YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED the new facade on the 231 West building in downtown Marquette. Exceptionally handsome. As attractive as any in Marquette. But it's what's behind that exterior that will provide an interesting story in the months and years ahead. 231 West will be a high class French-style patisserie and coffee ... Continue Reading
Book World Building Is Sold, and It’s Beer Choir Night!
NEARLY TWO YEARS after Book World closed down in the heart of downtown Marquette, the building has finally been sold. The buyers? Anne White, originally of Marquette, and her partner, Scott Anderson, who together form Buffalo Dragon Investments. So....what's it gonna be? "We're not absolutely certain what we're ... Continue Reading
The Hail Mary
"It's like we threw a long bomb into the end zone and we completed the pass. And we scored. It actually happened." The words of David Gill, the president of the board of the Marquette Brewing Cooperative which today (Tuesday) opens Drifa, the new brewery in south Marquette. Today's opening is for the 350 co-op members ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk: Sophie Erber
Brian Cabell sits down and talks with TV6 anchor Sophie Erber--the classic fish-out-of-water who's managed to adapt to life in the Upper Peninsula over the last five years. BC: You're not from the U.P., are you? Born on the East Coast? SE: I was born in New York City. My first bedroom was actually facing the ... Continue Reading
Running for Herself and Her Children
YOU LOOK AT Jill Leonard--tall and lean--and you might guess that she's an athlete, and you'd be partially correct. She's now 45, married, a mother of three, a businesswoman who runs an insurance agency. But years ago, she was a basketball star. Her high school team won a state championship, she earned a scholarship to ... Continue Reading
Road Rage Marquette Style
A SIGHT AND sound witnessed recently in downtown Marquette. Car #1 headed north in slow traffic on Front Street stops at a well-marked crosswalk at Main Street to allow a pedestrian, waiting on the sidewalk, to cross Front Street. Car #2 stops behind Car #1, and the driver immediately leans out the window and starts ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk: Jim Koski
Brian Cabell talks to Jim Koski, the enthusiastic radio personality at Q107 for the last 31 years. He also hosts the TV show "High School Bowl" and conducts history tours of Marquette. BC: Where were you born and raised? JK: I was actually born and raised here in Marquette and I graduated from Marquette High ... Continue Reading
I Love Marquette, UP the Sky, and Climate Change Refugees Pouring into the UP
WE'RE NOT SURE what it means yet, but the I Love Marquette store on Washington Street in the heart of downtown has been closed for at least a week now. Simply a Closed sign on the door. Lights are on inside, flower pots outside. Becky Salmon, the assistant director of Downtown Development Authority, says she's got no ... Continue Reading
Free Ice Cream! Free Hot Dogs! And More Smiles for the Kids
ARE SERVICE CLUBS on the decline in this country? Is their membership getting older every day? Will some of them go out of business for lack of interest and members? Yes, yes, and yes. But here's why service clubs--which have struggled to attract younger members--matter. Immensely. They Get Stuff Done. Example: ... Continue Reading
Musical Chairs in Marquette, and the Highest Rated Coffee Shop in Town
IT HAPPENS EVERY year in Marquette--businesses open, close, relocate, and expand. But the last several months have been particularly active. Dizzying. Let's review what is a lengthy but almost certainly incomplete list. Try to keep up. Reblossom (the above photo) has now closed on Washington Street after moving from ... Continue Reading
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