Community canine event today Today, Calia's EmPURRium at the Water Street Commons will be hosting Reborn Rescue's community canine day. People can meet and greet adoptable dogs at 123 Water St. in downtown Alpena. Christmas in July at the Homestead at Grand Lake Christmas in July will be ...

ALPENA — Thunder Bay Arts Council presents the 48th Art on the Bay open-air fine art and craft show Saturday and Sunday at Bay View Park in Alpena. The annual event will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, featuring over 100 artists and artisans ...

On Sunday, June 29, Alpena High School Class of 1965 graduates gathered at the Alpena Yacht Club for their 60th year reunion. Numbering well over 400 students, this class was one of the largest to graduate from the school once located on a massive city block between 1st and 2nd Avenues. More ...

The English poet Alexander Pope originally said, "To err is human, to forgive, divine." He included this line in his 1711 work, An Essay on Criticism. Now, the phrase is often used to acknowledge the common human tendency to make mistakes. Nobody sets out to make a mistake. And yet, everyone ...