After a pretty rough 2020, it seemed hopeful, and reasonable to expect, that 2021 would get us back on track. And though a lot of things opened up, to various degrees of success, it's hard to say that this past year has been everything we'd hoped it would be. Generally speaking, we're not a lot better off today ... Continue Reading
‘Tis the Season
Slip Sliding Away There’s no feeling quite like the one you get when you hit the top of the 4th Street hill, heading south, down towards West Washington when you realize, too late, that light snow and a temperature right around freezing have turned one of the city’s busiest streets into a sheet of ice that would make ... Continue Reading
Smoking? Or… NO Smoking!
The old "smoke 'em if you got 'em" maxim isn't heard much anymore, mainly because there are very few places that will allow you to smoke 'em, whether you've got 'em or not. One exception is the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community's Ojibwa Casino in Chocolay Township. Along with the tribe's other facility in Baraga, ... Continue Reading
On The News
Ample Coverage There are more than 200 television “markets” in this country. Ranked by size, New York City is #1, as it is in a lot of things. Glendive, Montana holds down the bottom spot at #210, and Marquette comes in at #180. 180 is pretty deep in the lineup to find a market with three stations that air original, ... Continue Reading
Power of the People • Anatomy of a Rumor • Nice New Digs
Power of the People We saw the power of the people in action last Monday night at the Marquette City Commission meeting. Or did we? Yes, attendance at the meeting was beyond capacity, with a clear majority there to oppose the latest proposed housing development, this one off McClellan Avenue, in the forested land just ... Continue Reading