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Tracer Wires in Fire Hydrants
September 2025 Question Corner
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I Spy Update | September 2025
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Meat Cute
Fake Ad Update | September 2025
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Football Rebound
Last year, Michigan football had nowhere to go but down.
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Library Vote
After a heated race marked by legal disputes, lawn signs, and fervent online discourse, voters cleared the way for an expansive new downtown library.
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Flag on the Play
The fines will hurt, but Michigan Football escaped the worst penalties.
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Band Tour
The Michigan Marching Band went to Europe this summer—and football wants to follow next year.
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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
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Follow the Oil
What happens to the cooking oil that deep fries your favorite foods?
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The Rise of Busch’s
It’s grown from two country stores to sixteen supermarkets. Whole Foods veteran Bobby Turner will write the next chapter.
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When Walking at Briarwood Cost $42,000
How Beauty Essentials victimized passersby.
Marketplace
LatestJuly 2025 Ann Arbor Home Sales
Homes on Ann Arbor's affordable East Side are over $300,000—and a former governor's mansion costs ten times that
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Work and Play at Recess Cafe
Thressa Nichols doubles down on downtown.
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A Paletería in Scio
Joining Dos Hermanos Express, it’s a concept the second-generation Arreolas hope to grow.
Culture
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Theatre NOVA
An innovative company faces an uncertain time.
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The Play’s the Thing
Acting out (in the community)
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Arking for a Friend
Open Mic Night at the Ark
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Onward, Robots
826michigan closes its storefront, but promises to stay quirky.
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