The Saturday Morning Farmers Market on October 7 is canceled due to the weather forecast.

While the Downtown Marquette Farmers Market has a rain-or-shine policy, rain mixed with dangerously high winds is where the line is drawn. The Saturday Morning Market plans to be back next week, October 14 from 9-1 PM at the Marquette Commons.

To learn more about the DMFM visit. www.mqtfarmersmarket.com. To stay up to date with market happenings follow the Downtown Marquette Farmers Market on Instagram, @mqtfarmersmarket, or at www.facebook.com/mqtfarmersmarket. 

For more information about the Downtown Marquette Farmers Market, please get in touch with Sara Johnson, Market Manager at (906) 228-9475 ext. 105 or farmersmarket@downtownmarquette.org

The Marquette City Commission will hold their first regular meeting in October on Tuesday, October 10. The meeting will be held in City Commission Chambers at City Hall, and is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

The City of Marquette is announcing that all remaining annual flowers, plants, and other temporary seasonal items must be removed from the Park Cemetery before Monday, October 9. Beginning October 9, City crews will be winterizing the cemetery and will dispose of such items left at grave sites. 

On Thursday, October 12, from 6-8 p.m. the Peter White Public Library and the City of Marquette Office of Arts and Culture will be hosting the opening reception for the three art galleries within the walls of PWPL.

The Deo Gallery is owned by the City of Marquette and is located in the lower level of the PWPL in the City’s Arts & Culture Center; it is supported by the Lake Superior Art Association. Light refreshments provided. Receptions are free and open to the public. Exhibits are accessible during regular Library hours. HMC and LL galleries will be on display through November 16, The Deo gallery will be on display through November 30.

EXHIBITS:

The Deo Gallery: Carol Phillips and David Schmitt, Inside/Out
Oil and Acrylic Paintings. Artist Talk at 7:00 p.m.

Huron Mountain Club Gallery (Main floor): Steven Leuthold, Artful Yoga

Oil Paintings. Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.

Lower Level Lobby Gallery (Outside the Deo Gallery): Cade Musich, Keep. Me. Posted.

Photography.

More information about the Public Gallery Program and current exhibits can be found on www.mqtcompass.com/public-gallery-program/

Marquette City Manager Karen Kovacs will hold her next community office hours on Wednesday, October 11 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Shiras Room, on the top level of Peter White Public Library (Front Street side). 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.

The Noquemanon Trail Network (NTN) will be hosting the Marquette Fall Enduro mountain biking event Saturday, October 7and Sunday, October 8 on trails crossing the Mount Marquette roadway.  The Mount Marquette roadway between M553 and Cliffs Power Road will be closed to vehicular traffic from Saturday at 9:00 a.m. through Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

The Marquette City Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) — the official sponsor of Fire Prevention WeekTM (FPW) for more than 100 years — to promote this year’s FPW campaign, “Cooking safety starts with YOU. Pay attention to fire preventionTM.” The campaign works to educate everyone about simple but important actions they can take when cooking to keep themselves and those around them safe.

According to NFPA, cooking is the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries in the United States. Unattended cooking is the leading cause of cooking fires and deaths. “Year after year, cooking remains the leading cause of home fires by far, accounting for half (49 percent) of all U.S. home fires,” said Lorraine Carli, vice president of outreach and advocacy at NFPA. “These numbers tell us that there is still much work to do when it comes to better educating the public about ways to stay safe when cooking.”The Marquette City Fire Department encourages all residents to embrace the 2023 Fire Prevention Week theme, “Cooking safety start with YOU,” said Brian Phillips, Battalion Chief. “A cooking fire can grow quickly. I have seen many homes damaged and people injured by fires that could easily have been prevented.”

Marquette City Fire Department offers these key safety tips to help reduce the risk of a cooking fire.
1. Watch what you heat. Always keep a close eye on what you are cooking. Set a timer to remind you that you are cooking.
2. Turn pot handles toward the back of the stove. Always keep a lid nearby when cooking. If a small grease fire starts, slide the lid over the pan and turn off the burner.
3. Have a “kid- and pet-free zone” of at least 3 feet (1 meter) around the stove or grill and anywhere else hot food or drink is prepared or carried.

The Marquette City Fire Department is hosting a series of events in support of this year’s FPW campaign, including Firetruck Static Display on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 11 a.m. (with a rain date of Oct. 14) with a parade at 12:30 p.m.

To find out more about FPW programs and activities in Marquette, please contact the Marquette City Fire Department at (906) 225-8936. For more general information about Fire Prevention Week and cooking safety, visit www.fpw.org. For fire safety fun for kids, visit sparky.org.

A final pick up for pickets from the Kids Cove playground enclosure at Mattson Lower Harbor Park will be held:
Lakeview Arena Southwest Conference Room Thursday, October 5, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

After this event all remaining pickets will be discarded.

If you sponsored a picket for the original enclosure constructed in 1996, your sponsored picket may be available to you. No new pickets have been found. Most pickets have been picked up, however, over 200 remain. The effort to return pickets to original donors is made possible by City of Marquette Playgrounds for All Committee, Marquette Rotary Clubs and City of Marquette.

On Saturday, September 30, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Northern Michigan University will be hosting a run utilizing the multi-use path and crossing City streets.

The run starts at the trailhead on the NMU campus and heads north to the roundabout at Wright Street and Sugarloaf Avenue, north along the multi-use path to the tourist park entrance road (Powdermill Road), through Tourist Park to the Dead River Bridge, under the bridge to the North County and NTN Trails and returning to the start following the same route.

No roads will be closed; however, motorists are asked to take caution in this area and to be alert for runners crossing the street.

On Wednesday September 27^th, between 8:00am and 4:00pm residents on West Magnetic Street between Lee Street and Seventh Street will experience short, intermittent water service interruptions.

These brief shut offs are required for water service abandonments at the former hospital site.