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cnelson@thealpenanews.com ALPENA — After interviewing seven candidates for an open seat on the Alpena Public Schools Board of Education, the board unanimously appointed Kenneth Gembel as its newest trustee. The board also named Adam Poll, president and CEO of the Alpena Area Chamber of Commerce, as its second choice in the event Gembel declined the board’s offer. Attempts to reach Gembel were unsuccessful. President Gordon Snow said Gembel moved to Alpena in 2013 and previously served on the Alpena Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and currently serves on the University of Mich...

Feb 20, 2021 It seems The Alpena News is becoming a Cubist painting, and not in a good way. Example: we learn on Feb. 16 that a man named Steven Donajkowski, a former Trustee of Alpena Public Schools Board of Education, had been censured by the BOE “because of sexualized comments he posted to Facebook about Vice President Kamala Harris.” We learn further that Mr. Donajkowski, who resigned as Trustee, made the comment on Facebook “in response to a special a local restaurant was offering as part of an event for the Alpena Democratic Party held last week.” The article references Mr. Dona...

Donajkowski ALPENA — The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education censured former Trustee Steven Donajkowski on Monday because of sexualized comments he posted to Facebook about Vice President Kamala Harris. Donajkowski resigned ahead of the board of education meeting on Monday. The comment Donajkowski made on the Alpena Betterment’s Facebook page–a private group the public can request to join– was in response to a special a local restaurant was offering as part of an event for the Alpena Democratic Party held last week. Donajkowski on Monday declined comment. The resolution to cens...

Recent actions by boards of education in Northeast Michigan. ∫ The Alpena Public Schools Board of Education voted six-to-one to join the lawsuit against the vaping company Juul and other vaping manufacturers for marketing electronic cigarettes to students. Trustee Eric Lawson cast the dissenting vote, saying he wanted more information on the lawsuit. He said the lawsuit casted a wide net, and he wanted to know which other companies were being sued because he was afraid they may be suing manufacturers who haven’t done anything wrong. Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Meaghan Gauthi...

Anna Meinhardt ALPENA — Anna Meinhardt on Thursday was selected as the newest Alpena Public Schools trustee during a special school board meeting held via the videoconferencing software Zoom. Meinhardt was among three candidates interviewed for the partial term that expires on Dec. 31, 2022. Alpena residents Tim Allen and Amy Ward also applied. The seat was previously held by Keri Johns, who was appointed to serve until the general election in November. Instead of seeking reelection to the partial term, Johns ran for a full four-year term, but was not reelected. Trustees said they were impr...