There are people who do not matter much. That’s a painful truth, starkly at odds with our Jeffersonian creed and national mythology. But it is a truth, nevertheless, one frequently proven in actions if denied in words. In this country, by dint of race, gender, class or status, some people ...
Ah, spring. Sun’s starting shine. Grass is greening. Flowers soon to bloom. Birds chirping, hungry for the feeder you’re all too happy to refill ... ... and bears waking up from their winter slumber, lumbering into your back yard for a nibble. On Monday, News reporter Julie Riddle ...
This past weekend, I spent a few hours outside in the garden beds. I’m not a very good gardener. I enjoy giving it my best attempt, though. Every spring, I look forward to being able to get outside and make the garden beds look fresh and colorful. I started vegetable seeds in the house a ...
High school dropout rates among school districts in the Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Service District ranged from about 3% to 7.5% last school year. That’s better than the statewide rate of nearly 9%, but it’s still troubling to think that dozens of Northeast Michigan students are ...
Make no mistake. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is sincere in her desire to foster bipartisan cooperation with the Republicans who control the state House and Senate. But don’t kid youself. If she possessed a magic wand to put the Democrats in charge of the Legislature, she would wave it in a ...
Alpena High School has had plenty to celebrate in the past week. First, last Monday came the news that several Alpena High students had medaled at the Michigan Science Olympiad Tournament. Rhea Gereau and Aiden Cardwell earned fourth place in Write It Do It and James Peterson and Matthew ...
Mike Hahn of the Michigan State Police is one of those guys you always want on your side. Smart, sensible and fair, he is the type of person that, when he speaks, you know you want to listen. And listen carefully. Thus, when the assistant commander of the Michigan State Police’s 7th ...
I, too, like Dr. Avery Aten (“Celebrate our local health care system,” April 13) had an excellent experience at MidMichigan Health recently. I was a patient in the ER and everyone from the receptionist to the X-ray tech to the young woman who administered the breathing treatment were ...
CORRECTION: This story has been updated to reflect that the website detailing the fictional endangered tree octopus was used by University of Connecticut researchers but was not created by them. The source of the website was incorrect in an earlier version of this story. Back in the ...
Here are a few simple facts surrounding the Onaway Airport and “Rogers City County’s” financial woes. First and foremost, an airport is critical infrastructure in a community. The location of the Onaway Airport has several important advantages over an airport in Rogers City, too many to ...
Is it possible for national GOP lawmakers and Democrats to actually work together on something? It’s premature to assume that to be the case, but, at least this week, a glimmer of hope could be seen at the White House after congressional Democrat leaders and President Donald Trump, with ...
I think we need to celebrate The News and newspapers that bring us the truth! We need the truth in order to be a functioning democracy. Robert Mueller’s report does support what The News and newspapers have been saying and the lies from this administration should be called what they are: ...
Come Heller high water ... ∫ Years after Watergate, President Nixon astonished the world when he told interviewer David Frost that “when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.” The idea is ludicrous, right? If true, that would mean we live in a kingdom, not a ...
In the April 25 edition of The News, syndicated columnist Walter Williams wrote about nearly 3,500 protest signatures at George Mason University asking for the firing of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh was hired to co-teach a course called Creation of the ...
When the temperature reaches a balmy 48 degrees and folks shed their parkas to stand in line at Dairy Queen, you know spring has reached northern Michigan. With warmer temperatures, we discover that, beneath layers of winter clothes, we added layers to ourselves. Santa gave us his belly, Cupid ...
About a year ago, my son and his wife saw a doe along the side of the road dead and a newborn fawn alive beside her. They picked it up and got goat’s milk to feed it until it could eat on its own. The deer was never penned and was always free-ranging. Last Easter, my daughter-in-law ...
Thank you Mr. Morrison, of Ossineke, for your “Open letter to politicians” (April 20). It IS time to just say no. To EVERYONE. No. I’m sorry. No thank you. Not this time. And I do feel sorry. But ... When our elected officials, public servants and administrators feel that they have no ...
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We have all heard that old saying, which first appeared in that form in an 1878 book titled “Molly Bawn,” written by Irish writer, Margaret Wolfe Hungerford. A book review referred to the main character like this: “Molly Bawn is so beautiful, so ...
Thursday was the National Day of Prayer. Alpena News Editor/Publisher Bill Speer, former Lifestyles editor Diane Speer, and Managing Editor Justin A. Hinkley offered the following prayer during Alpena’s celebration of the occasion on the steps of City Hall. Let us pray. Father in heaven, ...
Off-road vehicle laws are a set of laws people know exist, but don’t necessarily know all the specifics of, myself included. I received the following in a letter: “My brother recently bought a John Deere Gator ORV. It’s equipped with a crush-proof cab, plus all the safety accessories. ...