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News & Opinion from Marquette, Michigan

A Coffee Shop and Girl Power

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CHANGES IN THE works for Munising, and yes, they include a new coffee shop. Out-of-state developer Darrin Hubbard and his local partner Tom Dolaskie had originally planned to open up a "speakeasy" next to their Roam retail store on Elm Avenue. No more. Now, it's going to become the Gallery Coffee Company, complete ... Continue Reading

A New Brew Pub and a New Music Festival

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SO ARE THERE enough breweries in Marquette County yet? Apparently not. The Upper Peninsula Brewing Company in Negaunee will soon enter the fray, likely in late summer if construction deadlines are met and permits are granted in a timely manner (that's often been the hangup). It'll actually be a brew pub, serving ... Continue Reading

A New Brewery in South Marquette

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WHAT IN THE world is happening in South Marquette? The Courtyards, Don Durley's much awaited bar/restaurant is opening soon. So is Drifa, the beer cooperative over near South Beach, and now comes word that the old Michigan Carpenters and Millwrights building on Division Street has been bought and will be converted to a ... Continue Reading

The Courtyards–Something New for South Marquette

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IT'LL BE OPEN soon, probably within weeks, according to owner Don Durley. No firm date. He and his crew are still applying the finishing touches to what he's calling The Courtyards, a bar/restaurant in south Marquette. They've transformed a homely little strip mall that was once home to a laundromat and a children's ... Continue Reading

A Businesswoman No Longer, an Artist Forever

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"AT THIS AGE, it's time for me to do what I'm here to do." Kathleen Conover's life is about to change and she's thrilled with it. The renowned U.P. painter is selling her studio out near Presque Isle after twenty-five years in business. But it's not to retire. Oh no, not even close. But we'll get to that in a minute ... Continue Reading

Wait, What? Another Hotel?

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WELL, MAYBE. No, probably. A Houghton developer, Big Pond Properties, recently went before the Marquette Board of Zoning Appeals, seeking a variance so that it could build a four story Best Western hotel at 1200 and 1220 Wilson Street. That's on the corner of McClellan, across from Blue Cross Blue Shield, and ... Continue Reading

A Bright New Shoreline for Marquette

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YOU GAZE AT them from out on the Lake, and they look like bookends to the city of Marquette. One in the north, the other in the south. Not especially pretty bookends. Masses of metal, stacks reaching skyward, and in the not-too-distant past, those pipes were sending smoke into our pristine skies., The smoke is gone, ... Continue Reading

Sinotte to Resign at UPHS

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UP Health System-Marquette CEO and UP Health System Market President Brian Sinotte announced in a letter emailed out Thursday morning that he will be stepping down in June. According to the email, Sinotte accepted a new position in Chicago. There will be an interim leader elected in the intermediate while the search for ... Continue Reading

Springtime in Marquette: Golf, Snow, Art, and Theater

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HUGE HONOR FOR Marquette's Greywalls Golf Course. It's now ranked by the prestigious Golf Digest magazine as the 54th best public course in the nation. It had never been ranked in the Top 100 until this year. So why the sudden, dramatic change? "We've never been able to qualify for ratings with Golf Digest because ... Continue Reading