I have spent the last two weeks gobsmacked by words—delicious, evocative, painful, image-filled, award-winning words. The smacking began with The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride.

Finding Long-term Housing in Grand Marais by April 1, 2025 There's nothing like a good outhouse, and one of the foremost attributes of Grand Marais and its outer reaches is a handsome offering of pit toilets. When my wife and I were living in Grand Marais out of a campervan we relied mostly on pit toilets for dumping our 5.5 gallon porta- potty black water tank, much the way our forebears may have dumped deposits from a chamber pot into the pit of a nearby privy.

The Good Harbor Hill Players invite everyone to help create the 2024 Summer Solstice Pageant to be performed June 22 at 8 pm at North House Folk School. We welcome artists, performers, crafters and helpers of all ages!

Three generations joined together to raise $7,900 to publish Braille Children’s Book The National Braille Press (NBP), Children's Braille Book Club of the Month Little Beaver and Echo, was published in honor of the 10th anniversary of Bob O’Brien’s passing. O’Brien was a former NBP trustee for 40 years, and three generations of his family joined together to raise $7,900 to publish a children’s braille book in his memory.

This is Lucy. She lives, mostly, in the sky. Not with diamonds, but with her boyfriend Raymond. Raymond is a good provider. He has some great stories to help pass the time and can sing like a chickadee. Lucy likes hanging out in trees, chatting with the neighbors and posing for pictures for the newspaper.

Nancie Deming, Cook County Licensing Case Manager and Community Childcare Coordinator joined counties across the nation in Maricopa County, AZ for an invite-only joint convening of the National Association of Counties (NACo) Counties for Career Success cohort and Prenatal-to-Three County Leaders Academy. The event brought together a diverse group of county leaders to collaborate on solutions for career readiness and economic mobility for families with young children, grounded in the robust role of counties in removing barriers for families and connecting residents to good jobs.

Last week, an accessible dock—principally for sea kayaks—was installed at the Grand Marais Rec Park Parkside public water access. Park Manager Dave Tersteeg explained, 'The term “accessible” refers to a gangway and dock designed to serve the adaptive paddling community and promote universal, barrier-free access.

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