“If you choose not to find joy in the snow, you will have less joy in your life, but still the same amount of snow." Are you spending the winter in the Great White North, lamenting our latest snowstorm and wondering why you aren’t in Florida or Arizona? Are you hunkered down on the couch, weathering the winter in ... Continue Reading
Curtain Rises on the Fresh Coast
Fresh Coast Film Festival After a pandemic pause, the eclectic Fresh Coast Film Festival is back for its 5th year. The full weekend event features as much big screen entertainment as one can handle. "For this year's fest we have five film venues, eight outdoor tours, 27 film blocks, 100 films, and endless inspiration." ... Continue Reading
Police and the Protestors, and Bikes Flying Out the Doors
"We get it," says the police chief PROTESTS BY UP to 200 people on the streets of Marquette and in front of the Police Department over the last few days. Denunciations of the police by some in the crowd, even some harassment of the police by a protestor or two. Marquette city Police Chief Blake Rieboldt isn't ... Continue Reading
Celebrating the Outdoors, Meeting Singles, and Biking and Skiing on the Mountain
IT STARTED AS just a crazy idea tossed about by cofounders Aaron Peterson, Bugsy Sailor and Bill Thompson about five years ago. Now it's a full scale four day event that's putting Marquette on the map. We're talking about the fourth annual Fresh Coast Film Festival, of course. It opens Thursday at the Marquette Commons ... Continue Reading
The Latest on the Nurses’ Strike, Tysen Benz Update, Graffiti and Garbage in the Woods, Father Marquette’s Facelift, Coffee Shop Delay, Wine Bar Lunches, and Film Festival Expectations Rising
NO BREAKTHROUGH ANNOUNCED yet in the labor dispute at UP Health System-Marquette. At last word, most of the 400 nurses in the union are still expected to walk off their jobs and join a picket line at 7 am Thursday. One final negotiating session between hospital management and the union is scheduled for today. The main ... Continue Reading