An Inclusive Clothing Store in Nickels Arcade
Ypsilanti native Travis Weaver started developing the idea that became One DNA while studying at...
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I Spy Update | Sept. 2023
“I seem to always get stopped in front of the Kempf House by the traffic light at Liberty and...
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The Curb Market
Before the Ann Arbor Farmers Market, there was the Curb Market, so called because vendors backed...
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The Michigan Flippers Tournament
Pinball Pete’s was doing a brisk bit of business on a warm, sunny Sunday evening, having seemingly...
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Question Corner | Sept. 2023
Q. I often hear of car thefts in Ann Arbor. Some people recommend removing anything valuable and then leaving the car unlocked, so that the thief doesn’t break a window. Is that good advice? I’ve also heard that some thieves...
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Murals That Bridge
The rusty and dingy Huron St. railroad overpass just west of the Delonis Center has been an...
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Franchise Player
Roberts, a standout hockey player at the University of Michigan, was drafted by the Chicago...
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Health Care Crunch
To prevent gaps in coverage during Covid, the federal government ordered state health agencies to...
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Football Renaissance
Even after the U-M clobbered OSU in 2021, few felt optimistic about the chances for a repeat at...
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Photographer Dale Fisher
Dale Fisher turned ninety this year. He is known in Ann Arbor especially for views of local...
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Cracking the Caption Code
The only prize is “bragging rights, but they are very good bragging rights,” says Jessica Misener,...
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Healthy Vending
Walking into Michigan Medicine’s West Ann Arbor Health Center, one of the first things patients...
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Research Return
A $57 million construction project is taking the moribund Ann Arbor Research Park back to its...
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Chatbots Go to College
“This could be what makes the next rocket to Mars possible,” says Ravi Pendse, his voice sparking...
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Keeping Zingerman’s Zingerman’s
“But what if we both die?” Paul Saginaw, cofounder of Zingerman’s Community of Businesses, has a...
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Swift Decision
On Sunday, August 6, the Ann Arbor board of education canceled its meeting scheduled for the...
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Leslie Science & Nature Center
On a cloudless summer day, children shriek with glee as they take turns sliding down a tree trunk,...
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Volunteering with FedUp Ministries
Each Wednesday, seventy-one-year-old Phil Huhn and seventy-two-year-old Barbara Steer volunteer at...
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Restaurants’ New Normal
There’s a low-profile country store display in a dusty corner of Ann Arbor’s otherwise noisy and...
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