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Marquette: Safeguarding a Town’s Identity

By Brian Cabell on February 22, 2017 at 5:45 am

MARQUETTE ISN'T WHAT it was twenty years ago, even ten years ago. Big changes, big growth. Consider this: A $300 million hospital is under construction on the highway. Apartments and condos are rising on and near the lakeshore. Expansion is underway at NMU, with more planned. New restaurants and hotels are popping up, ... Continue Reading

Yooper Shirts Moves Up to Third Street, and TriMedia Classes Up Washington Street

By Brian Cabell on February 17, 2017 at 5:45 am

ANOTHER YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR is stepping up his game. Jeremy Symons, the owner of Yooper Shirts, has just bought the building formerly occupied by Casualties on Third Street in Marquette. He's currently remodeling the store and hopes to be open for business by May 1st. Yooper Shirts will remain in its Gossard Building ... Continue Reading

St. Paddy’s Street Party, Delft Bistro Liquor License, Brewing Co-op Plans, Gander Mountain Troubles, Adamini Aftermath, SmartPrize Cash Boost

By Brian Cabell on February 15, 2017 at 5:45 am

THE DOUBLE TROUBLE guys--the ones who saved the Ball Drop celebration on New Years Eve--have come up with something new: a big time, blow-out St. Patricks Day street party this year. Mark it on your calendar. Friday, March 17th. All afternoon, evening, and night. Yep, they'll be shutting down a good part of Washington ... Continue Reading

Cognition to Reopen

By Brian Cabell on February 10, 2017 at 12:03 pm

Cognition Brewing Company is reopening, likely as early as tomorrow (Saturday). No details yet but owner Jay Clancey has simply written "We are Back!! Snow moving starts immediately." Cognition has been closed since late last week after the brewery's landlord, the Mather Inn, plowed a huge wall of snow in front of ... Continue Reading

Republican official Dan Adamini resigns following Kent State comments

By Brian Cabell on February 8, 2017 at 3:25 pm

DAN ADAMINI HAS resigned as secretary of the Marquette County Republican Party, he told The Mining Journal on Wednesday. Adamini ran into a storm of criticism last week that reached a national scale after he suggested in a couple of social media posts that campus protests might be stopped by gunfire. “I have always ... Continue Reading

Country Village Prospects Brighten, Cognition Dispute Unresolved, Mountain Bikers Concerned, the Compound Prospers and Grows, New Hope for Seniors, and Shakespeare Dances the Hula While Drinking a Beer

By Brian Cabell on February 8, 2017 at 5:45 am

FINALLY A TURNAROUND at Ishpeming's troubled Country Village development? Active Physical Therapy-Ishpeming has just bought their building in Country Village from Northern Michigan Bank. They'd previously been renting their space. Good news because it shows they have faith in the future of Country Village where a ... Continue Reading

The Great Snow Wall Mystery

By Brian Cabell on February 3, 2017 at 10:52 am

STRANGE HAPPENINGS IN Ishpeming. A tractor pushes a wall of snow in front of Cognition, Ishpeming's popular microbrewery, blocking the doorway. It closes down, and management announces via FaAcebook that it will remain closed for the time being even though it wants to serve its customers. Well, now. No answers as ... Continue Reading

Hockey Store Leaves, Beef-A-Roo For Sale, UP 200 Weather Forecast, Buck Needs Some Help, A Kitty Asks for Some, Too, and Composing Operas in a Wine Bar

By Brian Cabell on February 2, 2017 at 5:45 am

MARQUETTE MAY BE Hockeyville USA 2016, but our selection of hockey stores here has just shrunk in 2017. Perani's Hockey World has up and left its location on Third Street and apparently has no plans to relocate anywhere else in Marquette. The problem was, Johnson's Superior Shoes, which owned the building, recently ... Continue Reading

Meijer Update, Up The Sky Access, Local 3’s Progress, Jasmine’s Opening, Traverse City’s Foresight, BOTECO’s Prospects, and a Beer Lover’s Delight

By Brian Cabell on January 28, 2017 at 5:45 am

PLANS APPARENTLY ARE still proceeding smoothly for the Meijer super center to be built behind Lowe's. Ready by 2018? We'll see. It's been almost a year since Meijer signed its purchase agreement and the deal hasn't closed yet, but last year, store officials said it would take about a year for them to complete the ... Continue Reading

Showtime at the Delft Bistro

By Brian Cabell on January 25, 2017 at 7:53 am

MARQUETTE, YOU ARE one lucky, little town. Lucky, because for a community of 21,000, you offer an embarrassment of riches when it comes to restaurants. The latest entry on the culinary scene is the much awaited Delft Bistro on Washington Street. The former theater, all lit up outside like a Broadway show, has been ... Continue Reading