I would like to thank Kayla Wikaryasz for her fine reporting of the new Fishery Heritage Exhibit at Besser Museum. She tells just a few of the stories about our Great Lakes that I hope readers will enjoy by visiting the Museum’s “walk through our Great Lakes Heritage” which is centered ...

It’s time to camp in the great outdoors! Our celebrated 4th of July heritage has brought families together now for 250 years of all things that Independence embodies: coming together for parades, family reunions and the infamous annual trip to the camp grounds. Getting ready, packing the ...

I’ve been reading letters to the editor over the past several weeks in what appears to be a concerted effort by a few to undermine three members of the Alpena Public School Board. Their efforts are to obtain sufficient signatures to recall them and subject them to the Nov 4 general election ...

Soliciting and publishing (6/23/26) comments from a few APS board members about the tax bond issue up for vote next year was premature and stirred up unneeded speculation and ill informed opinions in Alpena. At this time APS staff and consultants are developing the detailed scope of work ...

The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education has a problem. Multiple members of the school board are casting votes that waste taxpayer money that is supposed to fund our schools. Their names are Eric Lawson, Monica Dziesinski, and Sarah Costain. All three members have “voted no to a $150,000 ...

The U.S. Pledge of Allegiance is a patriotic oath expressing loyalty to the American flag and the United States of America, traditionally recited in schools and at civic ceremonies. It was originally written by Francis Bellamy in 1892 and has undergone several revisions, with the most recent ...