A small group in the community is determined to politicize and hijack our public schools for their hate-based, ignorant beliefs. At April’s board meeting, students, teachers, and members of the community spoke on concerns about board members’ obsession with bathrooms and adopting policies ...

After four months in Florida, I returned to Alpena and found the same rantings of Trump-hating individuals, writing letters to the editor. One person whom I will call D.N. wrote (Trump’s four years of insanity) about all of the so-called misdeeds of our president. Most of those are the same ...

To Editor The Alpena News, My Name is William (Bill) Blank of 124 S. Atchison Rd. in Harrisville. I feel bad for a local presidential candidate who was on the libertarian ballot. Only because a third party doesn’t stand a chance currently, maybe in local small town elections where you ...

Once again, at the April 28 APS board meeting, the dysfunction of some APS school board members was on full agonizing display. Not for the first time, the issue was about “Bathroom Policy.” To recap: APS has a bathroom use policy that, according to students, teachers, and administrators, is ...

The U.S. Congress must reject President Donald Trump’s plans to make disastrous cuts to child care and eliminate Head Start! We have witnessed a barrage of attacks on child care and Head Start by President Trump and his administration since he took office. Most recently, leaked details of ...

Historical May days: Nazi Germany surrenders WWII May 7, 1945; Brown vs. Board of Education May 17, 1954, International Day for Biological Diversity May 22, 1993, and of course a mirriad of everyday fun things that Americans love to celebrate: Mother’s Day! We celebrate these ways of life and ...