The Winter Parking Ban will begin November 1st and run through April 1st, 2020. City residents, NMU students, and visitors are reminded to find off street parking during the hours of 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. during this time. Violation of the winter parking ban is a $75.00 fine.

Residents are reminded that front yard parking is prohibited within the City of Marquette unless authorization is given by the Community Development office. This request must be made through them and a determination to allow this will be based on certain criteria. Front yard parking without prior approval is a violation of City ordinance, subject to a $50.00 fine for first offense. For more information, contact Community Development at 228-0425.

Furthermore, parking in the right of way is prohibited in the City of Marquette unless authorized by the Police Department. This also must be requested and permission will only be granted after it is determined that it is the only viable option. Violation of right of way parking without prior approval is a violation of City ordinance and a $50.00 fine. For more information regarding this, please contact the Marquette City Police Department at 228-0400.

Property owners are encouraged to make arrangements for off street parking during the winter parking ban for residents and tenants of homes and rental units.

Beginning Monday, Oct. 21, all parks in the City of Marquette will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The October meeting of the City of Marquette Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Board, originally scheduled for Oct. 17, has been rescheduled to Oct. 31 at 8 a.m. The meeting will take place in the 2nd Floor Conference Room in the Municipal Service Center, located at 1100 Wright Street.

At the City’s Lakeview Arena, public skate hours are available every day of the week. For a full schedule of hours, see below.

Beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing through 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12, West Bluff Street will be closed to motor vehicles between Seventh Street and Morgan Street to accommodate for the Marquette Spectacle. A rain date has been set for Sunday, Oct. 13.

No detour route will be provided.

The Marquette spectacle will also include a parade from the Marquette Commons to Harlow Park from 5 p.m. until 5:45 p.m. on the day of the event. The parade route will exit the commons, head north on Third Street, west on Washington Street and end at Harlow Park.

There will be no public Open Skate on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019 due to a Marquette Junior Hockey tournament. Open skate will be held Sunday, Oct. 13, as usual.

The intersection of Ridge Street and Meeske Avenue will be closed to through traffic Monday, Oct. 7 at 7 a.m. for a water valve replacement. The estimated time of closure is unknown.

Effective immediately, Lakeshore Boulevard, from Hawley Street to Wright Street, is open to through traffic.

The Marquette Board of Light and Power offices, located at 2200 Wright Street, will be closed to foot traffic on Oct. 4, to accommodate the front office remodeling project.

Customers can call the BLP billing department at 228-0311 for billing inquiries.

The office will re-open Monday, Oct. 7 and customer service representatives will be relocated to the Board Room during the project, which is expected to be complete by early December.

Due to this relocation, the Oct. 22 and Nov. 12 regular meetings of the BLP Board will be held in the Community Room of Lakeview Arena.

The Noquemanon Trail Network will be hosting biking events on Saturday Oct. 5 on trails crossing the Mount Marquette roadway. The roadway will be closed from Friday, Oct. 4 at 10 p.m. until Sunday Oct. 6 at 8 a.m. to vehicular traffic for these events.