Menopause is having a moment right now, and I hope it becomes a movement. I'm a 50-year-old perimenopausal woman and none of my doctors prepared me for this important milestone. When my children were born, I knew every developmental milestone to expect. Even when I was pregnant, I learned what ...
I’m writing this letter to address the Alpena County Commissions meeting about the County Campgrounds. The behavior I witnessed from Gerald Fournier and Gerald MacArthur was something I as a young adult, or anyone in that room shouldn’t have occurred. Tonight they voted on who would get to ...
Our American democracy will only work when we all believe it works, but the system seems to be increasingly broken. Many disillusioned voters around the country are turning to Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), a simple change to the way we vote that we can adopt now. It levels the playing field for ...
Public speakers are starting to feel very UNWELCOME at the Alpena Public School Board meetings. At the May meeting, Anna Meinhardt took 40 seconds to give public speaker guidelines. In October, Eric Lawson's “new” rules went on for 2 minutes and 16 seconds, almost as long as the three ...
On November 5, a fire at the Center of Charity caused extensive smoke damage throughout the entire building which means that the Friendship Room which gives meals to the needy; Children’s Closet which assists families with clothes and other needs; and Baby Pantry which assists babies through ...
In a recent interview, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared in unequivocal terms that President Donald Trump was "the worst thing on the face of the Earth." You heard that right. Not a threat to democracy, not a danger to civility, the worst thing on the face of the Earth. It was a ...