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gneese@mininggazette.com Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette The section along Sharon Avenue where a culvert will be replaced is one of the paving projects slated for this year in Houghton. HOUGHTON — Paving, city beautification and lighting were among the priorities Houghton City Council members asked to see funded during a nontraditional first budget meeting for the year. City Manager Eric Waara typically uses the first budget meeting to provide a high-level overview of the city’s projects for the year and noteworthy changes within the city’s general fund. With three new council membe...

gneese@mininggazette.com Veridea development proposal Veridea, who recently backed out of plans to redevelop Houghton’s parking decka nd waterfront area was proposing replacing the parking that currently exists between Huron Street and Isle Royale Street with a small park. oughton City Council meeting since the Veridea Group withdrew from negotiations over the big parking deck property on Lakeshore Drive, council members and the public weighed in on the next steps. Houghton had been in talks with Veridea since 2019, when it responded to the city’s request for qualifications for develo...

gneese@mininggazette.com HOUGHTON — The Houghton City Council went back to the drawing board Wednesday night after the announcement that the Veridea Group was withdrawing its proposal for a $40 million development on the big parking deck area along Lakeshore Drive. In a letter to the city, Veridea CEO Bob Mahaney said based on the December 16 council meeting, the city “has no defined process in place that can move the project forward at this time.” At that meeting, the council retracted a motion to move forward in defining the property and obtaining an appraisal after objections from so...

Dec 19, 2020 SOUTH RANGE — Eleanore Marie Magdelena Maki (Tormala) passed away December 16, 2020, due to complications brought on by COVID-19. She was born July 22, 1926, to Andrew and Minna Tormala in Hancock, at the now-long-gone Finnish Hospital, which was located above the stairs on the north side of the Portage Lift Bridge. Eleanore spent most of her life in South Range-during its vibrant years when the community was at its finest, with stores, taverns, restaurants, bakeries, a theater, and the lively spirit that boom times bring with operating mines. She aged through its slow decline ...