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jriddle@thealpenanews.com News Photo by Julie Riddle 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 weir...
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