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News & Opinion from Marquette, Michigan

Contrast Considering Ishpeming, a Major Development for Downtown, Homeless Advocates Scouting Other Towns, Westwood Mall in Transition, Blackrocks Booming, Cold Spell Coming to the Mountain, and Ashley Fure Wows the Critics

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A CONTRAST COFFEE coming to Ishpeming? It's a possibility. The owners of the growing UP coffee company have been looking around Ishpeming recently for possible locations, according to Alex Fields, the manager of the newly opened Contrast Coffee in Marquette. No specific location identified yet, but they like the area ... Continue Reading

More Music, More Coffee, a Mea Culpa, Fewer Books, Many More Apartments, A New Tech Launch, More National Praise, and How Not to Do Business

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EXPECT TO HEAR more music on Third Street later this month. A new music store, Yooptone Music, offering instruments for sale and rent, repairs and lessons, hopes to open its doors in the Village Shopping Center on November 20th. That's the space currently occupied by the Sara Cambensy headquarters. If you're saying to ... Continue Reading

Nordic Bay Property, Shiras Condos, Old Customs House, Orphanage Tours, Medical Center’s Future, State Police Demotion (of sorts), and a Celebrity Golf Challenge

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THAT OLD NORDIC Bay Lodge site up on Shiras Hills? The one that was cleared last year? Still no plans for it. The property owner, Veridea Group, is waiting for a developer to come in with an idea and some cash, or Veridea, itself, may eventually develop it. When the market's right. The company, meantime, isn't ... Continue Reading

West Washington Transformation, TriMedia, UP Health Plan, Staybridge Suites, NeuroTrainer, Culinary School, and Granot Loma

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THE FOLKS AT TriMedia (an environmental and engineering firm) are starting to pack up their boxes as they get ready for their move across West Washington Street to their attractive, renovated new offices. The official move-in could be by the end of the month. The extensive renovation of the building, which used to ... Continue Reading