A letter “Article 26 facts please” appeared in the Alameda Sun’s Aug. 27 edition. It was a good letter, and I’d sleep a lot better if the facts in the letter were so.

Before 1872, visitors found three independent towns — Alameda, Encinal and Woodstock — on the Alameda peninsula.

The Alameda Sun received a copy of this letter addressed to the City Council.

Unity, a New Thought philosophy, celebrates its annual “World Day of Prayer” on September 9 and 10. The theme of this fear-filled yearís event is, quite aptly, “From fear to faith.”

The Alameda Sun received a copy of a letter sent to East Bay Regional Parks District (EBPRD).

It could be more than a coincidence that Alameda Police Department (APD) Chief Paul Rolleri included in his retirement announcement that he “had made the personal decision to retire back in January” of 2020.

If you have Medicare and want to be tested for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19. Medicare covers tests with no out-of-pocket costs. You can get tested in your home, doctor’s office, a local pharmacy or hospital, a nursing home, or a drive-through site.

Senator Harris:

For all its breadth of information, Harry Gleicher’s well-written opinion piece (“Young People Have the Power to Make Wrongs Right,” July 30) needs to define key terms and put them in a context more meaningful than his generation’s righteous rush to judgment.

The season to return to school is near,
A time of woe for some, for others cheer,
Tradition was you’d fill your backpack full,
With paper, pens and all the learning tools,