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News & Opinion from Marquette, Michigan

Dear Diary,

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  Dear Diary...   Sorry I haven’t cracked you open in a while.  A long while.  You know I’ve been busy writing Word on the Street.  But some recent events have caused me to break the seal on this journal and record a couple happenings I found interesting.  Interesting to me, at least.  And I guess that’s the purpose ... Continue Reading

Street Words • A Grisly Bear • Coffee Talk • Brits & Brews

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  Sharing the Streets NEVER HAVE THE words of Word on the Street been more about the streets… specifically, the streets of Marquette.  In case you haven’t seen it, there’s a congenial tug-of-war taking place between those who favor vehicular transportation versus those who want to see a better defined sharing of the ... Continue Reading

(Anti)Social Media

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  THE UNWRITTEN RULES LOOSELY woven through the brief history of social media continue to unravel. What “unwritten rules,” you ask?  Well… one in particular.  Civility. I guess it was inevitable.  Provide an open forum to anyone with access to a keyboard and you’re essentially pulling the loose thread on the ... Continue Reading

U.P. Pride Fails to Measure Up in Portland

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  YOU NEEDN'T HAVE BEEN following basketball’s March Madness to have heard about the snafu in Portland, Oregon.  It’s been covered on news outlets across the country… not just those focusing on sports. In review, the three-point lines painted on the court for the women’s tournament games being played in Portland ... Continue Reading

Round and Round We Go • Real Estate for Dummies • Power Play at the Westwood Mall

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A Roundabout at the Crossroads? After the Michigan Department of Transportation announced plans to put a roundabout at the intersection of M-35 and CR-492, the cry went out… again, for one at the crossroads of CR-480 and M-553. Those who arrive at that 4-way stop, particularly when people are heading to work, will tell ... Continue Reading

A Director on the Hot Seat • A Street Up for an Upgrade • A Setback on a Land Swap

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  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

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  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

Delivering the Music • The Queen of All Media

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  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?

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  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