EDITOR’S NOTE: Part 1 of this piece appeared in the Saturday, July 10, edition of the Daily Mining Gazette. During the Houghton City Council’s April 14, 2021, meeting, the council approved the Planning Commission’s request to “approve a pre-charrette workshop for a downtown plan with ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Part 2 of this piece appeared in the Wednesday, July 14, edition of the Daily Mining Gazette. On Aug. 4, 2020, Houghton residents (myself included) voted overwhelmingly (830 to 226) to postpone the sale of the city’s Lakeshore Drive parking deck property “until the ...
Thomas Edison is best known in our history books for creating the incandescent lightbulb. During this development process he navigated 10,000 failed attempts to discover the fiber that would illuminate the bulb for an extended period of time. Many do not know the broad genius of this storied ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 77, active and in relatively good shape. I was diagnosed with a ventral hernia two years ago following open heart surgery in 2001. Now, the skin from my breasts to my waist is covered in thick scar tissue, which is growing thicker and bigger. It is causing much discomfort. ...
Dear Annie: I’m in love, 50 years old and frustrated. I’ve been with my wonderful boyfriend for 10 years now. My ex tragically died a year before we met, and the current relationship was completely unexpected and refreshing, as I had no plans to ever love again. He, too, had been single ...
Earlier this month, the non-profit newsroom ProPublica, published an analysis of the taxes paid by the wealthiest Americans. The report examines more than 15 years of International Revenue Service (IRS) data, and reveals that America’s wealthiest citizens pay little to nothing in federal ...