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Independence Days
03/07/2025

Independence Days

The 3rd, 4th, and 5th, all the way to the 12th of July I’m coming at you a day early, so you don’t miss any of our Independence Day celebrations. Plus, I’m thinking you’ll be too busy tomorrow to find time for Word on the Street. Or, truth be told, I want a long weekend ... Continue Reading

Gavin's Gone • Innovating Ideas
27/06/2025

Gavin's Gone • Innovating Ideas

Gavin on the Run? We haven’t heard much from Gavin Brown lately, and we likely won’t any time soon. We’ve heard OF him, as in… where’s Gavin Brown? Brown, as you may recall, was the orchestrator of the ill-fated “Spaceport” project, as part of the Michigan Launch Initiative. He and his...

Unsolicited Observations
20/06/2025

Unsolicited Observations

  Nobody asked, but… The Spelling Bee- It’s big, but it’s not quite Super Bowl big. I don’t believe anyone was hawking Spelling Bee squares, but it does get our national attention. This year was the 100th anniversary of the annual competition, and, as usual, it was won by a resolute kid of ...

One Way to Fix North Third • The eBike Revolution
13/06/2025

One Way to Fix North Third • The eBike Revolution

  One Way to Do It Before we start coming up with ways to fix Marquette’s North Third Street, we need to acknowledge that it needs fixing. With that, those who use the street regularly… drivers, bikers, and pedestrians, no doubt recognize the challenges of navigating what has become one of the ...

Foster Families • Celebrating the Arts& #8230; and Culture
06/06/2025

Foster Families • Celebrating the Arts& #8230; and Culture

Fostering Love It’s not for everyone, that’s for sure. Becoming a foster family requires a genuine concern for disadvantaged youth, and the willingness to open your home to someone whose baggage may be heavier than you expected. As you would imagine, the foster home experience can also be as rew...

Just BeCause • Other Words of Interest
30/05/2025

Just BeCause • Other Words of Interest

The Evolution of a Cause Long before most of us were around, in 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, to combat polio. After funding Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine, and essentially eradicating that disease, the organization closed up shop and ev...

Is it just me? • More Fluoride
23/05/2025

Is it just me? • More Fluoride

  Is it just me? Drivers who traveled Front Street in south Marquette anytime earlier this month may have noticed the Mothers’ Day greeting which appeared on the business marquee seen above. The message… “The woman cleaned your butt,” is meant, I believe, to honor the person who took care o...

Housing • Trashing • Dancing
16/05/2025

Housing • Trashing • Dancing

  AS NORTHERN’S CAMPUS AGES… changes are inevitable. The most recent is the announcement of new housing going in on Presque Isle Avenue, adjacent to and across the street from the Cohodas Administration Building. The conceptual drawing is seen above. The two new buildings, featuring a number of...

Hot Town… Cool Town
09/05/2025

Hot Town… Cool Town

  AS WE APPROACH THE DAYS honoring our Mothers and Fathers, it’s fitting to recall the words of The Mamas & the Papas, from their hit, Summer in the City… Hot town, summer in the city The city’s multi-use paths are going to be severely tested this summer when residents and visitors alike hit ...

Marquette Golf Club Bucked the Trends… and Won!
02/05/2025

Marquette Golf Club Bucked the Trends… and Won!

  TWENTY YEARS AGO… yes, twenty, Marquette Golf Club opened Greywalls, their second eighteen hole championship course. My recollection of the process goes something like this… A golf developer/entrepreneur from downstate, named Tom Stewart, met with the MGC membership and proposed to buy the cl...

A Model of Excellence • City Grappling with Homelessness
25/04/2025

A Model of Excellence • City Grappling with Homelessness

  TWO YEARS AGO, the Munising Mustangs boys’ basketball team won a state championship. Last year, the Ishpeming Hematite girls’ team did the same. And this year? The Gwinn Modeltowners are state champs… of High School Bowl! And now they’re headed to the Small School National Championship To...

Green Energy… At What Cost?
18/04/2025

Green Energy… At What Cost?

  WITH SEEMINGLY GOOD INTENTIONS, Michigan lawmakers, back in November of 2023, passed the Clean Energy and Jobs Act, which established new energy policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions statewide. Like many, I subscribe to the idea of moving away from fossil fuels with more investment in clean...

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