Mountain Stage— to return or not to return?
The North Shore was the place to be in September with the WTIP Radio Waves Music Festival, a visit of West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Mountain Stage, and the North House Folk School Unplugged X. By all accounts the concerts were enjoyed by attendees and performers. By most accounts the community benefited from the surge of visitors to attend the music […]
Decision to reduce superintendent position postponed
ISD 166 Superintendent Beth Schwarz has a following. In light of looming funding cuts and declining enrollment, the board of Cook County Schools planned to take a vote on reducing the superintendent’s position at its October 18, 2011 meeting, held in Grand Portage, as a way to shave the budget while retaining student programs. People in support of what she […]
Council OKs snowmobile use of west end bike trail
As a result of city council’s Oct. 12 discussion and 3-2 vote, snowmobilers will once again be able to travel on Grand Marais’ bike trail this winter to get to businesses west of town. But in response to public concern about pedestrian safety, council also authorized the city’s street department to try to keep the sidewalk on the upper side […]
New community center site chosen
Representatives of ORB Management, The Meyer Group and JLG Architects attended the county board meeting on October 18, 2011, recommending that the county board build a new community center on the corner of Fourth Avenue West and the New Gunflint Trail in Grand Marais – known as “the northwest corner.” Since the board is moving toward building a new hockey […]
Compassion for drivers on Devil’s Track Lake Road
County Commissioner Sue Hakes is feeling compassionate toward residents getting flat tires on the Devil’s Track Lake road (County Road 8) after completion of its reconstruction was delayed until next summer. During a county board meeting on October 18, 2011, she asked Highway Engineer David Betts what could be done to curb the washboarding, potholing, and sharp rocks. Could they […]
Peaceful but purposeless?
When I was a teenager, I was a hippie wannabe. I was a little young to be a member of the flower power generation, but I wanted to be part of the revolution, whatever or wherever it was. I had a Woodstock poster and black lights in my bedroom. I wore bellbottoms and love beads and went barefoot whenever I […]
Teacher union misrepresented in advertisement
We, the Cook County Education Association (teacher union) of ISD166 were misrepresented in last week’s paper by the Alliance for Sound School Leadership. No one from that organization contacted the CCEA for our stance on reducing the superintendent position. Jane E. GellnerCCEA President
Not finishing roadwork was a mistake
As a resident of County Road 8, I am upset by the conditions of the road and the comments made by Russell Klegstad. It’s time the county and highway department put the blame where it belongs, on KGM and themselves for the mishandling of the project. When the state shut down KGM had extra crewmembers here and were ahead of […]