ALPENA – After more than four decades away from the Fall Classic, the Milwaukee Brewers played Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night against the Tampa Bay Rays. For fans who have stayed with the team through every stretch of good, bad and ugly, the night carried the weight of a long ...
Saturday will be the final day that The News will publish letters to the editor pertaining to candidates in the upcoming election on Nov. 3. If you have a letter about a current candidate or candidates, please be sure to have it submitted no later than 1 p.m. on Friday. Letters will be published in the order they are received. Letters to the editor can be submitted via email at sschulwitz@thealpenanews.com, by mail, or by simply dropping them off at The Alpena News office at 130 Park Place in Alpena.
Sooner or later, is a common thought that can apply to a vast number of events. Take our seasons; Swami has his own thoughts on them. Summer can come a lot sooner, whereas winter would be its best coming later, and for a short period of time as well. When the All-Knowing-One was in his youth, ...
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground." -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) The U.S. Constitution was ratified to create and to restrain the government. It established boundaries beyond which the government may not venture, even when it invokes ...
Free and fair elections. That’s what we all want. There are many Americans who are no longer sure whether this goal is attainable. Let’s break down what a "free and fair" election actually means, and what we should expect from our voting system here in the United States. We can ...
My husband Matt is a retired Marine gunnery sergeant. I spent years fighting to get him the care he earned after Iraq and Afghanistan. Then I went to law school so I could be a better advocate, and I'm proud that I was able to help other veterans access their disability benefits, for free. I ...
