Is there a Christian perspective on abortion? If so, what is it? From earliest times, what we now call abortion, would now be considered infanticide. In Roman times, the most common form was known as “exposure,” allowing a newborn to die after birth in the elements. Romans would toss the ...

When I vote no on the Alpena Township fire millage, I am not voting against firefighters. I do believe there are better options to consider concerning this proposal. DICK GENSCHAW, Alpena

As an attorney for 38 years, including 15 years as Alpena County Probate judge, 26th Circuit Family Division judge, and 88th District Court judge (retired from the bench) I have a unique vantage point. With regard to Proposal 3, an amendment to our state’s constitution, an analysis includes ...

As a nurse of over 40 years, I am concerned with the language of the proposed constitutional amendment, Proposal 3. I find it very overreaching. When we as professionals treat pregnant women, we treat two patients, not just one. We treat the mother and the child. The proposed amendment ...

Parents, grandparents, and people of our community. We need a big change in our school board, we spoke and they did not listen — except for Eric’s Lawson and Ned Heath — thank you for taking a stand. The board voted in a clinic to be housed in the Alpena High School. Alcona Health ...

I have voted in every election beginning in 1964 — national, state, and local, general, primary, and special. I would have voted in 1960, but 18-year-olds were not enfranchised. That is a lot of voting. The remaining ballots of my life, however, will be far more important than any I ...