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Superiorland Yesterdays

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — The city of Marquette is applying for a Michigan Forestry grant for a street tree inventory program that would cost nearly $8,700. The grant would provide half the money needed for the project. The city would fund the rest. “In order to properly manage Marquette’s urban forest, the city arborist is in need of a street tree inventory,” said Steve Lawry, public works superintendent in a report on the grant. “The city has undertaken ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — About 175 people applauded and cheered when the Marquette Planning Commission unanimously voted to reject a permit for a proposed Skandia Township soil incinerator. The action came during a public hearing Wednesday after three hours of testimony from people opposed to the controversial project. The incinerator, called a thermal extraction plant, was proposed by Melvin Silta of Skandia Township. It would be run on his property of Silta Road in ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference desk staff at Peter White Public Library. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Groundwater resources will be managed more efficiently with the help of a $12,000 grant to computerize the county’s water well records. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources grant will enable the Marquette County Health Department to automate about 3,000 water well records. The database will provide DNR staff, health department sanitarians and others with accessible groundwater information needed to manage resources locally. The database ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE — Construction workers have begun replacing eight of the 17 staircases that were damaged in a May fire on Sugarloaf Mountain. “We have six guys hauling stuff and four carpenters,” said Peter Krook, vice-president of P&M Contractors in Ishpeming, which will receive $60,000 from Marquette County for work on the popular attraction. P&M will replace 300 feet of stairway and a few lower platforms. The three main platforms on the top of the ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago WAKEFIELD — Great Lakes Gas Transmission Co., which operates 131 miles of pipeline and a compressor station in Gogebic County, is marking its 25th anniversary next month, officials said this week. Great Lakes, based in Detroit, operates a 1,960-mile pipeline that transports Canadian natural gas for delivery to customers in the United States and eastern Canada. It is owned by companies in Houston, Texas, and Alberta, Canada. The company in 1991 ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

EDITOR’S NOTE: Superiorland Yesterdays is prepared by the reference staff at the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. 30 years ago MARQUETTE – City residents are being offered a chance to pat their neighbors on the back for making improvements to their property. The city of Marquette has developed a Home Improvement Award to show appreciation to homeowners, renters, and business owners who have worked to improve their properties aesthetically. Nominations will be judged by a committee of local professionals in home industry-related fields. Three categories will be ...