CLEARLY NOT EVERYBODY'S thrilled with Marquette's changing skyline on the lakeshore--and One Marquette Place is tall--but you gotta admit it's not a bad-looking building. Kinda handsome, in fact. Not all flat and boxy and unimaginative. While the exterior continues to take shape, architect and co-developer Barry ... Continue Reading
Meijer’s Tax Assessment, Film Festival’s Impact, Bike Magazine’s Posting, Rehab Clinic Update, Founders Landing Condos Final Phase, and Everybody’s Moving to Michigan
DECEMBER WILL BE an interesting month for the Meijer store now under construction in Marquette Township. Why? Because that's when the store will get its first tax assessment from the Township following the Michigan Supreme Court's recent ruling that the Tax Tribunal must re-evaluate its method of assessing ... Continue Reading
HOTplate’s Future, Mather Inn’s Response, Shiras Planetarium’s Plans, Temple Beth Sholom’s Delays, Construction in Negaunee, and a Weekend Filled with Films, Art, Blues and a Mud Run
ANOTHER BIG CHANGE coming to West Washington Street downtown. HOTplate, where you can sit down and create your own work of art, is up for sale, and owner Sue Kensington says if she doesn't find a buyer for it in the next few months, she'll be shutting its doors. N0t an economic problem. It's just that she and her ... 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
Arby’s Closes, So Does Revolutions, Dark Stores Is Discouraging, Walmart Isn’t Greedy, Fresh Coast Is Promising, and the Free Store Is Reborn
ARBY'S IS CLOSING down. If you're saying to yourself, "Where's Arby's?" that might be problem. It's located in the strip mall near WJMN and Biggby coffee, not far from US 41--not a bad location, but somehow it just didn't seem to click with most Marquette fast food consumers. Arby's has its fans--and 3300 ... Continue Reading