MARQUETTE — The city of Marquette was recently awarded $300,000 to build a new inclusive playground at Mattson Lower Harbor Park. The grant money was awarded through the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, which provides funding to projects that involve natural resource protection and ...
The winds are howling. A fresh new blanket of snow has transformed the world overnight. This seems to be a picture-perfect restoration of winter weather after the previous day’s unusual warmth transformed the area’s lawns from a crisp white to a soggy green. It’s seemingly ideal weather to occur as I write this on Christmas Eve. And it’s a day that always seems to come and go so quickly. Whether it’s spent wrapping up the week’s work, finalizing meals or gifts, enjoying time with loved ones, or likely, some combination of the three, it’s always a day that flies by. ...
MARQUETTE — The 100DayProject, which invited participants in recent years to take part in a creative undertaking daily for 100 consecutive days, is changing a bit for 2021 — as is the case with many events and activities. Local artists Ann Russ and Catherine Benda are once again ...
The wind’s powerful gusts were lending motion to tree branches, power lines, and even the festive decorations that adorned many homes in the area. It was a frigid day, but amazingly, the sun was out. Even though it didn’t seem to provide much warmth in the face of such intense wind, it cast a clear, white light upon the freshly fallen snow. There’s nothing quite like winter’s brand of sunshine: weak, infrequent and occasionally blinding, yet treasured due to its rarity. At this time of year, the sun seems to be a distant memory at times, an infrequent visitor, a friend ...
HAMILTON, Mont. — Debora Lay had no idea where her decision to adopt three Bureau of Land Management donkeys a couple of years back was going to lead. Dr. Irmak Birey certainly didn’t know that one of those donkeys was going to lead her to author a book that could change the lives of ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — Hallie Thomas barely resisted the urge to run over and hug Jamie McKenzie on Nov. 23 when they met at AdventHealth Orlando — three months after both donated a kidney to save the life of each other’s loved one. Thomas, a 34-year-old teacher from Winter Garden, gave one of her kidneys to McKenzie’s 4-year-old daughter Emery. McKenzie, a 32-year-old nurse living in New Smyrna Beach, donated a kidney to Thomas’ husband, Richard. The four surgeries happened in August through AdventHealth Transplant Institute’s living donor program. COVID protocols meant the two ...
