower pots outside. Becky Salmon, the assistant director of Downtown Development Authority, says she's got no ... Continue Reading
Free Ice Cream! Free Hot Dogs! And More Smiles for the Kids
ARE SERVICE CLUBS on the decline in this country? Is their membership getting older every day? Will some of them go out of business for lack of interest and members? Yes, yes, and yes. But here's why service clubs--which have struggled to attract younger members--matter. Immensely. They Get Stuff Done. Example: ... Continue Reading