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GMCF to offer expanded parking near existing lot

By P.J. GLISSON

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WAKEFIELD — The Wakefield planning commission voted Monday evening to approve progress on a new 180-foot x 90-foot parking lot across from the Gogebic Medical Care Facility.

The action came in response to two letters dated July 25, one from Mark Ahonen, director of maintenance and service support at GMCF, and one from site contractor Paul Luppino, who is president of Angelo Luppino, Inc. in Iron Belt, Wis.

“This lot will be located directly to the northwest of the facility, across North Street from the current front facility parking lot,” wrote Ahonen, w...