THE DECISION IS is getting close.Duke LifePoint has been dealing directly with the city of Marquette and Marquette Township for the last couple of weeks regarding the three possible sites for the new hospital.The township says they've now supplied Duke LifePoint with everything they need on the site behind the ... Continue Reading
Cliffs Shake-up, Schneider Break-up, and a Surprising Website Breakdown
CLIFFS NATURAL RESOURCES is preparing for a potentially nasty and climactic shareholders meeting and vote on July 29th.Casablanca Capital, the activist hedge fund which owns about 5% of Cliffs, is essentially attempting a coup of the company. It's putting up its own, hostile slate of candidates for the Cliffs board of ... Continue Reading
Hospitals and Helicopters, Tax Tribunals, Liquor Licenses, and Demanding Diners
IF YOU'RE ROOTING for the city of Marquette to get the new Marquette General Hospital, you can't like this: a Duke LifePoint helicopter was observed last week conducting an aerial survey of the Township's proposed site for the new hospital.And then consider this: Duke LifePoint CEO Ed Banos recently provided an update ... Continue Reading
Hospital Location, Recall Campaign, UP Culinary School, and Mining Journal Legal Threat
So now Duke LifePoint is down to the nitty-gritty of wheeling and dealing with the city, the township and the property owners over the future location of Marquette General Hospital.It's been down to three possible locations for at least a month--the Heritage Golf Course site, the so-called Roundhouse property, and ... Continue Reading
Mining Journal Legal Threat, TV Ratings, Co-op’s New Tenants, and Yooper Wine
David versus Goliath. New media versus old media. Marquette Social Scene versus the Mining Journal.A classic battle is brewing here in Marquette. Or maybe it's more of a skirmish.In any case, it's got the Mining Journal threatening to take some guerrilla journalists to court.What started it all was the Mining ... Continue Reading
STRAIGHTtalk: Livio Stabile
Marquette, MI – June, 2014 – This month on STRAIGHTtalk Brian Cabell pulls up a bar stool in the Pub at the Landmark Inn to speak with one of the most popular bartenders in town Livio Stabile, an immigrant from Italy, who’s found romance, a home, and the American dream here in Marquette… BC: How did you happen to leave ... Continue Reading
Asian Cuisine, Catholic Dissension, Boathouse Controversy, Forest Service Probe, and a Busted Window
We've now got a Mexican restaurant downtown. Also German, Irish and Cajun.Art and Amy Thammasiri think it's about time we got an Asian restaurant, as well. They're the owners of the Thai House on Third Street and the Teriyaki Bowl on US 41 near Starbucks.They're now trying to work out a deal to lease the former Farmer ... Continue Reading
Hospital Update, Co-op vs Econo, and Motley Fools Bash Cliffs
Here's the unofficial, official update on the relocation of Marquette General Hospital.It's down to three locations: 1)the southern half of the Heritage course at the Marquette Golf Club. 2)the so-called Roundhouse property off of Seventh Street in Marquette. 3)the Marquette Township property off of Venture ... Continue Reading
Farm-to-Table, a Change of L’Attitude, and Enigmatic Anti-Semitism
Get ready for a new farm-to-table restaurant opening up in Marquette later this summer.It'll be called The Marq and it'll be located in the space that the much-loved but short-lived Rubaiyat occupied a few years ago, next to the Childrens' Museum.Chef Austin Fure and three partners, all from the U.P., are behind this new ... Continue Reading
Taco Trucks, Teacher Talks, High School Hugs, and Bullriding
Everybody loves taco trucks and ice cream bikes, right?You get great snacks right where you want them--outside the bars, in parks, next to your work places, on the bike paths, at the soccer games.Plus it's a boost for capitalism, the free enterprise system and entrepreneurs.Win-win-win.Well, not quite.Marquette now has ... Continue Reading
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