ALPENA – Downtown Alpena is preparing to bloom once again as the Alpena Flower Festival returns for its fourth year, transforming the city center into a vibrant celebration of flowers, community, and summer this weekend. Inspired by the one-day “Flower Day” floral festival in Adelaide, ...

ALPENA - The Starlite Beach Splash Park is now open, the City of Alpena announced in a press released on Tuesday. The hours of operation will be 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., daily. Please adhere by all posted rules and be courteous of others while enjoying the park.

ALPENA - The Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan (CFNEM) is accepting grant applications for the summer 2026 grant cycles of its Northeast Michigan Women’s Giving Circle (WGC) Grant and Community Impact Grant. All nonprofit agencies with a 501(c)(3) IRS designation, schools, churches ...

ALPENA - The Association of Lifelong Learners will be hosting the fifth in its series of musical performances at Granum Theatre on the Alpena Community College campus, to be held on Thursday, June 11, at 1:00 pm, featuring flutists MaryAnn Hubbard and Cheryl Bates, Soprano Nora Stone, and ...

ALPENA - Join Art in the Loft for a fun afternoon of festive acrylic florals on Saturday as people can create fun and funky flower pots during Alpena's Downtown Flower Festival. In this class, is from 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m., artist and educator Mariah Brancheau of the Lovely Little Lettering ...

ALPENA - This summer, the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation (NMSF) and West Virginia University (WVU) are launching a collaborative study to measure the impact of recreation and tourism in Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (TBNMS) communities. Researchers will be active throughout ...