10 Years Ago
Dec. 2, 2005
Grand Marais planning commission members all voted in favor of a new condo/hotel ordinance, which was erroneously passed last spring without benefit of a public hearing. After the vote, a six-month moratorium on condo, motel and hotel development in the C-1 district was proposed but did not pass.
Young actors are completing the final rehearsals for the Grand Marais Playhouse’s production of C.S. Lewis’s “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” which opens at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts Dec. 8.
20 Years Ago
Dec. 4, 1995
Two Cook County men have been charged with cutting down two large white pines at the Gunflint Trail scenic area known as The Pines in October. The men are each charged with a Class B misdemeanor, which carries a fine of up to $5,000 and/or a sentence of up to six months. The men have admitted to cutting the trees at about 8:30 p.m. while they were drinking.
Tourism in Cook County in September topped all previous years, based on collections of lodging taxes for the month. In both the west end and the Grand Marais area, September was well above earlier years and ranked the third-best month of the year. The Gunflint Trail ranked it third-best month, but was down slightly from the previous year.
50 Years Ago
Dec. 2, 1965
Weary snowplowers, utility men and mailmen battled an unseasonably heavy wet snowstorm Friday, and throughout that night to get some order out of almost unsurmountable winter conditions. Back home their families were in the dark, trying to keep warm, and hoping things would soon get back to normal. In the Village, power was lost at about 6 p.m. and repairmen worked until 10:15 p.m. to restore some sections.
The community Thanksgiving service held Thanksgiving morning at Bethlehem Lutheran Church was attended by over 200 persons. The special offering received for the purchase of additional wheelchairs for North Shore Hospital and the Cook County Nursing Home totaled $147.32. The service was sponsored jointly by the six churches in the Grand Marais area.
90 Years Ago
Dec. 3, 1925
Earl Leng returned to school after being absent on account of the measles.
Whitney Brothers are digging a channel on the west side of the bay to the old mill site, where their washing plant will be located.
Saturday afternoon the Arrowhead Laundry burned to the ground. The fire department was called out and did good work in saving the LeSage residence, and several other buildings in the neighborhood.
W.J. Forsythe now has six trucks hauling pulpwood to the Grand Marais landing and will soon have several more. Mr. Forsythe says trucks are better than horses for a long haul, the wood coming about 10 miles.
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