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AAACU donates $10K to Bay View Park courts project

ALPENA — Alpena Alcona Area Credit Union donated $10,000 on Nov. 20 to the Friends of the Alpena Courts for the Bay View Park reconstruction project. The Friends of Alpena Courts has been active and in existence for approximately eight years. The FAC’s mission is to support and promote ...

First Congregational open house Dec. 20

ALPENA — First Congregational United Church of Christ will host a Christmas open house from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 20, at the church, 201 S. 2nd Ave., downtown Alpena. The community is welcome to come enjoy the Christmas spirit in their historical church gifted in 1954 by Jesse ...

Poetry celebration Saturday

ALPENA — The Poetics Lab is partnering with the Susan Lane Foundation to present an open mic celebration night on Saturday, Nov. 30 at Art in the Loft. Cocktail hour will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., with music by Tranquil Trauma. The Poetics Lab Chapbook Vol. IV release and HOMES Haiku ...

Thunder Bay Arts presents Yuletide and Christmas concert

ALPENA — Step back in time to the holidays of yesteryear with Thunder Bay Arts’ Yuletide, from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 1 at the Historical Village at Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan. Get ready for some good old-fashioned family fun, featuring children’s games and activities, ...

Friends Together hosting popcorn sale Dec. 13

ALPENA — Friends Together will host a one-day Downtown Popcorn Factory sale from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13. All proceeds will benefit Friends Together, a local cancer support organization. The sale will feature popcorn from Kettle Nation, LLC, a veteran-owned company. Kettle ...