THOSE OF YOU FOLLOWING the progress of the city's work on the new Master Plan were no doubt aware of the two community feedback sessions hosted by officials this week. According to Dennis Stachewicz, Director of Planning and Community Development, the workshops were intended to gather the community’s ideas on ... Continue Reading
Mining Their Business
HAVE YOU BOUGHT ANYTHING for a nickel lately? Probably not. A nickel doesn’t buy what it used to. I remember a pinball machine that you could play for a nickel. You could get a candy bar for a nickel. And if you had two nickels, the opportunities were endless! Now… not so much. But nickel… the mineral, ... Continue Reading
Dancing with the Digneits • Summer Fun at the Mountain • More Words
Diggin’ and Dancin' Did you see the results of last week’s 8th edition of Dancing with our Stars? You do know about Dancing with our Stars, don’t you? Unless you’ve been off the grid for the past month, you’re surely aware of the annual dance-off fundraiser for the U.P. Hospice Foundation, presented by Upper Peninsula ... Continue Reading
Work Words… on the Street
WHAT HAS YOUR attention today? Panera Bread and Texas Roadhouse going up out in Marquette Township? The onset of the new Social District about to be launched in downtown Marquette? A new hotel on the lakefront? My guess is you’re probably not thinking a lot about the Career Technical Education program coming ... Continue Reading
Marquette’s Homeless • Camp County USA • A Word about a Dumpster
More about this photo later in the post. Until then… More Homeless THE ISSUE THAT KEEPS coming up in informal discussions across the city is… the homeless. We’ve written about it here multiple times and each time the problem seems to have gotten worse. Our city leaders can acknowledge the problem, and agree that ... Continue Reading
Another Golf Course • When you gotta go! • Postal Food Drive
Golf Without Clubs or Balls One day… back in 1927, a group of Canadian school kids came up with a game they called “Tin Lid Golf.” The idea was to throw a tin lid into a 4 foot circle. Little did they know they had actually invented a new game which would evolve and become one of the fastest growing sports in America… ... Continue Reading
The Rocket Racket • Presque Isle – OPEN!
Still Stopping the Rocket The Citizens for a Safe & Clean Lake Superior held a well-attended informational meeting at Big Bay’s Thunder Bay Inn last night, determined to keep the fire burning under the opposition to a proposed Spaceport on the Granot Loma property along the Big Bay highway. At least 60 concerned ... Continue Reading
Here we go again…
IT WAS A LITTLE more than 4 years ago when Word on the Street first reported about “Discord at Community Action Alger-Marquette.” Included in that report was the assertion that this wasn’t the only time CAAM had made news in recent months. The story at the time was that the previous director had resigned in the midst of ... Continue Reading
It’s All About Time • Free History
Open Bar Oops. Sorry about that misleading headline. It should have read “Open Bars” rather than “Open Bar.” Those who enjoy the occasional adult beverage know the difference. Recent conversations, out on the street, have touched on the hours that our pubs and restaurants are open, particularly since the pandemic. ... Continue Reading
Comings and Goings • A Timely Pledge • A Special Vote
Gone, but not forgotten As we watched an empty storefront fall to the wrecking ball this past week in order to facilitate the expansion at the Ore Dock, folks who’d been here awhile were charging up their memory banks, trying to recall the various businesses that had occupied that site over the years. It brings to mind ... Continue Reading
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