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Letters to the Editor

Make a difference, please clean your yards

Spring is just around the corner. Just a reminder to the residents of Alpena to take stock of their yards as during the winter they may have become cluttered and if the city follows up on the debris ordinance and cites the junk vehicle properties it’s sure to make a difference in your ...

The biased national news needs a catch-tray

March 8 was the most unbelievably comical night I have ever seen on the NBC Nightly News. Some kitchen toasters have a catch-tray underneath to catch the unwanted debris. With the biased, leftist anti-white deluge of disinformation, distortion, and lies the new TVs should have a catch-tray like ...

Fond memories of Alpena’s 1965-66 team

The recent photo of the 1965-66 Wildcat basketball team brought back a fond memory of Alpena sports. It was March 1966 and the underdog Wildcats were in the hunt for a state championship. I was a student at ACC. On game nights, my roommate and I would listen to WATZ AM radio to catch the ...

Asking for Michigan info for a class project

Dear People of the great state of Michigan, Hello! I am a third-grade student in Northern Virginia. Our class is learning about the United States and I will be teaching our school about the state of Michigan. In the month of May, I will create a display for our state fair that I hope will ...

Local mission trip efforts are commendable

Part of good journalism is publishing opinion pieces from readers as “Letters to the Editor.” The Alpena News does this at least weekly. I write in reference to such a letter published on Saturday, March 4 entitled, “Questions about ‘God’s love’ in Belize.” Although not ...

Trips offer new experiences, perspectives

My response to Mr. Shuman: Wow. I made three trips to Guaymas in Sonora, Mexico: (1) with the VOSH group (Volunteer Optometric Service to Humanity). Each volunteer had two suitcases, one filled with eyeglasses (extras were left for next time); (2) helping build an orphanage, after traveling ...