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Forum set for Oct. 14

ESCANABA — The League of Women Voters of Delta County has organized a voter forum for three local races that are on the ballot this November. Residents are encouraged to submit questions to be asked of the candidates at the event, which is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 14 at Escanaba ...

Facade program updated

GLADSTONE — Terms are changing for a form of assistance available to business owners in downtown Gladstone. The city has offered facade grants — loans for businesses operating in the downtown district to improve the exteriors of their premises — in multiple past years. A new cycle is ...

Maritime experts travel to Nantucket to investigate shipwreck remains exposed by nor'easter

BOSTON (AP) — A maritime expert planned to visit a Nantucket beach Monday to inspect weathered wooden beams exposed by the weekend's powerful nor'easter, possibly the remnants of a 19th-century shipwreck buried beneath the island's southern shore. The Egan Maritime Institute said its exhibits and collections manager would survey the site and send a report to state underwater archaeologists, who then will work with the institute to determine which vessel the wreckage came from. The splintered timbers, fastened together by rusted iron, emerged near an area where remains believed to ...

Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival to come to Marquette

MARQUETTE — The year 2026 marks the first year of the Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival, a weekend-long event celebrating traditional arts running from Oct. 2-4 in various locations around Marquette County. "Traditional folk arts are art forms or crafts that are learned in an informal environment, from artist to artist, rather than in an educational institution," says the Upper Peninsula Folklife Festival. "Some examples would be part of a quilting bee, a folk song circle, or a father teaching a son to carve duck decoys. It is a creative tradition that is passed from one person, or ...