HOUGHTON — Near a former entrance to the Lakeshore Drive parking deck, Houghton officials, local business leaders and other community members celebrated the new Waterfront Walk on Pewabic Street with a ribbon-cutting Thursday morning. The new walkway leads from Shelden Avenue to Lakeshore ...
HOUGHTON — Houghton approved the common areas for its social district at its meeting Wednesday night. Nearly 110 municipalities have established the districts since Michigan legalized them in 2020, including Marquette and Negaunee. Houghton approved the district boundaries in June. Within the districts, people can buy alcoholic drinks in special containers from licensed establishments, then carry them within a commons area. They can only be consumed in a designated part of the commons. Police Chief John Donnelly said he didn’t anticipate the district causing problems. ...
“It’s that time of year again.” This is what we often say to ourselves when we notice something that marks an annual event. It could be piles of pumpkins at a grocery store or skeletons sitting on a neighbor’s porch to signal that Halloween is just around the corner. Or it could be the ...
• Veterans Day dinner in Calumet Calumet American Legion Post 61 will hold its annual Veterans Day Dinner on Saturday, November 11, at the National Guard Readiness Center in Calumet. Social hour with hors d’oeuvres will begin at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 with a program to follow. ...
HOUGHTON — The Department of Natural Resources and local trail groups gave updates on their work and upcoming projects at the Wake Up Keweenaw breakfast meeting Wednesday. U.P. trails coordinator Ron Yesney pointed to several snowmobile trail outages soon to be reopened after repairs to ...
CALUMET TOWNSHIP — Just in time for the holidays, Friends of the Calumet Public Library (FOL) will sponsor its November Used Book Sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 18, in the library’s Community Room. The event is open to the public. Sponsored by the FOL, the used book sales ...
