Public Skating 2022-2023 begins Monday, September 12.

The City of Marquette announces Lakeview Arena’s Public Skating Hours:

• Drop-In Figure Skating                                   Monday-Friday 9:00-9:50am
• Preschool/Parent & Senior Citizens               Monday-Friday 10:00-11:20am
• Drop-In Hockey                                              Monday-Friday 11:30am-12:50pm
• Public Skate (all ages)                                    Monday-Sunday 1:00-2:50pm
• Senior/Adult Skate (55 & older)                     Friday 7:00-8:30pm beginning October 14 (Free to Marquette City senior residents with ID)

• Adult Drop-In Hockey (18 & older)               Monday 9:30-11:00pm beginning September 19
• Drop-In Curling                                              Sundays 7:30pm-10:30pm beginning October 2

The public skating schedule can be affected by tournaments and holidays.  

Saturday, Sept 24 there will be no public skating for the Stick it to Cancer hockey tournament.

Please see the City’s website www.marquettemi.gov, Lakeview Arena Facebook page, or call the Lakeview Arena office for additional information.

Marquette City Manager Karen Kovacs will hold her next community office hours on Wednesday, September 14 from 10 a.m. to noon in the main floor conference room of the Peter White Public Library.  The meeting is intended to provide an informal opportunity to discuss issues within the community, and to give citizens the opportunity for direct dialogue with City staff about interests and concerns.

On Thursday, September 8th, from 6-8 p.m., the City of Marquette Office of Arts and Culture will host the opening reception for the September Deo Gallery Exhibit: Sunrises and Wild Places. Sunrises and Wild Places feature the local landscape photography by Cameron Wilcox. This stunning collection of scenery may feel familiar as Wilcox’s work is often featured by NMU, Travel Marquette, Lake Superior Magazine, and other notable publications; or perhaps, because the body of work captures the incredible natural spaces that we inhabit.

The Deo Gallery is located in the basement of the PWPL in the City’s Arts & Culture Center; it is curated monthly by the Lake Superior Art Association. The Deo Gallery’s exhibit will be up through September 1 through September 30^. Receptions are free and open to the public. Light refreshments are provided. Artist talk will begin at 7:00 p.m.

EXHIBITS:

The Deo Gallery: Cameron Wilcox, Sunrises and Wild Places
Local Nature Photography
Artist Talk at 7:00pm

Peter White Public Library Current Exhibits:

Huron Mountain Club Gallery (Main floor): Katherine Sirvio, From Where I Stand

Mixed Media inspired by her serene natural surroundings and the sharp edges of the world within it.
Lower Level Lobby Gallery (Outside the Deo Gallery): Sarah Reynolds, Flora

Paintings and illustrations that explore volume and abstracts of human bodies that reflect configurations found in the organic.

Peter White Drive will be closed to through traffic on Thursday, September 8 beginning at 6:30 a.m. for paving. This project is expected to be completed by 11:00 a.m.

As part of an ongoing City Street Improvement Project, Payne & Dolan, Inc. will begin asphalt resurfacing on Monday, September 12, 2022.  This process involves milling or pulverizing existing asphalt surfaces followed by repaving.  The following streets are included in this project: 

1. East Nicolet Boulevard – Nicolet Boulevard to Allouez Street
2. McClellan Avenue – Ridge Street to Cleveland Avenue
3. Sugarloaf Avenue – Wright Street to 160’ north of Powder Mill Drive
4. Bluff Street – Lincoln Avenue to Morgan Street
5. Center Street – Wilkinson Avenue to East Dead End
6. West Kaye Avenue – West of Lincoln

This work is expected to occur intermittently over the next 4 weeks. Vehicular and pedestrian access to homes will be maintained.  The work will be completed by means of short duration road closures, road detours, and flag control.  The public is urged to use extreme caution and follow all traffic control measures.  

The City of Marquette asks you for your patience during this process. 

The seasonal portion of Peter White Drive in Presque Isle Park will be closed to vehicular traffic on Thursday, September 8th from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for a Marquette Area Public Schools cross country meet.

The offices of the Marquette Board of Light and Power will be closed Monday, September 5, 2022 in observance of Labor Day.

The Thursday, September 8 Marquette Downtown Development Authority Board Meeting is canceled due to lack of agenda items. The next regular meeting of the Marquette Downtown Development Authority Board is scheduled for Thursday, October 13 at the Marquette Commons, 112 S. Front St. in Downtown Marquette.

City of Marquette residents are invited and encouraged to participate in the community-wide “Trash to Treasure Weekend” beginning Friday, September 9 at 5:00 p.m. through Sunday, September 11 at 5:00 p.m.

The purpose of the program is to provide a venue for the recycling of reusable household items such as furniture, lamps, electronics, and other working household items. The program is designed to increase awareness of “reduce, reuse, recycle” by creating an alternative means of reusing items that would otherwise end up in the landfill.

GUIDELINES

Residents can place reusable/serviceable items in front of their house on the curb no earlier than 5:00 p.m. Friday, September 9. Unclaimed items must be removed from the curb no later than 5:00 p.m. Sunday, September 11.

Removal of items will be strictly enforced in accordance with Section 22.33 of the City’s Nuisance Ordinance: It shall be unlawful for any person to accumulate rubbish or any articles or junk, except as may be necessary for construction work or normal course of a business. This public service announcement will serve as notice of violation for items left at the curb.

College students are encouraged to participate in the treasure hunt in that they may find items which will be useful to them in their dormitory or apartment.

Examples of items that can be recycled include lamps, tables, chairs, dishes, etc. Please, no rubbish. Rubbish is defined to mean anything that does not work, is not clean and is not serviceable.

Depositing unwanted items is prohibited. Once an item is in your possession it is your responsibility.

It is suggested that residents remove lawn ornaments and other wanted items to avoid mistaken identity.

The annual Marquette Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5k will be held on September 3, and a kid’s fun run will be held on September 2.

The Kids Fun Run will start at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and take place on the multi-use path on Pine Street.  

On Saturday at 9:00 a.m. the 5k will start at the Superior Dome and runners will follow the multi-use path north from Pine Street to Clark Lambros Park, and back. 

The marathon and half marathon begin west of the city limits and enter the city on the Iron Ore Heritage Trail. Runners are expected to arrive within the city limits at approximately 8:30 a.m. and follow the Heritage trail to McClellan Avenue, then continue along the multi-use path to Lakeshore Boulevard. Upon arrival at Lakeshore Boulevard, the marathon runners and half marathon runners will divide as follows:

• Marathon participants will turn south on the path to a turn-around point at South Beach Park, then continue north on the path around Presque Isle before returning south towards Pine Street to finish at the Superior Dome.
• Half marathon participants will turn south on the path for a short distance then turn around and run to Pine Street to finish at the Superior Dome.

The races cross numerous streets including Wilson, McClellan, Fifth, Fourth, Third, Front, Lakeshore, Baraga, Hampton, Island Beach, and Hawley.

Pine Street between Fair and Lakeshore Boulevard will be closed on Saturday from 5:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Presque Isle Park will be closed to motor vehicles from 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 

All other roads will be open with road crossing volunteers and Marquette Police officers stopping cars to allow runners to cross from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Motorists are advised to use caution and to obey all road crossing attendants.