May 7, 2021
News File Photo Bay City artist Mark Piotrowski painted this mural in July 2020 on the side of Salon 125 at 125 E. Chisholm St. in Alpena. The mural, called “Wave Journey,” was the second installment in the Fresh Waves project, a public arts initiative to bring new, vibrant artwork to the downtown district.
ALPENA Artist applications are now open for the Alpena Downtown Development Authority’s third Fresh Waves mural project. Applications are due my midnight on May 25.
This is the third year the DDA has facilitated the public art initiative. Fresh Waves started in 2019 when Alpena native Aaron Goldbeck brought the idea for a mural project to the Alpena DDA’s Promotions and Marketing Committee. Golbeck and Chad Bolsinger painted the first mural that summer on the side of Family Enterprise at 211 S. 2nd Ave.
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News Photo by Steve Schulwitz
Emma Gagnon, an employee at Mangos Tequila Bar, pours a large frozen Margarita on Wednesday. Downtown Alpena could become a social district, which would allow businesses to serve cocktails to customers, who then can take drinks with them and consume them outdoors in common areas owned by the public like parks. Alcohol could also be allowed in some businesses that don’t serve food or drinks.
ALPENA Visitors to downtown Alpena this summer could soon be able to enjoy the sights and sounds of the area, all while having a cocktail in hand.
Alpena News Guest Columnist
This week, after more than a year of being closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Disneyland is reopening to the public.
For diehard Disney fans, that is much-welcomed news. After the difficulties and stress of this last year, who couldn’t use a trip to the Happiest Place on Earth?
Just a few years ago, before my first-ever visit to the park, I never would have described myself as a Disney fan (even the mere utterance of Disneyland usually inspired an eye roll). Earlier this week, as I watched the livestream of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle being lit up preparing for visitors’ arrival, I found myself yearning to hop on a flight to Anaheim, California.
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Vicki Sylvester-Keller, left, and Vicky Timm enjoy a glass of wine at the Thunder Bay Winery on Wednesday. The winery and other businesses that sell alcohol could become part of a social district that would allow for drinks to be consumed outdoors in public places like parks or other businesses within the district’s boundaries.
ALPENA– The City of Alpena and the Alpena Downtown Development Authority are considering making the downtown a social district.
A social district would allow businesses to sell alcohol to customers who could consume them while out and about within the established district boundaries.
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