A friend and I were talking about retirement the other day. He was seeking some advice as he contemplates what that passage of life might look like for he and his family down the road. I gladly shared with him my thoughts and recommendations, but that conversation triggered another question in ...
When community members attend a school board meeting they do so with the expectation their time will be spent in a useful manner. What they do not expect to witness is a clown-car side show production meant to prove some useless point. If the community members attending the August 25th school ...
When I was in college, I had a limited number of elective classes that I was given to choose from for my English degree, and availability of those classes was always an issue. Like many others, I sometimes ended up taking classes that weren’t on my “preferred" list. At CMU before the online ...
The headline story in The Alpena News on Monday, Sept. 8th, was about improvementsthe city is making to address storm runoff, improve natural habitats and protect the water quality of Lake Huron. The improvements include dune restoration, a pollinator garden… and a 1,000-square-foot rain ...
As a Christian I am concerned what the results will be because of cuts in USAID as reported in the Lancet. The Lancet is an a weekly, peer-reviewed general medical journal founded in England and is considered one of the world's most prestigious and influential sources of medical research and ...
Let’s call this what it is: a full-blown meltdown. A VERY small group of people in our community have made it their full-time hobby to harass the local school board. Not because of corruption or scandal — but simply because they don’t like someone else’s perspective or opinion. And ...