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Question Corner | December 2024
A bit of Ann Arbor history behind the Bell's Diner sign.
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October 2024 Home Sales
Toll Bros. Moves On, a Few Goodish Deals, and a Mid-Century Modern “This Old House”
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Angry Neptune, Salacia, and Strider
I Spy Update | December 2024
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Magic Mushrooms
“From the early studies, what we have seen is that psilocybin, in a good dose, seems to help people with depression,” says U-M psychiatry prof Avinash Hosanagar.
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A Better School Board?
Three new members, fewer personal agendas.
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Jim Toy Center Is Back
Braun Ct. is coming down, but the LGBTQ+ center has a new home on S. Main.
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Revolution Rejected
Mayor Taylor’s opponents staked everything this year on two city charter amendments that would have rewritten city election rules—and lost.
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Business
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Mall Ambition
People are passing up Briarwood's paid spots
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Tipping Point
A revived state law could upend the restaurant business.
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D2A2
Business is booming for the daily Detroit‒Ann Arbor express bus.
Marketplace
LatestBitty & Beau’s Won’t Be Back, Zoup’s Cold, the “Bustaurant” Rolls On, and Two East-Side Departures.
Marketplace Closings, December 2024
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Miny’s Mexican Restaurant Opens in Lower Town.
Miny Morales’s sons bring her namesake to Ann Arbor.
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Artisans at Briarwood
Inspire Marketplace replaces Williams Sonoma.
Culture
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Event Review: Creature Discomfort
Theatre NOVA’s In Search of the Mothman
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8 Ball Movie Night at the Blind Pig
B movies, cult classics, and mini golf
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The Observer Observed
A2 history at the AADL, in 500 pages
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Beavers Are Back
The rodent engineers are a clean-water success story.
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