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ROGERS CITY — Less than a year after a large water, sewer, and road project on First Avenue, a pair of water main breaks have raised questions about whether t
cnelson@thealpenanews.com News Photo by Crystal Nelson Wolgast Corp. Project Manager Luke Gerhart addresses the Alpena Public Schools Board of Education during a special board meeting on Wednesday. ALPENA — The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education during a special board meeting on Wednesday agreed to pay MacArthur Construction $442,200 to complete site work at Ella White Elementary School this summer. “This would include all the excavation backfill, compaction of all the soils for the building addition for the new parking lots, sidewalks, playground areas, and all of that type of wor...
cnelson@thealpenanews.com News Photo by Crystal Nelson Luke Gerhart, project manager at Wolgast Corp., looks at plans for Alpena Public Schools’ upcoming bond projects. ALPENA — Renovations at Besser, Lincoln, and Wilson elementary schools are scheduled to begin in June. The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education on Monday awarded a little over $1.3 million in contracts so renovations at the schools can begin, part of a $33.9 million bond proposal passed by voters in March. Luke Gerhart, project manager at Wolgast Corp., told the board contractors will prepare for the work “almost im...
cnelson@thealpenanews.com News Photo by Crystal Nelson Alpena Public Schools Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Meaghan Gauthier on Monday addresses the board of education about a newly proposed project based learning course. ALPENA — The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education will allow the development of a newly proposed history course to continue and will make a final determination at a future date about whether students will be able take the class next year. The Perspectives of Democracy course was proposed to the board’s Curriculum and Finance Committee earlier this month, w...