As I slog through my daily 100-plus emails, it occurred to me that I might be an email hoarder. Which led me to think my main issue might be FOMO, which means “fear of missing out.” I sign up for every dumb promotion, every possible coupon that’s available out there, every rewards ...
The Alpena County Library board was in a tough spot. For as long as two years, many county residents had pressed the board to do something about a handful of books shelved in the children’s and teens’ sections of the library that the residents viewed as overly sexual and inappropriate ...
“Something has come up and now I am unable to attend.” I just heard this for an event I was planning for the Association of Lifelong Learners. It made me think about how many times I had heard this. How many times have I said this myself? I wonder if we seniors are filling our calendars ...
The new state budget underfunds pensions and hands out pork. It reduces contributions into the pension system by $670 million and spends at least $702 million on district grants. Neither benefits the public. Elected officials accidentally made school employees the state’s largest ...
Dan Bauer, formally signed on last week as interim superintendent in Onaway Area School District, must work quickly to try to unite his school district so everyone can focus 100% on student achievement. Bauer’s appointment as interim superintendent — the Onaway school board on Thursday ...
Without a doubt, the most important duty state lawmakers have is to ride herd on the state budget, with oodles of your money in play — $83 billion oodles, in fact. With 148 legislators in the state House and state Senate, not everyone has a direct, hands-on assignment, under the heading, ...