No bikes, no weddings CHALLENGING TIMES FOR Marquette Mountain. First, biking on the Mountain, which was to take a major step forward this summer, hasn't happened. COVID restrictions have basically ruled out using shuttles to bring bikers up the mountain. And the rules aren't likely to loosen up. Second, weddings on ... Continue Reading
Beacon House Plans Accelerating, Tourism Trying to Revive, Farmers Market Getting Livelier, and Partridge Creek Harvest Is Surging
General contractor chosen "WE WILL BEGIN construction before the end of summer." The promise of Beacon House CEO Mary Tavernini, who concedes that her group hasn't quite raised enough money to complete Phase One (with 20 guest rooms) of the project. At one point, Tavernini had insisted they wouldn't start building until ... Continue Reading
Crowded Beaches, Farmer Q’s Closing, La Catrina’s Plans, and BeWell Set to Open
How to enforce an executive order? SOME PHOTOS FROM Marquette's beaches this weekend were not reassuring. Hundreds of mostly young people crammed together enjoying the sun, the sand, and the lake, and totally ignoring any guidelines about social distancing. Could anything have been done about it? A few police officers ... Continue Reading
A Welcoming Mural, Somber COVID Numbers, Sawyer Is Picking Up, and the Distillery Progress Is Slowing
An artist with a message IT'S HARD TO miss if you're entering downtown Marquette from the south on Front Street. A bold, beautiful, new mural with the words, "Evolve & Stay Involved" with clasping black and white hands. Huge, on the side of the LoyalTee's building owned by Brandon Sayen. Local artist Chelsea ... Continue Reading
To Mask or Not to Mask
MICHIGAN EXECUTIVE ORDER 2010-110 seems explicit: "Any person who leaves his or her home or place of residence must: Wear a face covering over his or her nose and mouth...when in any enclosed public space, unless the individual is unable medically to tolerate a face covering." And yet virtually all of us have been in ... Continue Reading