Representative Bergman in a recent constituent newsletter, May 23, 2023, writes that “Americans make those tough decisions in their personal lives everyday”, referring to the fact that we stand good for the debts we have incurred in our daily lives. When the bills come in, we pay them as ...

Responding to the impassioned fallout from my suggestion that “enraptured” wasn’t le mot juste to describe the response to David Sedaris’ recent appearance in Alpena, first, kudos to Anne Gentry for having such rabid supporters, ready to leap to her defense. More to the point, before ...

What we know about sugar and what it’s doing to our body: If we go back to the 1970s, the average person consumed 40 pounds of sugar a year, and diabetes, cancer, gout, heart disease, stroke, dementia, Alzheimer’s was around but rare, a baby born diabetic was very rare. This had stayed like ...

For over 40 years my wife, Grace, and I have been a part of Alpena Civic Theatre. We have seen many memorable performances, but few have reached the level of this presentation. Call it direction, call it set presentation, call it blocking perfection, call it acting preparedness — call it ...

Enrapture: to fill with delight. This would seem to be an appropriate description of the atmosphere at the recent David Sedaris event. But, for some reason, Mr. Clyde Shuman found Anne Gentry’s use of this word to be yet another reason to impose his hypercritical comments on the readers of ...

It is exciting and appreciated to witness yet another regeneration of making Alpena all that it can be as our community continues to develop and move forward. You can feel the energy – Alpena and NE Michigan are alive and flourishing. The energy is palpable and the array of people involved ...