As a lifelong resident of Alpena, and a retired teacher of APS, I strongly urge you to support Sarah Fritz, Anna Meinhardt, Tom Hilberg, and Ned Heath in our upcoming school board election. We need school board members who will work to support all students in our district, no matter their race ...

I have lived and worked in this community for 50 years, 35 years I was at Alpena High School. Now as a grandparent, I take my grandson to the junior high school. At 1 today (Wednesday) I was trying to turn left from Bagley onto Third Ave. There were four cars in front of me and it took four ...

Before you make a decision and vote for school board members — between now and November 8--research the options carefully. Are your candidates committed to attending at least two in-person evening meetings each month, and will they come to each meeting prepared and ready to learn, discuss, ...

How did politicians’ views become so extreme? ‘We The People’ have literally turned over our country’s democratic future to politicians and the oligarchy who can buy, well, a Supreme Court! Perhaps this ethical breakdown we are experiencing started when corporations became ...

Over the last several years we have witnessed a slow decline and erosion of our schools within the community we live. There has seemingly been a lack of transparency and parents’ concerns are going unheard. We as a community need to stand up and stand together to restore trust once again in ...

This November voters will have a chance to show their humanity by voting “no” on Proposal 3 that would allow abortion (killing) of babies at any stage before birth. Whether it’s five seconds before birth or five minutes after birth, supporters of abortion want the right to take the life ...