News Photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu Thomas Berriman, Alpena High School principal, stands at the main entrance of the high school, where visitors, teachers, and parents enter on a normal school day.

News Photo by Crystal Nelson Jenna Hincka, teller and loan processor at Calcite Credit Union’s Posen branch, on Thursday wipes down the tube used to service drive-thru customers.

News Photo by Crystal Nelson Diane Cordes, manager of Calcite Credit Union’s Posen branch, works at her desk on Thursday.

News Photo by Crystal Nelson Diane Cordes, manager of Calcite Credit Union’s Posen Branch, opens the door of the Calcite Credit Union’s branch in Posen.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Amber Sammons, employee at JOANN Fabrics and Crafts in Alpena, selects fabric from the clearance aisle to make one of hundreds of mask kits given away by the store in recent months.

News Photo by Steve Schulwitz A customer buys an energy drink at the Shell gas station on Chisholm Street in Alpena on Friday. Although most infected Northeast Michiganders have recovered from the coronavirus and most businesses are now open, health officials say precautions must be maintained.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Sophia Losinski, who turns 13 on Sunday, irons fabric for masks in her stepdad’s Alpena “man cave” — now converted to a mask room where she and her mother work with family friends to protect Northeast Michiganders from the coronavirus.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Preparing one of the hundreds of mask kits given away at JOANN Fabrics and Crafts in recent months, worker Amber Sammons measures a yard of cotton fabric on Friday.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Amber Sammons, employee at JOANN Fabrics and Crafts in Alpena, cuts fabric for a mask-making customer on Friday morning.

Courtesy Photo Alpena resident Gavin Carr is pictured at home with the rubber bands he uses to make bracelets, like the one worn by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday during a press conference in Lansing.

News File Photo Athena Honson is seen playing with one of the toys at TOTally Kids Daycare Center in this 2020 News archive photo.

News Photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu Eli Wojnar participates in a foot painting activity with Alexis Reynolds, lead teacher, at TOTally Kids Daycare on May 18.

News Photo by Crystal Nelson Nowicki’s Sausage Shoppe employee Lynn Altman stocks the refrigerator at the business’ Rogers City location. in this May 2020 News file photo.

Courtesy Photo Judge Aaron Gauthier, of Presque Isle County’s 53rd Circuit Court, participates in the workgroup he co-chairs to study the use of technology in bringing jury trials back to Michigan.

Courtesy Photo Gary Seinko, of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2356 in Hillman, participated in the National playing of taps at 3 p.m. on Memorial Day.

Courtesy Photo From left to right, Alpena Lions Club First Vice President Bernie Lamp III, Lions Treasurer Mike Hamilton, Austin Brothers owner Dana Austin, Lions President Tom Woizeschke, Alpena Deputy Fire Chief Rob Edmonds, Brad Somers, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Alpena, and Lions Tail Twister Randy Boboltz hold gallon jugs on Tuesday from the first batch of hand sanitizer the Lions Club and Austin Brothers teamed up to produce from a $10,000 grant the Lions received from Lions Club International.

News Photo by Crystal Nelson Lynn Bunting, assistant to the Alpena County Board of Commissioners, makes photocopies on Tuesday at the County Courthouse.

Courtesy Photo Helen Anstead shares her 106-year-old smile at her birthday celebration in August 2019. She says spreading hope and encouraging each other are vital during this pandemic.

Courtesy Photo Kingsli Kraft writes a journal entry that will be submitted to the COVID-19 Diary Project at Alpena County Library.

A mask can’t contain the smile of a MediLodge of Rogers City resident as family and neighbors roll by on Saturday during a Memorial Day weekend parade.

Children bring a smile to MediLodge of Rogers City residents at a drive and honk parade on Saturday.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Family members delighted in seeing their loved ones on Saturday as a drive and honk parade at MediLodge of Rogers City brought carloads of people to say a socially distant hello.

An honor guard did a rifle salute at the end of a private Memorial Day ceremony Monday to pay respect to those who lost their lives preserving freedom.

Marine Chaplain Bill Romstadt gave a short address to the small crowd who attended a private Memorial Day ceremony Monday. The large, public event was canceled until next year.

News Photos by Steve Schulwitz Dick Raquepow plays taps at the end of a private Memorial Day ceremony in Alpena Monday. The large ceremony was canceled due to the threat of coronavirus, its local veteran groups still paid tribute to our nation’s fallen heroes with the permission of the City of Alpena.

News Photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu Chauncey’s Pub in Hillman put in new maple wood tables since the restaurant closed March 16. The pub opened its dine-in sitting area Friday after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order Monday allowing businesses such as bars and restaurants in northern Michigan to reopen at 50% capacity.

News Photos by Meakalia Previch-Liu Dan Painter, owner of Chauncey’s Pub in Hillman, sits with friends after eating a meal Friday afternoon. The pub opened its dine-in sitting area Friday after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order Monday allowing businesses such as bars and restaurants in northern Michigan to reopen at 50% capacity.

News Photo by Julie Riddle A customer purchases a new camera lens at J & L Camera and Electronics in Rogers City on Friday, the day many northern Michigan businesses were allowed to open for the first time in over two months.

News Photo by Julie Riddle Kids and grownups relax with ice cream on a warm Friday afternoon in Onaway as some area businesses and restaurants reopen for business.

News Photo by Steve Schulwitz Local Basket Case owner Griffin James, left, finishes a transaction with Cindy Kwast while at the store Friday. James said he was pleased with the amount of customers visited on his first day open since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

News Photo by Steve Schulwitz A group of ladies enjoy a glass of wine under the sun in downtown Alpena, after the Thunder Bay Winery began serving cocktails Friday. Many local businesses were able to open just in time for Memorial Day Weekend.

News Photo by Julie Riddle One of the many small businesses allowed to open for the first time in months, Mr. Mustache and Company in Rogers City unlocked its doors Friday as employers across northern Michigan considered their legal liability while keeping customers and employees safe.