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Letters to the Editor

Alpena needs to continue water fluoridation

My daughter (who had not had a cavity in 27 years) moved from the fluoridated water in the State of Michigan to the State of Washington after graduating from college several years ago. I remember her telling me about her first dental visit after this move when her new dentist asked her which ...

I support removal of fluoride from our water

Thank you for your article in the paper last week about the decision to add silicofluorides to our water supply or discontinue its use completely. I did some research online and found some very interesting information that inspired me to write this letter. For those of you who want to read the ...

Mourning the loss of 63 million babies to abortion

We are all saddened for the loss of innocent young life at the Oxford, Michigan school earlier this month. Those four students will never experience a future of joys and challenges. Millions of Americans have also mourned the loss of nearly 63 million innocent babies from 1973 to 2019 due to ...

One more addition to Colarusso’s letter

Regarding the letter of Mr. Robert Colarusso, printed on Dec. 4, 2021, “Why is the media so silent on Afghanistan?” While his letter was accurate and covered many of the catastrophic results of our cowardly retreat from Afghanistan, I would like to add what in my mind was the most cruel ...

Fluoride in water a wise, necessary solution

I submit that after raising five children that used water treated with fluoride, consultations with our dentist over the years, it proved to me that fluoride added to our water was a wise and necessary solution to prevent tooth decay. It seems ludicrous now that our city council would even ...

Who will stop the bouncing ball on parking?

The ball started bouncing with a meeting with the city manager, Sept. 28. Then I spoke to the city council next. They referred it to the DDA parking committee. After their meeting they recommended to city council that an escalating fine structure be put in place and to remove parking on ...