The Heat is on at Community Action IT WAS A LITTLE LESS THAN a year ago when Word on the Street reported on a disturbing level of discontent at and with Community Action-Alger Marquette. The multiple grievances we uncovered for that article focused mainly on the leadership of agency Executive Director Michelle ... Continue Reading
Finished Yet? Projects and Their Progress
AS SOME OF OUR SPRING flowers begin to show their faces, possibly prematurely, we can take a look at some area projects which are also trying to blossom. Some are closer to seeing the sun than others, but as long as there’s a breath of life, they’ll remain on our radar. Here’s a little rundown of a few things ... Continue Reading
First Impressions… A Texas Roadhouse Review
AS A FREE SERVICE to the dining public, Word on the Street is happy to bring you our first and only installment of “At The Plate…The Sights, Sounds and Tastes of the New Restaurant Taking the Area by Storm, Texas Roadhouse.” My goodness, with the early rush of customers, you’d think we’d finally gotten our ... Continue Reading
Delivering the Music • The Queen of All Media
Special Delivery THE LOCAL MUSIC SCENE got a bump last month when we were introduced to a group not many of us had even heard of. Surprisingly it took an article in Rolling Stone magazine, the bible of the music industry, to familiarize us with the work of Liquid Mike, seen above at a recent performance. The ... Continue Reading
Where are you going, Marquette?
INTERESTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS got a look into the future of Marquette Wednesday night when the Planning Department hosted a presentation of the new Master Plan draft. Russ Soyring of Beckett & Raeder, a landscape architecture consulting firm, explained most of the whys and some of the hows included in the ... Continue Reading