Happy New Year! It’s a year we can make some changes to what we are unsatisfied with. It’s a year to set realistic goals for ourselves. So, with this challenge today, you don’t even have to get out of your chair except to get a paper and pen, to set your own personal goals for 2022. Here ...

ALPENA — Attendees are in for a visual, musical and comedic treat on Sunday afternoon. John Bressler, the number-one entertainer on Princess Cruises, will provide a concert as part of the APlex’s Sunday Memories Concert Series. Married couple Norman and Elaine Sommerfeld manage the ...

ALPENA — The ROCK Men’s Ministry invites all men and young men to an evening of fellowship and spiritual growth from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 20, at New Life Christian Fellowship, 317 S. Ripley Blvd., Alpena. “Men, have you ever wondered what it means to be a ‘man’?” a ...

Alpena Parkinson’s group to meet Monday The Alpena Area Parkinson’s Support Group will meet at 1 p.m. on Monday at the First United Methodist Church, 167 E. Ripley Blvd. For info, call Judy Poli at 989-370-6854. Duplicate bridge club results announced Alpena Duplicate Bridge Club winners ...

ALPENA — In 2010, Occupational Therapist Jamie McClintic, O.T.D., gave birth to baby Maddox at MyMichigan Medical Center Alpena. She did not imagine her daughter would possess an extra 21st chromosome and be diagnosed with Down syndrome. McClintic’s process of grief, acceptance, love and ...

News Photo by Darby Hinkley Alpena Area Chamber of Commerce representatives hosted a grand opening ribbon cutting this morning for Calm in the Storm and Massage Works Natural Health Center, located at 2483 U.S.-23 South in Alpena. Pictured, from left, are Chamber Ambassador Kathy Himes, ...