ALPENA The Rogers City Area Schools Board of Education is expected to vote on the future of the Grambau Educational Centre at its meeting in August. The fo
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Surrounded by upside-down chairs to promote social distancing, Pastors Karen and Greg Zurakowski discuss church traditions days before the Christian celebration of Easter at Grand Lake Community Chapel in Presque Isle on Wednesday.
ALPENA Last Easter, Rev. John Shipman stood on the bank of a river at sunrise, alone.
The pastor of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church in Alpena, Shipman had told his members to stay home on the Christian church’s holiest day of the year as the coronavirus rolled into Northeast Michigan.
Possibly the weirdest Easter ever, last April 12 was, for many in church circles, a day of longing for lilies and egg hunts, for trumpet blasts and hallelujahs and hearty handshakes.
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Presque Isle District Library Technician Tiffany Kortman shelves books on Wednesday at the library’s Rogers City location.
ROGERS CITY The recent listing of the Grambau Education Center has “derailed” the Presque Isle District Library’s plans to redevelop the historic building in Rogers City, library officials said on Wednesday.
The Rogers City Area Schools Board of Education on Monday decided it would list the Grambau Education Center with Traverse City-based Three West Commercial Real Estate Consultants for $500,000.
The library’s board of directors during a meeting on Wednesday verbally agreed it could not move forward in asking voters to support a property tax for the library to relocate to, and renovate, the building.
Recent actions by school boards in Northeast Michigan:
∫ Thomas Catalano and Shannon McKinstry were formally seated on the Rogers City Area Schools Board of Education last week after taking the oath of office. McKinstry was elected in November and will serve a six-year term. Catalano was appointed in December to fill a vacancy and will serve through November 2022.
The board also selected Karen Spens as secretary during its organizational meeting. Greg Zurakowski remains board president, Diane Schultz remains vice president, and Ivy Cook remains treasurer.
The board also met behind closed doors for an employee disciplinary matter. The closed session was requested by the employee, which is allowed under state law. After emerging from the closed session, the board affirmed Superintendent Nick Hein’s response to the matter.