Amy Sumerton, Author at Ann Arbor Observer

Susan Pollay’s Whimsies

Jan 25, 2024 | Community, Culture, Featured, Profiles |

“I joke that other people go to the lake to relax by the water,” says Susan Pollay. “I just enjoy...

Unarmed Response Reboot

Jan 25, 2024 | Community |

Last summer the city issued a request for proposals for an unarmed crisis response team. In...

Marilyn M. Moran

Jan 23, 2024 | Memorials / Obituaries |

Marilyn M. Moran, age 75, of Livonia, passed away December 23, 2023. Former long-term resident of...

Paul (Paolo) Parravano, beloved husband, father, brother, colleague, and friend, and practically an institution at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, passed away at home in Arlington, MA, on December 9, 2023, surrounded...

George E. Bacon

Jan 23, 2024 | Memorials / Obituaries |

April 13, 1932–December 27, 2023 George E. Bacon, 91, passed away peacefully Wednesday morning,...

Christina Elizabeth Cunningham Postema

Jan 23, 2024 | Memorials / Obituaries |

Christina Elizabeth Cunningham Postema, age 64, passed away in Ann Arbor on January 7, 2024...

Karen TenBrink

Jan 15, 2024 | Profiles |

This is an updated version of a profile published last month. Whenever Karen TenBrink talks...

FestiFools Returns

Dec 22, 2023 | Community, Culture |

“I felt some community responsibility to bring it back,” says Tucker, who’s art director and...

Fired for CBD

Dec 22, 2023 | Education, Featured, Health |

“Do you have a medical marijuana card?” asked a woman from HireRight, the company the U-M uses for...

Lowertown, at Last

Dec 22, 2023 | Marketplace |

For a city aiming for carbon neutrality by 2030, the story behind Lowertown Bar & Cafe serves...

Question Corner | Jan. 2024

Dec 22, 2023 | Environment |

Q. I have a question about the Gelman Plume cleanup. After contaminated groundwater is treated to reduce dioxane levels, it is discharged into a tributary of Honey Creek, which joins the Huron River upstream from Ann Arbor’s...

Calls & Letters | Jan. 2024

Dec 22, 2023 | Health |

To the editor: Your story in the December 2023 issue, Hospital Headwinds, was a missed opportunity to detail the tremendous impact of the University of Michigan Health specialty pharmacy program. Expanding our pharmacy will...