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Discord at Community Action Alger-Marquette

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A LITTLE BIT of deja vu these days at Community Action Alger-Marquette. The nonprofit agency (formerly known as AMCAB) helps low income residents with housing (eg Grandview Marquette), nutrition, early childhood education, and utility subsidies, but for the second time in a year, it's been hit with trouble near the ... Continue Reading

New GM Named at Marquette Mountain

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(Photo: Cory Genovese) AFTER WEEKS OF controversy and dissension on Marquette Mountain, Frank Malette is out as general manager, and 27 year old Andrew Farron, a mechanical engineer, is in. The announcement was made at 3 pm Monday afternoon. Farron and Marquette Mountain owner Pete O'Dovero had been having discussions ... Continue Reading

New Owners for Trenary Home Bakery

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ONE OF THE UP'S iconic companies is in new hands. Trenary Home Bakery, the makers of Trenary Toast, changed ownership at the start of the year. The new owners? Two 26-year-old NMU graduates, Marco Dossena and Brianna Wynsma (above photo), and Dossena's mother, Annunciata Cerioli, who lives in Miami. Dossena and ... Continue Reading

Burger King Property Sold… Again

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LET THE GUESSING game begin again. The old Burger King property on West Washington Street? The one that was sold to Sorenson Development of Gwinn last summer? It's been sold again, to an as yet undisclosed buyer. "We've sold it, but I can't say anything else about the sale," says Tammy Baez, Sorenson's office ... Continue Reading

The Acupuncture Virgin

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FOR MOST OF us who grew up in this country, with its reverence for Western medicine, it just sounds weird. Sticking needles in your skin all over your body? And expecting them to make you feel better? Seriously?? Yet acupuncture has been around for 3000 years, and increasingly western doctors are accepting it as a ... Continue Reading

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No Inpatient Drug Abuse Unit in New Hospital

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SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN the new UPHS hospital opens on the highway this April. And at first glance, it might seem a little surprising. No more inpatient drug abuse program. The focus has switched. "Over the years, utilization of our inpatient substance abuse program has been declining, while demand for inpatient ... Continue Reading

Room at the Inn Hires New Director

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NICK EMMENDORFER, the district representative for Congressman Jack Bergman, has been selected as the new executive director of the Room at the Inn. He'll replace Doug Russell who was terminated from his job a couple of months ago. Emmendorfer is only 28 years old, an NMU graduate, and a longtime volunteer at RATI. "He's ... Continue Reading

Unrest at Room at the Inn

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ROOM AT THE Inn, Marquette's program that provides lodging, meals, counseling, and warmth for the homeless, has hit a rough patch. Consider this. In the last couple of months, RATI has... Terminated its executive director, Doug Russell.Dismissed two paid staff members.Lost three members of its board, including ... Continue Reading

Tonight’s the Night

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COZY ON UP next to your TV set tonight. "Winner Cake All," the Food Network's cake-making challenge, featuring local bakers Joe Heck (Huron Mountain Bakery) and MaryBeth Kurtz (Midtown Bakery), is on at 10 pm. Better yet, if you're able to, head over to the Negaunee Eagles Club (311 Iron Street) where Joe and MaryBeth ... Continue Reading