Our elected city representatives continue their 10-year pissing contest with the township over water rates, despite a court ruling. Millions of dollars that could have been spent on infrastructure go to lawyers. I am not satisfied with what my tax dollars are getting me at the local, ...

Over the last seven years in my role at the Alpena Downtown Development Authority, I’ve had the privilege of seeing firsthand the impact the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library has in our community. I’ve seen young professionals using it as a place to work remotely. I’ve ...

For the past few months, I’ve been on the front line of the challenges to library materials deemed unsafe, overtly sexual, and too mature for library users under the age of 18. I fully appreciate and recognize the concerns of these community members who seek to protect the innocence of ...

For four years, I had the privilege of serving as the Special Collections librarian for the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library. While in this role, I was always amazed by the diversity of users not only in my department but the library itself. One day, it could be someone hoping ...

The Orange Clown. Coward (Mr. Bonespurs will never get on a witness stand; cannot string two cognizant sentences together). Liar (thoroughly documented). Racist (again documented). Anti-women (thoroughly documented, Roe v. Wade). Anti-police (Jan. 6, no regard for the safety of police). Traitor ...

As you may know, there is a small group of people in Alpena who are threatening to close our library if a group of books they deem inappropriate are not removed from the shelves and restricted under lock and key to check out by those age 18 and older. This, of course, is the first step ...