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January events at Peter White Public Library

MARQUETTE — Peter White Public Library has announced its schedule for January:­­ PWPL closed Saturday, Jan. 1. All day. The Peter White Public Library is closed for New Year’s Day. Find ebooks, audiobooks, movies and more on Hoopla, Kanopy, or MeL Databases at www.pwpl.info Director Chat Tuesday, Jan. 4. 11 a.m.-noon and 5-6 p.m. Circulation Lobby. Stop by the library to chat with Library Director Andrea Ingmire. No admission charge. For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4303 or visit www.pwpl.info. What’s Up? Tuesday, Jan. 4. 7–8 ...

8-18 Media: ‘Bracing’ for a long-awaited moment

I’ve written before about my long journey with my oral health, which is affected greatly by the condition I inherited from my mother, Gorlin Syndrome. For the past eight years of my life, I’ve undergone nine oral surgeries to remove tumors in my jaw. While beneficial to my health, these ...

What’s Flying: Silent woods are lovely right now

“Then at night the general stillness is more impressive than any sound, but occasionally you hear the note of an owl farther or nearer in the woods.” — Henry David Thoreau  The Upper Peninsula is in the darkest weeks of the year. The winter solstice is just four days away, occurring ...

What’s Flying: Winter is all in for us, for birds

“Winter forms our character and brings out our best.” — Tom Allen Winter seems to be finally landing and the Upper Peninsula and the landscape shows signs the new season is all in. The Dead River Marshes is a place described by birders just west of the Lakeshore Boulevard bridge on the ...

PREPARING PROSE

MARQUETTE — Upper Peninsula students in grades five through 12 who are interested in submitting to the Dandelion Cottage Student Short Story Contest sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association are invited to sign up for a free short story writing workshop. Space is ...