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Thursday, December 25, 2014

Happy holidays from Keweenaw Now!

HANCOCK -- Keweenaw Now wishes all our readers, contributors and supporters a very peaceful, safe and joyful holiday season!

This year we have tried to connect you with important issues and events -- not just in the Keweenaw, but also as far as New York and Normandy, thanks to our guest reporters and photographers and our news links on Facebook and Twitter.*

We welcome your letters and comments. Tell us what you like / don't like about our articles and offer us suggestions of what you'd like to see in 2015. Email us at andersm@pasty.com or post your comments on individual articles.

We wish you all a very happy and healthy New Year!

* In case you missed them, see our series of articles on the New York City People's Climate March -- a highlight of our 2014 news -- by clicking on our Dec. 9, 2014, article on the march and checking the links at the end for the three previous articles in the series. See also our slide show in honor of the 70th anniversary of D-Day.

Keweenaw Now photo: "Paloma de la paz," by Gustavo Bourdieu.

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Hancock Chalet now open daily

HANCOCK -- The Hancock Chalet is now open on a daily basis for skier warmup, restroom use, etc. It is opened sometime in the morning and closed about dark.