Candidate one: Hope, peace, secure border, women’s health, voting rights, unity in the future. Candidate two: Misogynist, no respect, shifty, dangerous, unfit, chaos, bully, felon, narcissistic, “big lies” (a lie is a coward’s way of getting out of trouble). Fear mongering, ...

The Alpena County Central Dispatch Union would like to express our apprehension for the discussion of proposed cuts to the Alpena County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff and his department have worked diligently over the last several years to build their staffing to a level where they are able ...

Many years ago, school taught us reading, writing, arithmetic, history, thinking, reasoning, and common sense as just part of getting an education. While learning about simple economics, an instructor asked the question, “Who pays corporate taxes?,” and we were instructed to write and ...

The Oct. 16 issue of The Alpena News carried an opinion piece titled, “We need new school ideas,” by Molly Macek. She represents the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, an organization that advocates for limited government and free-market approaches to public policy. Macek suggests that ...

Public schools are sacred. Despite our different affiliations, ambitions, origins, dispositions, and religions, they educate us. They are rocks upon which our community is built and sustained — sources of becoming and belonging. Why would Monica Dziesinski and Sarah Costain seek seats on ...

As a “city mouse,” I am fully aware that my fisheries and wildlife knowledge is not as extensive as others. So I will just jump in and ask the question as it occurred to me: “Roger” is an Elk. Big guy. Because he could have “raging hormones” in the fall, it was safest to put him ...