Holiday parade entry deadline Monday; parade is Nov. 29 ALPENA — If you are planning to have a float or entry in this year’s Bolenz Jewelry Holiday Parade, make sure to get your forms into the Alpena Area Chamber of Commerce office before 5 p.m. on Monday. The parade will be held at 5:30 ...

This time of year, we all start to think about what we’re thankful for. Amid the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, it’s easy to overlook the simple things in life that we take for granted on a daily basis. For some reason, humans tend to see problems that need to be solved before ...

ALPENA — If you are planning to have a float or entry in this year’s Bolenz Jewelry Holiday Parade, make sure to get your forms into the Alpena Area Chamber of Commerce office before 5 p.m. on Monday. The parade will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 29. As always, a Christmas/holiday ...

Christmas Bake Sale Dec. 7 at Grace Lutheran Church ALPENA — Grace Lutheran Church will host a Christmas Bake Sale from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Dec. 7. The sale will feature assorted cookies, breads, candy, and other baked goods. Grace Lutheran Church is located at 119 W. Dunbar St., ...

ALPENA — Twenty-six Title I students at All Saints Catholic School now have unique handmade Reading Bears, thanks to the sewing skills and effort of volunteer Margaret Henschel. Each student in Melodee Marceau’s Title I classroom first colored a picture of a teddy bear, then Marceau ...

A friend and I had plans to get together for coffee. I was looking forward to the one-on-one time: just the two of us chatting back and forth, free from interruptions or the influences of other perspectives. Our conversations tend to flow effortlessly, like a familiar stream winding through ...