THE BUILDING SEEN ABOVE is still for sale. Still available to someone with the resources to cover the cost, and the business savvy to make it sustainable. The building, you'll recall, is the building which housed the former Upfront & Company. For many of us, it’s always been known as the Rosewood Building, ... Continue Reading
Still Creating • Camp County Booming • The Final Frontier
The Art of Invention THOUGH THE AGE OF RETIREMENT has come and gone, it doesn’t look like local artist/inventor Earl Senchuk plans on slowing down anytime soon. When he’s not on the golf course, he’s still arting and inventing, currently finishing up his latest creation… the Crown FireTent, seen above with the ... Continue Reading
Marquette’s Homeless • Camp County USA • A Word about a Dumpster
More about this photo later in the post. Until then… More Homeless THE ISSUE THAT KEEPS coming up in informal discussions across the city is… the homeless. We’ve written about it here multiple times and each time the problem seems to have gotten worse. Our city leaders can acknowledge the problem, and agree that ... Continue Reading
A Hard Lesson • A Negaunee Weekend
YOU ARE NO DOUBT ALL TOO familiar with the tragedy which occurred last weekend when an Escanaba couple lost their lives in a traffic accident as they were on their way to see their son play basketball in Sault Ste. Marie. I don’t need to go into unnecessary detail about the incident, which is almost too painful ... Continue Reading
NMU Questions, a Changing Tourism Strategy, Rippling River’s Hopes, and the YMCA’s Return to Almost Normal
Fewer students and fewer faculty likely UNCERTAINTY ABOUNDS AT NMU as the Board of Trustees prepares to meet next week and the university looks toward the upcoming fall semester. First, of course, the semester will start earlier than usual--August 17th--and conclude earlier--the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, with the ... Continue Reading