IT HAPPENS EVERY year in Marquette--businesses open, close, relocate, and expand. But the last several months have been particularly active. Dizzying. Let's review what is a lengthy but almost certainly incomplete list. Try to keep up. Reblossom (the above photo) has now closed on Washington Street after moving from ... Continue Reading
Uncertainty at Gander Outdoors
A HECKUVA SALE taking place at Gander Outdoors in Marquette. Forty percent off of everything except for guns, ammunition, and generators. Big crowds But that exciting news may be masking the uncertainty surrounding the entire Gander Outdoors chain--69 stores in 22 states. The CEO of Camping World, which owns Gander ... Continue Reading
The Smokehouse Fires Up, Barrel and Beam Boosts its Brewing
A NEW ENTRY on the culinary scene. The much anticipated Lake Superior Smokehouse Brewpub (in the former Bayou space) opens to the public next Tuesday in Harvey. It'll be a very soft launch, says owner Scott Arbour. Meantime, family and friends are dining there this week. Arbour who, with his crew, has been working ... Continue Reading
Theatre with a Bite, a Literate Community, and a Stimulating Mix of Coffee and the Blues
"WE NEED TO raise funds if we're going to sustain our growth." The words of Jamie Weeder, the cofounder and director of Upper Peninsula Shakespeare Festival and Wolf's Head Theater Company. So begins a campaign to identify arts-loving individuals and businesses who will put the two relatively new theater groups on ... Continue Reading
OfficeMax to Close
OFFICE MAX IN Marquette will be closing up shop by mid-November, according to employees. Reportedly the lease on the property is up, and the business will not be relocating. The company is now working to either transfer employees to other locations or to help them find other jobs locally. OfficeMax has been advising ... Continue Reading