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Letters to the Editor

Medical bracelet great, important program

I really enjoyed the recent article in The Alpena News regarding the Miles for Memories program sponsored by the Senior Center. It is an excellent program but the article did not explain fully the many reasons the program exists. I wear a my/ID bracelet but do NOT have dementia. I’m a senior ...

Congress, you must act on Ukraine aid now

I wonder how many Ukrainians died last night defending themselves against Vladimir Putin’s honde of conscripts, convicts, and mercenaries. How many women were raped and how many children were kidnapped and taken to live in Putin’s vile paradise. But, more than anything, I wonder how long a ...

Swedish flag up at NATO delightful vision

Tomorrow and Monday, Vladimir Putin will be celebrating another tainted victory from another sham presidential election in Russia, and he will be all smiles for the cameras. However, can you just imagine how mad he was when NATO HQ raised the Swedish flag in Brussels last Monday? Not sure how ...

Why does Jack Bergman keep telling lies?

U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman said after President Joe Biden released his $7.3 trillion budget that it cuts essential funding for the new Soo Lock and raises taxes on Americans. This is not true and Jack knows it, so why does he keep telling us lies? Biden’s release of his budget blueprint ...

Women no longer must have supporting role

When I was a young girl, my mom and I watched movies together with a wide range of those showing women as support to the hero. You know them: Tarzan and Jane, Roy Rogers and Dale Evens, and so on … then came “Xena, Warrior Princess,” “Wonder Woman,” and Princess Leia. But, even then, ...

The April 8 eclipse will be worth some travel

A solar eclipse will occur over the United States on Monday, April 8. While most Americans will get to see a partial eclipse without needing to go farther than their own front yard, only those within the narrow “path of totality” will experience the full, spectacular show. People in ...