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Alpena County Library recruiting tutors

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The Alpena County Library's READ literacy program is recruiting tutors. Tutors work individually with adults seeking help with basic reading, ESL (English as a Second Language), and GED preparation. Tutors meet with their students two to three hours per week once their training is completed. ...

Downtown Alpena gets ready for New Year’s bash

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ALPENA – Downtown Alpena is gearing up to ring in 2026 with its second-annual New Year’s Event, and this year’s celebration promises to be even bigger. After drawing a crowd of locals and visitors downtown last year, the event is returning with extended hours at bars and restaurants, cozy ...

Mystery solved: Elusive cougar cubs documented again in Michigan

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LANSING - Nine months after two cougar kittens were documented in the Upper Peninsula, a new trail camera photo indicates the elusive animals are still alive and living with their mother. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources verified the Dec. 6 photo of an adult cougar being followed ...

Melching provides update on former DPI plant

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ALPENA — Melching Inc, the new owner of the old DPI site, said there is still a lot of demolition and clean-up work needed at the old plant, but interest in the property by developers is already beginning to rise. Although it could be a year or more before the property is ready for ...