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Bed Bath & Beyond: An Epilogue
Once again, with praying mantis jokes
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Postcards from the Past
Revisiting WWII, and Boy Scout camp
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Human Electric Hybrids Grows
With a new showroom at First and Miller.
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Ban the Ban
City leaders ask Lansing to let Ann Arbor be Ann Arbor.
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Dashed Hopes
“It will sound silly, but I’m a librarian, so I actually looked up the word ‘hope,’” David Whelan emails. “What is it to be hopeless?”
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Business
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The End of an Era on South U
Fred Ulrich’s namesake bookstore is gone, but his influence lives on.
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Makeover
For the first time since it opened as a Montgomery Ward department store in 1928, the future of 210–216 S. Fourth Ave. looks bright.
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Cabbie Life
No one knows better than Ann Arbor Cab owner Merlyn Wade that driving strangers for a living can be dangerous.
Marketplace
LatestMarketplace Closings | February 2023
Farewell to Bed Bath & Beyond and Jim Brady's.
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Briefly Noted Marketplace Changes | February 2023
Floor & Decor, El Tapatio Taqueria y Restaurante, African & Caribbean Food Market, La Piazza Pizza & Subs, and Mediterranean Market
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Prepped Meals on South U
Primealete’s owners live upstairs.
Culture
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Makeshift Gallery
The artists’ pop-up Catch Us While You Can returns.
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Geezer Happy Hour
A senior dance party shines in the Times.
News
Greener Farms
The Washtenaw County Conservation District (WCCD) has won a massive federal grant to measure small farms’ carbon footprints.
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