Bygones for Aug. 22, 2011

By news@duluthnewstribune.com

August 21, 2011 at 11:00 PM

News Tribune
Aug. 22, 1971

The sound of power saws and hammers is resounding nightly this week at 25 W. First St., where the Duluth Playhouse is setting up temporary quarters. Fire this spring destroyed the Playhouse theater at 6 S. 12th Ave. E.

The ketch Nonsuch, a replica of a 300-year-old sailing ship, is scheduled to arrive in the port of Duluth-Superior this week. The Nonsuch will eventually be shipped by train to the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature in Winnipeg. News Tribune
Aug. 22, 1991

A California firm wants to build a $20 million wastepaper-recycling plant on Duluth's waterfront, according to the Seaway Port Authority of Duluth. The plant, proposed by Western Pacific Pulp and Paper, would remove ink from office wastepaper.

Duluth ranks 21st in the latest Money magazine survey of 300 American cities titled "The Best Places to Live Now." The survey compares cities in such categories as clean water, crime levels, medical care, housing and weather. Researched by the Reference & Information staff at the Duluth Public Library. Call (218) 730-4200/option 5 or click on Ask Us at www.duluth.lib.mn.us.

Bygones for Aug. 22, 2011

News TribuneAug. 22, 1971 The sound of power saws and hammers is resounding nightly this week at 25 W. First St., where the Duluth Playhouse is setting up temporary quarters. Fire this spring destroyed the Playhouse theater at 6 S. 12th Ave. E. T...