Why does Alpena need a community pool? Why can’t we just “shut it down?” 1. It provides swim lessons for the safety of our citizens. In 2019, the last nonCOVID/twelve-month year, approximately 302 group lessons and 474 private lessons were given by certified lifeguards in the Plaza ...

Too often, people think of child care as a “personal issue” — as in an individual personal problem to solve. But the pandemic laid bare the truth we already knew: The crisis working families are facing is not due to personal failings, but is a larger, systemic problem that needs larger ...

The Alcona County Board of Commissioners claims that downtown Lincoln is too toxic for veterans. At the Sept. 7, 2022, the Alcona County Veterans Affairs Committee had requested the BoC, an approval to allow for a BEA (baseline environmental assessment) of property that has been donated to ...

It’s not clear why Tom Brindley is insisting that cursive still be taught in public schools. Except it’s not clear why. He quotes Glenn Beck, whom he identifies as a “political commentator” (I suppose more accurate descriptions took up too much space.), that the failure to still teach ...

A vacant lot where M-32 meets Alpena is home to cedar trees and cool fossil beds abundant with ancient coral. It’s a window into Northern Michigan’s distant past as a prehistoric ocean and it’s about to disappear forever. The first bulldozer is on site, and the girders which will form ...

Our Alpena Schools need people to fill the jobs of instructional assistant. If you want a job that can fill your heart, becoming an I/A is for you. My many years of employment as an I/A for APS were very gratifying. I worked with amazing teachers, great staff and co-workers. Best of all were ...