More than $17,000 raised THAT GOFUNDME site for restaurant workers has finally closed down. Final tally? More than $17,000 raised from more than 230 donors, benefitting at least 250 local restaurant, bar, and coffee shop workers who were laid off by the governor's shutdown of non-essential businesses. Sixty dollars ... Continue Reading
A Distillery in Downtown Marquette
THE TWO SIGNS out front--Book World and For Sale--are incorrect. Book World closed down two years ago, and the building was sold two months ago. The new owners, Anne White and Scott Anderson, are planning to convert the former theater and book store into a distillery. Yep, they'll be making gin, vodka, malt whiskey ... Continue Reading
Nordic Theater Obstacle, Soccer Hopes, Spread Goodness Day, ABC 10’s Youthful News Director, Marquette’s “Creatives,” Pastry Shop Progress, and 906 Adventure Team’s Reputation Grows
PLANS TO RESTORE the Nordic Theater downtown are still alive but they're facing one major obstacle. Price. Peggy Frazier, the chairwoman of the board at Lake Superior Theater which is hoping to buy the building, says the current asking price--$549,000--is far above what the theater could afford. And she feels it's way ... Continue Reading
Questions for Substance Abuse Patients, Hope for the Nordic Theater, Zero Degrees Progress, a Sailing Entrepreneur, NMU on NBC, and a Man with Class Leaves Us
MURMURINGS FROM INSIDE the UP Health System Marquette. We're hearing that the new $300 million hospital being built out on the highway won't offer inpatient substance abuse services. The current hospital, on the other hand, we're told, has been offering those services. Seems a little strange, given the opioid ... Continue Reading
A Theater in Downtown Marquette
MAYBE. It's very early in the process but two men are quietly putting together plans, with the help of a few other locals, to buy the building being vacated next month by Book World on West Washington Street. And then transform it into a 400 seat theater for both cinema and the performing arts. A one screen theater ... Continue Reading