BEYOND Reason
Summer Reads One of my favorite summer activities has to be The Summer Read. Everywhere you look someone wants you to read something: billboards; menus; pamphlets.
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Historical Reflections
BALLY BLACKSMITH SHOP SUPPLIES This photo was taken when the Bally Blacksmith Shop on Broadway Avenue in Grand Marais was still an operating welding and repair shop, maintained by Al…
Celebrate August! It’s almost here!
After a couple of stressful weeks, it’s time to look forward to August. Grand Marais has the Fisherman’s Picnic the first full weekend of the month. If you’ve ever tossed…
Summer Reads
One of my favorite summer activities has to be The Summer Read. Everywhere you look someone wants you to read something: billboards; menus; pamphlets. Heck, even some sights on the…
Seeds have taken root
I cannot stop gardening. We are in the dogs’ days of summer and the early spring cold crops – radishes and beets and lettuces – are coming to an end.…
Wondering ’61
‘61 Bob Spry and all of us Bob Spry, a community servant/leader died recently, joining two other community pillars, Bob Carter and Dick Swanson, in our memories and among our saints this year. Spry’s service at St.
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BEYOND REASON
The gift that keeps on giving July is red hot, filled to the brim with dinners on the patio, swimming, summer camps, mosquitos and, of course, tennis. But July is a unique month in that it is also the time we celebrate The Wife’s birthday.
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The 2024 Cook County Budget
The 2024 budget season began on April 11 when the county board approved the budget calendar. Preliminary department budgets were due on May 26 with the deadline for final department…
The 2024 Cook County Budget
The 2024 budget season began on April 11 when the county board approved the budget calendar. Preliminary department budgets were due on May 26 with the deadline for final department…