In response to Anne Gentry’s piece in the April 28 edition of The Alpena News on the importance and value of public libraries (with which we agree wholeheartedly, as did, e.g., the ancient Egyptians, see the Library at Alexandria), we focus on one sentence near the beginning of her column: ...

The citizens of Alpena County, Michigan deserve more than the ‘bare minimum’ required by the state for animal control. We currently have what the state is envisioning for the future of Animal Control Officer departments. What we do not have is adequate space needed. There are numerous ...

I am writing this letter to express my objections to the shutting down of the addition of fluoride to the city’s potable drinking water. This is a huge step backward, because it was done for 50-70 years and now it will no longer be the case. So what you are saying is the whole thing was a ...

Where did mankind ever get the idea that we could legislate abortion? CARL KELLY, Alpena

The Supreme Court has a serious ethics problem, and the latest revelations about Clarence Thomas should be alarming to every American. For 20 years, Thomas has accepted high-end, luxury, all-expense-paid vacations around the world from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. And he never disclosed ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas defends trips financed by “dearest friends.” ProPublica reported that the long-serving justice accepted expensive trips from Harlan Crow over decades despite federal law requiring the disclosure of most gifts, prompting Senate Democrats to call ...