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Downtown Alpena Gets Ready for 4th Annual Alpena Flower Festival

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Downtown Alpena is getting ready to burst into bloom as the fourth annual Alpena Flower Festival returns Friday, June 5 through Sunday, June 7, 2026. Presented by Alpena Agency and Auto-Owners Insurance, the beloved event has become a signature kick-off to summer, filling downtown with beautiful floral displays, interactive photo-ops, live music, and activities all ages. Continue reading Downtown Alpena Gets Ready for 4th Annual Alpena Flower Festival

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Downtown Alpena’s Christmas Past: A Photographic Journey

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Throughout the years you always know it’s the holiday season in Downtown Alpena when you see the lit garland wrapped around the lampposts, decorated storefronts, and the giant Christmas tree in Culligan Plaza. Before the tree was put in Culligan Plaza in the 80s the city decorated the pine tree in front of City Hall. Some of the earliest photos we have of the downtown Christmas tree date back to 1966! Continue reading Downtown Alpena’s Christmas Past: A Photographic Journey