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Desk Set
Fake Ad Update | April 2025
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Echelon Kitchen and Bar
I Spy Update | April 2025
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February 2025 Home Sales
$650K bargains and $300K milestones; plus the Bonin House hits the market and the Inglis House may do the same.
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Bookseller Gene Alloway
“Spoiled” by great bookstores, he created his own.
- News
Pickleball NIMBYism
Many Ann Arborites want to play—but neighbors don’t want a court nearby.
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Salty Streams
Road salt runoff stresses urban waterways.
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Constructive Eating
Making mealtime peace with the forklift fork.
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Target: Farmers
Local farmers, conservation groups, businesses, and food pantries are all suffering from cuts and freezes imposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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The Ann Arbor Observer has been putting readers in touch with our town. Packed with concise and insightful news of people, politics, education, shopping, dining, and entertainment, our newsprint magazine has a monthly circulation of 53,000.
Business
Latest
Eggflation
Bird flu and Michigan’s cage-free law send wholesale prices through the roof.
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New Hotels
“Most of the lobby construction is behind us,” says Robert Finvarb. “It is just now transitioning from a construction site to operating.”
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Paper Cut
Is the Ann Arbor News abandoning print?
Marketplace
Latest
The Guldals’ Family Pharmacy
Al Knaak is a mentor.
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Forever 21 Ages Out
And other Briarwood changes
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BO’s Bagels Arrives
A Manhattan staple on South U
Culture
Latest
Leon Makielski’s Midwest Perspective
A fabulously high-quality clearance sale
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17 Blocks
After years of living the creative life in D.C., Chicago, and L.A., Davy Rothbart is back in town with a fellowship, a family, and a premiere of his latest film.
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La Raza: Arts and Media Collective, 1975–Today
The Chicano Movement comes to life at UMMA.
News
Target: Environment
“There’s a lot of stress, a lot of tears,” says an employee at the Environmental Protection Agency’s lab on Plymouth Rd.
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