THE SWEET WATER cafe is no more. One of Marquette's favored dining spots on Third Street has been renamed Cafe Bodega (meaning: a small store that sells groceries and wine). The new sign went up Monday afternoon. It's the latest and most visible change instituted by the new owners Leslie Seratti and Libby Nelson ... Continue Reading
A Woman Unlike Any Other
"WHAT THE F*** happened?!" Aoy exclaims into her cell phone. Steam rises from the huge pot of soup she's stirring on the stove. A mini-crisis has broken out at the Rice Paddy, her restaurant on Presque Isle Street. It's 10:30 am. Two-hundred eighty pounds of chicken wasn't delivered on time. "You better have my ... Continue Reading
Cave-In Reported at Pictured Rocks
AUTHORITIES CONFIRM THERE was a minor cave-in at the Pictured Rocks National Seashore last evening. The mishap was apparently caused by exploratory drilling being conducted by the Australian mining conglomerate, Weeraub-Yubleinde Ltd, headquartered in Melbourne. "Three of our employees were injured in the incident," ... Continue Reading
Iron Bay Prepares to Open, So Does Mystery Business, Short Term Rental Ordinance Poised for Passage, Sawyer Airport Prospects Brighten, CR 595 Is Hopeful, and NMU Professor Is “On Call” for More Protests
FIRST THE RECOVERY Room, then the Delft, then Digs, and now the Iron Bay Restaurant and Drinkery (formerly L'Attitude). New and re-fashioned restaurants and bars are popping up downtown seemingly every month. The latest on the Iron Bay: They'll be taking applications for employees within a couple of weeks. They hope ... Continue Reading
A Mother’s Nightmare, a Community’s Responsibility
WE DON'T LIKE to talk about teen suicide. It's uncomfortable. It's frightening. But this isn't about teen suicide. It's about pre-teen suicide. Almost incomprehensible. Actually, it's a suicide attempt, and currently, the 11 year old boy is lying in a bed at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor on life support. ... Continue Reading