The Marquette City Planning Commission meeting originally scheduled for September 17, 2024, has been canceled due to lack of business.  The next scheduled meeting of the Planning Commission is October 1, 2024.

There will be a special budget meeting of the Board of Light and Power on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. held at 2200 Wright Street

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

-Drop-In Hockey (evening, age 18+) Thursday 9:30pm-11:00pm

-Public Skate (all ages) Monday-Sunday 1:00-2:50pm

-Senior/Adult Skate (55 & older) Friday 7:00-8:30pm begins October 4th

(Free to Marquette City, Marquette Township, Chocolay Township, and Powell Township senior residents. Some dates excluded: see Marquette Senior Center for schedule.)

-Drop-In Curling Sundays 7:00pm-10:30pm

The public skating schedule can be affected by tournaments and holidays. Saturday, Sept 27th there will be no public skating for the Stick it to Cancer hockey tournament. Please see the City website www.marquettemi.gov, Lakeview Arena Facebook page, or call the Lakeview Arena office for additional information.

Lakeshore Boulevard will be closed to through traffic for storm drain maintenance between Pine Street and Fair Avenue on Tuesday, September 10 from 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

City of Marquette residents are invited and encouraged to participate in the community-wide “Trash to Treasure Weekend” beginning Friday, September 13 through Sunday, September 15.
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 13. Unclaimed items must be removed from the curb no later than 5:00 p.m.
unday, September 15.
Removal of items will be strictly enforced in accordance with City Code Section 22.33.
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.

Due to unforeseen circumstances the Marquette Senior Center physical mailing of the September Horizons Newsletter will be arriving late at homes this month. The October newsletter will arrive on time as the situation has been rectified. Please visit our website at Senior Center - City of Marquette (marquettemi.gov) for an electronic version of the newsletter. You may also stop by the Marquette Senior Center at 300 W. Spring St. Marquette, MI to pick up a physical copy.

Community Office Hours at the Peter White Public Library with Marquette City Manager Karen Kovacs have been canceled for Wednesday, September 11.

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

The Marquette City Planning Commission meeting originally scheduled for September 3, 2024, has been cancelled due to lack of business.  The next scheduled meeting of the Planning Commission is September 17, 2024.

The offices of the Marquette Board of Light and Power will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2024 in observance of Labor Day.