A group calling itself Voice of the North has appeared online, demanding that religion be brought “back” into our public schools. They claim moral authority while hiding behind anonymity—and they’ve crossed a line our Constitution drew for a reason. Public schools exist for all ...

Alpena School Board President Eric Lawson has decided that clapping in support of people speaking during public comment time will not be allowed and may result in attendees being physically removed from the meetings by law enforcement. Lawson now has two Sheriff Deputies in attendance at the ...

Have you heard APS trustees Lawson, MacArthur, Hansen, Dziesnski, and Costain defending their decisions based on a mandate of the electorate? In recent elections I don’t recall any of those APS trustees mentioning they would go “rogue”, do you? “Rogue” is defined as a person that ...

Notes from Regular Board meeting Monday, September 22nd: - Sarah Costain was absent. Costain has missed 1/3 of all Regular Board meetings since she took her seat in January. - Eric Lawson, Eric Hanson, Monica Dzieinski and AJ MacArthur needed reminding that their vote to award a contract to a ...

With no shortage of irony, Brynne Fairbanks’ Letter to the Editor on Oct 4th titled “APS Board Critics are Leaving out Facts” was filled with misleading information and zero facts. Where do I begin?! I’ll start by addressing the false information about the rain garden project that was ...

The term “assassination” is reserved for the murder of a prominent person for political reasons. Certainly, the murder of Charlie Kirk was the most recent assassination. People’s response has been very emotional, and we are tempted to hate. People are tempted to hate the assassin, those ...