On Saturday, September 16, the Marji Gesick 50-mile mountain bike race will be starting on Lakeshore Boulevard between Washington Street and Spring Street. Riders will head south to the Carp River bridge by means of Lakeshore Boulevard, the City multi-use path and Lake Street. Riders will continue under the bridge to Cliffs Power Road, Mount Marquette Road, and onto NTN trails.

Between 6:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. Lakeshore Boulevard will be closed between Spring Street and Washington Street, and closed to through traffic between Washington Street and Ridge Street. Traffic will be detoured via Spring Street, Front Street and Ridge Street. Police officers will be directing traffic on Lakeshore Boulevard; however, Lake Street, Cliffs Power Road and Mount Marquette Road will remain open to traffic.

Motorists are advised to use caution when traveling through this area and to be alert for police officers directing traffic and detour signage.

Northern Michigan University will be holding their annual homecoming parade on Friday September 15, starting at 5:30 p.m. The route will start in the NMU parking lot off Pine Street, head south on Pine Street to Fair Avenue, head west on Fair Avenue to Third Street, head south on Third Street to Hewitt Avenue, head east on Hewitt Avenue to Front Street, head north on Front Street to return to the start. The parade will be escorted by the Marquette City Police, and streets along the route will be closed to through traffic during the parade.

The Marquette Housing Commission will have a special meeting on Thursday, September 14 at 5:30 p.m. at 316 Pine Street, Marquette MI.

Marquette City Manager Karen Kovacs will hold her next community office hours on Wednesday, September 13 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.

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

Friday, September 8, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

and

Saturday, September 9, 2 p.m.-4 p.m.

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.

City of Marquette residents are invited and encouraged to participate in the community-wide “Trash to Treasure Weekend” beginning Friday, September 15 at 5:00 p.m. through Sunday, September 17 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 in recycling 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 15.  Unclaimed items must be removed from the curb no later than 5:00 p.m. Sunday, September 17.

Removal of items will be strictly enforced in accordance with Section 22-33 of the Marquette City Code, “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 that items left at the curb will be picked up by the Public Works Department and invoiced to the property owner on a time, material, and disposal fee basis.

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.

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

The seasonal portion of Peter White Drive in Presque Isle Park will be closed to vehicular traffic on Thursday, September 7 from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for a Marquette Area Public Schools cross country meet.

The Marquette Housing Commission will have a special meeting with one item on the agenda on Thursday, September 7, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. located at 316 Pine Street, Marquette MI in the board room.

The Compost drop-off site located at 1415 Pioneer Rd., will be closed Saturday, September 2 and the Household Rubbish site will be closed Monday, September 4 in observance of Labor Day.  The Compost site will reopen Tuesday, September 5, 3-7:00 p.m. and the Household Rubbish site will reopen Wednesday, September 6, 3-7:00 p.m. (or when capacity is met).

The Board of Zoning Appeals regular meeting on September 7, 2023, has been canceled.   The next scheduled meeting will be held on October 5, 2023