AMPERSAND IS NO more. At least the name "Ampersand" is gone. (Next to the door temporarily is a big question mark.) The downtown co-working space, which has struggled to stay solvent over the last two years, is being renamed "Campfire Coworks," and, more important, it's coming under new management. The new ... Continue Reading
Is Marquette About to Become Pot City USA?
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IS coming to the city of Marquette. That much is clear. What's unclear is exactly when? And how many shops will there be? Will pot shops be cropping up everywhere? Probably not. "Based on conversations we've had at meetings and here at the City Manager's office, I would expect that we'd have ... Continue Reading
Quiznos Update, Coco’s Price, Farmers Market Hire, and Ice on the Lake
Property for sale AS WE SUSPECTED, the Quiznos in Harvey has closed. The property's up for sale. RE/MAX realtor Gina Feltner Bouws informs us she's listing it for $274,900. A number of people have asked us in the last few days, "There was a Quizno's in Harvey?" Maybe that was the problem. It's visible from US 41 but ... Continue Reading
A Grass Roots Crusade to Make the Hospital Better
"WE HAVE TO help LifePoint help themselves. They need help!" The impassioned words of Cindy Nyquist, the president and founder of UP Home Health and Hospice. She's become the point person for a local campaign to fix what's wrong with LifePoint's local hospital, UP Health System Marquette. And what's wrong with UPHS? ... Continue Reading
Quiznos, Iron Bay, Easy Ice, and the Redmen
Sandwich shop closing? UNCERTAINTY AT THE Quiznos location in Harvey. The Closed sign has been up for several days, leading potential customers to wonder whether it's closed permanently. Particularly telling is the wording on one of the Closed signs: "Thank you for your business." Seems like a goodbye, but we're not ... Continue Reading
Tech Jobs in Marquette: Not So Unusual Anymore
CAN MARQUETTE EVER become a mini-Silicon Valley? A regional center for tech-based businesses? Skeptics may question that possibility, noting that the SmartZone here, designed to attract young, innovative tech businesses, is now nearly five years old, and yet still only a handful of tech businesses call Marquette ... Continue Reading
Northern Michigan University: Pushing the Envelope…and Succeeding
NOBODY'S GOING TO argue with us if we tell you that Northern Michigan University is nowhere near an Ivy League college, nor is it one of the nation's eminent public educational institutions. Yes, you can get a great education there with some wonderful professors, it's located in a beautiful Upper Peninsula setting, its ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk: Jenna Smith
Brian Cabell sits down and talks to Marquette's 32-year-old, very pregnant mayor Jenna Smith to find out why she became involved with politics...and what have been the happiest and most trying most moments of her life. BC: Where were you brought up? JS: I grew up in Harvey with my parents and my brother on a ... Continue Reading
Pier 1 Questions, the New Brewpub, and Reason #172 Why We Love the UP
Nationwide, the store is struggling THE PIER 1 IMPORTS store in Marquette Township certainly seems busy and prosperous. But check the news from their corporate headquarters over the last few months, and there's cause for concern. Sales are down, losses are up, many of their stores are being shuttered. A couple of ... Continue Reading
Marquette “Redmen”: Is There Room for a Compromise?
MONDAY'S MAPS SCHOOL board meeting will likely be unusually crowded. And maybe impassioned. It'll be the first Board meeting since a research committee returned its recommendation that Marquette Senior High School drop its controversial nickname "Redmen." "The research reviewed by the committee demonstrated that a ... Continue Reading
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