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Alpena, Michigan Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good day Alpena! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What puts Alpena on an affordable retirement towns list?
  • Alpena’s supporting role in Die Hard 2 gets a holiday spotlight
  • Alpena educators join Alpha Xi as chapter gathers this fall

Also on today's calendar: Friends of Plaza Pool Euchre Tournament and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cooler with rain at times, with a high of 48 and low of 36 degrees.
  • Thursday: Colder with a few showers, temps: high: 38, low: 31.
  • Friday: Showers of rain and snow, with a high of 40 and low of 32 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. 10 Wallet-Friendly Small Towns To Retire In The Great Lakes (worldatlas.com) — Alpena earns a spot among 10 affordable Great Lakes retirement towns, with a reported median home value of about $119,000 and hospital care in town. The feature pairs those practical advantages with waterfront walking paths and shipwreck history at Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
   

2. 5 Classic Christmas Movies Filmed in Small US Towns (worldatlas.com) — Alpena’s airport helped bring the snowy Christmas Eve action of Die Hard 2 to the screen, with hundreds of residents joining the production as extras. A holiday filming-location roundup revisits the airport scenes and reports that the production filled local hotels and left an estimated $1 million in the local economy.
   

3. Alpha Xi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma holds fall meetings (thealpenanews.com) — Two Alpena educators have joined Alpha Xi, a local chapter of the women educators’ society Delta Kappa Gamma: Allison Poli and Tracey Urlaub. At its October meeting, the group heard about expanded shelter and survivor services from Hope Shores Alliance. Its next meeting is December 7 at the Besser Museum.
   

4. Alcona County Woman Arraigned for Assault With Intent to Murder (truenorthradionetwork.com) — An Alcona County woman faces an assault with intent to murder charge after an alleged stabbing in Gustin Township sent a 60-year-old man to an Alpena hospital. Elizabeth Lipscomb, 25, pleaded not guilty November 9 and remains held on $500,000 bond, with her next court date November 18.
   

5. Check out the Cheboygan High School hockey team's 2026-27 schedule (detroitnews.com) — Cheboygan High School’s hockey schedule includes two Alpena Showcase dates, December 28 and 29, with game times still to be announced. The Chiefs are scheduled to face Toledo St. John’s on the first day, while their second opponent remains undecided. Their season opens November 13 at Manistique.
   

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    Sunday December 6
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    Alpena Events Complex, 701 Woodward Ave, Alpena
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  • Taco Bell posted a job opening for shift leader in Alpena. Apply here.
  • Miller Apple LP posted a job opening for Server in Alpena. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Alpena here.

Ok Alpena! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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