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Arts Corner: Chassell a place, event worth celebrating

By Miriam Pickens For the Mining Gazette As new parents moving to the UP for work at Michigan Tech in 1985, we placed Chassell first on our list of cool places to live. I was looking for a community centered on art, and a nice place to raise children. The community was welcoming and ...

Carnegie Museum hosts open house

HOUGHTON – The Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw will host its annual Holiday Open House Saturday, December 9 from 1:00 to 2:30. Come warm up with some hot cocoa and sweets and enjoy traditional holiday music by Ellie Helman. Pick up your reserved gingerbread kits and, if you are able, ...

First woman on the Supreme Court O’Connor dies at 93

WASHINGTON — Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died Friday. She was 93. O’Connor died in Phoenix, of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory ...

Giving thanks to outdoor companions and opportunities

With the spirit of thanksgiving blowing across the landscape this week, pushed by a cold Canadian wind, I was reminded recently of something I have been truly thankful for over many years, though it’s not something I think about in detail too often. My recollections began when talking with ...

Native phragmites fights back!

Over the summer, the Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area (KISMA) Phragmites Crew surveyed over one hundred miles of shoreline looking for invasive Phragmites (Phragmites australis ssp. australis). Invasive Phragmites is a grass species that is originally from Eurasia that threatens ...