Trash No matter your station in life, regardless of how much money you make, or what kind of mansion or hovel you inhabit... somebody has to take out the trash. It's just a fact. And now it's in the news, as the city of Marquette weighs the pros and cons of the current options in waste management. It seems we've been ... Continue Reading
Recycling Glass? You Betcha
POWER TO THE people. That may be the lesson we've learned from the recycling controversy in Marquette. Remember back more than a year ago when we suddenly discovered that our glass containers weren't being recycled even though we thought they were? They were just being tossed in the landfill because, as the Marquette ... Continue Reading
Recycling Changes?
THE WHEELS OF government turn slowly. But they generally do turn. Case in point: Recycling in Marquette. Several months back, we learned that glass had not been recycled here in years even though most residents thought it had been. It was just being dumped. Critics cried out in protest. City leaders listened. Waste ... Continue Reading
Queen City Burgers, a Kombucha Tap Room, the Crib and Velodrome, a Roofie Warning, the Women’s Center, and Possible Recycling Changes
SO YOU'RE WONDERING about that newly painted white building with pink trim on the highway in the Township? The former tattoo parlor? Well, it's going to become a "burger joint," compliments of local businessmen Dave Guizzetti and Eric Curtis. "It won't be fast food like McDonalds or Burger King," Guizzetti assures us, ... Continue Reading