Dave Bondy worked as a journalist for 25 years. At Dave's last job he was the main anchor and digital content manager for Fox and NBC affiliated TV stations in Flint. He has over 700,000 followers on social media. Embarrassingly, Alpena Public Schools made statewide news when Dave Bondy shared ...

At the August Alpena Public Schools board meeting, many instructional aides attended to voice their dissatisfaction of how they were treated during a staff meeting. As of Aug. 31, they had 107 instructional assistants, with 27 vacant positions. The instructional aides were asked to help ...

We are writing as President of the Parent Advisory Council (PAC) at Besser Elementary and President of the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) at Ella White Elementary in response to the recent suggestion in a Letter to the Editor that Alpena schools should “bring back PTAs.” In fact, parent ...

A few years into the new airport terminal now and the interior is still about as sterile and stark a public space as can be imagined. The contrast with Pellston is startling. Pellston says “Welcome to Northern Michigan and all we have to offer: and Alpena says “You have arrived in ...

There’s been a lot of noise around the APS board lately, and I get it, change makes people uncomfortable. But what some folks aren’t saying is that this board has actually been asking the hard questions no one else wanted to ask. And honestly, it’s about time. For too long, things just ...

Workers deserve fair pay, safe working conditions, affordable health care and the freedom to retire with dignity. We deserve the right to join unions that give workers a voice; an economy that works for all families, not only the wealthy; and a democracy where every voice is heard and every ...