AN UNUSUAL DISCOVERY this last weekend for a homeowner on the beach on Lakewood Lane in Harvey. A dead bear, a fully grown male. It weighed 156 pounds but it was waterlogged and bloated. DNR Wildlife Research Technician Erin Largent says the bear showed no obvious signs of injury and likely drowned recently in rough ... Continue Reading
The Wild Rover, Cliffs Contract Talks, Mild Winter, Vajda Departure, Gym Closing, and a Driver’s Dream
DON'T EXPECT THE long-anticipated ownership change at the Wild Rover to happen anytime soon. Bill Digneit (of Double Trouble DJ's fame) is one of the partners in the purchase, and he says the closing on the bar/restaurant has been delayed. He figures the deal will close within 60 days. No later than the end of the ... Continue Reading
Blackrocks, Cambensy, and a Battle over Beer and Noise
A LONG SIMMERING dispute along Third Street burst into the open Tuesday evening. Strangely enough, it occurred at a meeting of the usually snooze-inducing Marquette City Planning Commission. Simply put, the dispute pitted a popular and independent-minded City Commissioner, Sara Cambensy, against a popular business, ... Continue Reading
Vajda’s Future, Orphanage Progress, Land for Sale, Piedmont’s Popularity, Joe’s Second Departure, and the Main Event
MORE INTRIGUE AT City Hall. Following last week's reports that City Manager Bill Vajda had quit or threatened to quit comes this disclosure: He's one of 19 applicants for the County Administrator's job in Grand Traverse County. And if you check his credentials, he seems better qualified for the job than most, if not ... Continue Reading
Vajda Resignation Rumors? Wrong
THE RUMORS SWIRLING around City Hall and throughout Marquette that city manager Bill Vajda is resigning are just that: rumors. Unfounded. Wrong. That's the word from Vajda himself. They started when Vajda took this week off--an unscheduled vacation at home, which he says is his first actual vacation since he took ... Continue Reading
Dark Stores, Harleys, Shriners, North Wind, VRBO, Blighted Maples, and a Barn Dance
A SHOWDOWN ON the dark store issue is coming in Lansing. In two weeks, Representative John Kivela and State Senator Tom Casperson are planning to introduce their bills that would essentially prevent large box stores from being taxed as though they were vacant (or dark). Recent rulings by the state's Tax Tribunal have ... Continue Reading
L’Attitude Name Change, City Commission Candidates, Third Street Bikes, TV6 Meteorologist, and Yoga and Beer
SAY GOODBYE TO L'Attitude. Not the place. The name. Next month the new sign will go up over the restaurant/bar across from the Lower Harbor, and it will be re-named Iron Bay Restaurant and Drinkery. The new name is a nod to the history of the place. It's actually located on what used to be known as Iron Bay, and ... Continue Reading
A Happening in the Forest
HERE'S HOW AN authentic "happening" starts these days. Not with an official announcement in the newspaper, not with TV commercials, not with a city government or some agency taking charge, not with some corporation putting up big bucks to sponsor it, not with Ticketmaster selling all the tickets for a hefty, little ... Continue Reading
Meijer Plans, Up the Sky Hopes, Dairy Queen’s Opening, Bill Roth!, Fishing on TV, and a Child Prodigy
NO DEFINITE WORD yet from Meijer on its planned expansion into Marquette County. A corporate executive downstate says, absolutely, they want to come here (they like college towns), they are intending to come here, they are shopping around but have not yet found a site. They've been searching for about two years. We ... Continue Reading
Flying Moose, Nutty Goat, Mt Shasta, TV6 and Local 3, and a Dog Named Harv
ORGANIC FOOD, BEER & gear. That's the catchy little motto of the Flying Moose, the new general store on Washington Street (formerly Hockey Central) that's now due to open in two weeks, maybe less. The opening's been delayed because...well, openings are always delayed. Construction, permits, and ordering stuff ... Continue Reading
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