From coast to coast in the U.S., to American Samoa, and back to Lake Huron, the autonomous surface vessel is in Rogers City this month for lake floor mapping.
News Photos by Darby Hinkley A Meet the Maker pop-up artisan market drew a steady crowd of people downtown on Saturday. The event featured a variety of local
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News Photos by Darby Hinkley Sally and Julian Skiba sit and talk about their many years volunteering at the Friendship Room.
ALPENA Serving others is not just a hobby for this senior couple – it’s a calling.
Julian and Sally Skiba, ages 85 and 83, respectively, volunteer at the Friendship Room three days per week. Sally will turn 84 on May 18.
Featuring the Skibas fits right into the theme of honoring April as National Volunteer Month.
Sally has been serving at the Friendship Room since the first day it opened, on Nov. 14, 1988.
She recalls they had one pot of soup and some sandwiches, and only a handful of patrons that day. But even if there was just one mouth to feed, she would be there to do it.
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That’s why it meant so much to learn this week that the Michigan Associated Press Media Editors had given The News first place in public service for our coronavirus coverage.