I am writing in support of our library. I will be voting YES to renew the operating budget of the library on Aug. 6. Why? Because the library is hands-down the best deal I get for my tax dollars. It costs me less than half the price of Netflix for a year and I get access to thousands of ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This letter is running a second time because, when it first appeared on June 15, an editing mistake led to an error in the letter. The letter below has been corrected. June 6, D-Day, come and gone. Did you remember the day? I watched coverage of the day as old men with ...

A friend asked me, now that you are 88 years old, is there something that you can tell us that you know for sure. Yes, I said, there is a God. Yes, God created the Earth and all things, including humans. Yes, He created them male and female. Yes, the first humans, Adam and Eve, did not listen ...

I met with the superintendent of Alpena Public Schools today and learned some encouraging news. First, I would like to apologize to the teachers and the staff of APS regarding my indoctrination comment. My biggest concern was the actual textbooks coming from Scholastic going into APS, as ...

Dear Editor: On behalf of the League of Women Voters of Northeast Michigan, I am writing regarding the Alpena County Library millage renewal request. The League supports public libraries and is strongly urging a “yes” vote on Aug. 6. This renewal is needed to provide the necessary ...

I am (again) prompted to write about The News using unnecessary incendiary language in their coverage. In the Thursday, June 20 story about the county commissioner and library board meeting, this sentence was delivered: “The committee wanted to know why the books, parts of which are too ...