By the time you’re reading this, my birthday will have come and gone and I will officially be 23 years old. There’s a lot that I’ve learned these past 23 years, even more in the last year since graduating college, getting a job, moving away, and overall working toward finding myself. ...

The Alpena County Library board says the library’s costs are rising, and trustees want county taxpayers to cover those costs by paying more in taxes. Meanwhile, at least some in the community have said they won’t support any taxes for the library unless library officials, in concert with ...

As a baseball coach at Alpena High School, there was a mantra that our coaches used all the time with our players. It was the phrase “next play.” I’m not sure if you’re much of a sports fan, but, if you are, one thing you will notice in sports is that some players or teams just ...

His work was stunningly impressive, if not overly imaginative. I presume he never will be mistaken for a Picasso, Rembrandt, or Michelangelo. Many of their pieces hang in some of the most renowned museums of the world, while his has been included at the Smithsonian from time to time. All ...

With the (oddly) early spring that seems to be on its way, I can’t help but anticipate our local phenology in Northeast Michigan. Phenology is the study of cyclical (repeated) natural events. For those with a sugarbush, the flow of tree sap in late winter is one such phenological event. ...

Ahhh, it’s April. A USA Today poll shows Americans say April is their third favorite month. For me, it would be higher, and no, not because I have a birthday in April. In fact, at my age, birthday months would actually make the ranking go down! But, I would have to say April is no doubt one ...