Veterans Days... plural. Tomorrow, November 11th, is Veterans Day, while today is Veterans Day (observed). The reason for the duplication is not to double up on our salute to veterans, but rather to give certain employees a day off, per their employment agreement. When you think about it though, days isn’t a ... Continue Reading
A Vets’ Home… Where? • Arts and Parks
A Safe Home for Veterans A RECENT GUEST COLUMNIST in the Mining Journal questioned the wisdom of building the new Jacobetti Home for Veterans at the former Cliffs-Dow site on Lakeshore Boulevard. The author’s objections… that you shouldn’t build a vets home on contaminated ground, are representative of a considerable ... Continue Reading
In case you were wondering…
In case you were wondering why there’s a City Band concert at the Presque Isle Bandshell but the band isn’t on the stage but rather on the grass in front… well, the Bandshell is temporarily shut down. It’s almost ninety years old, and like many other ninety-year-olds, it’s showing its age. And here’s the bad news for ... Continue Reading
A feel good fish tale… that’s true!
After a pretty rough 2020, it seemed hopeful, and reasonable to expect, that 2021 would get us back on track. And though a lot of things opened up, to various degrees of success, it's hard to say that this past year has been everything we'd hoped it would be. Generally speaking, we're not a lot better off today ... Continue Reading