Clerks’ Quandary
In 2018, the voter initiative that ended partisan gerrymandering also allowed any Michigan...
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Dems Eye Lansing
Republicans have controlled Michigan’s State Senate since 1984. Local Democrats think that could...
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Transit’s Big Win
With the pandemic still simmering, it was a bold move by the Ann Arbor Area Transportation...
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Aaron Dylenski
Aaron Dylenski, 42, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, died on July 23, 2022. Beloved husband of 12 years of...
Read MoreDeals at Zingerman’s
There’s one undeniable fact about shopping and dining at a Zingerman’s business. It’s expensive, relative to ordinary places. In my book, Satisfaction Guaranteed: How Zingerman’s Built a Corner Deli into a Global Food Community,...
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Familiar Names at the 777 Building
G-Ho Park, manager/server at Kanbu Sushi 777 in the 777 Building at State and Eisenhower, jokes...
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Russel A. Collins
May 31, 1930 – July 27, 2022 Russell A. Collins died peacefully in his sleep the morning of July...
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Stu Morris
A Toledo native and longtime resident of Ann Arbor, Stu Morris passed away on July 22, 2022. He...
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From Pumpernickel to Craft Beer
The “taste, smell, and texture of food can be extraordinarily evocative,” John S. Allen writes in...
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Searching for Cyd Charisse
When our cat Bureau died in the summer of 2020, I was relieved. A gorgeous, green-eyed, gray...
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The U-M Dental Clinic
In 2003, when my husband started freelancing, we lost our dental insurance. So we tried the U-M...
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Volunteering with Foster Grandparents
Nehemiah Thomas, known to the children in Rachael Varga’s kindergarten class at Mitchell...
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My Neighborhood: Pittsfield
Tucked between Washtenaw and Packard, the Pittsfield neighborhood has a small community feel that...
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My Neighborhood: Northside
I came to Ann Arbor in 1994 and, like so many first-year students, my first neighborhood was...
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My Neighborhood: Haisley
When my then-girlfriend, now wife, moved back to Michigan from Chicago in 2012, she immediately...
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My Neighborhood: Bach
I don’t know who planted the tulips that sprout each spring outside Bach Elementary School’s front...
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A Year at Matthaei
Summer: plein air painters and farmer’s tans Summer in the city can seem unrelenting, but on a...
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Dave Friedrichs
Dave Friedrichs is a man of dreams. Not of fast cars or extravagant luxuries, but of making...
Read MoreAugust 2022 Closings
The Applebee’s on Green Rd. at Plymouth Rd. has closed, reports reader Julia Claire Septrion: “Even the sign in front is gone.” Since 2017, the “neighborhood grill + bar” chain has downsized from 2,000 locations to 1,700,...
Read MoreHave We Hit Peak Cannabis?
On July 8, Michael Belden was getting ready to open Lume Cannabis. Reached via the long driveway between Taco King and Faz’s Pizza, it’s bracketed by GTM Auto Repair and the Detroit Fudge Company, maker of CBD-infused edibles. ...
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