Out: Cigars / In: Detroit Pizza
Deep-pan pizza into the wee hours might just be the recipe for success at a downtown location...
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Mental Health Matters
Note: This article includes details about individuals who have taken their own lives. If you or...
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A New Food Culture at Packard and Platt
From ancestral farmland in Yemen to a refreshed space in a Packard St. strip mall, Socotra Coffee...
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Magazine to Micro Rebar
The Observer staff has been working remotely since the start of the pandemic. Now a company that’s...
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Spiedo Opens at Last
“I guess I wasn’t done wanting to open a restaurant in this town,” says Brad Greenhill, the...
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Virtual Roundabout
“Messy and confused” is Xintao Yan’s summation of the two-lane roundabout just south of I-94. The...
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Fresh Start
Following a rocky post-pandemic recovery, the Fresh Start clubhouse for adults dealing with mental...
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Ten and Done
The Ann Arbor Board of Education voted 5–2 on September 13 to accept superintendent Jeanice Swift’s resignation.
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Fake Ad Update | Oct. 2023
“The fake ad is on page 64, ‘Poverty-Stricken Artists Sale!’” writes Bryan Magnuson. “The previous...
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Tony Quiroga
In June 1981, six-year-old Tony Quiroga was grocery shopping with his mom in West Bloomfield when...
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I Spy Update | Oct. 2023
“I spy the mural in the alley that leads to the 8 Ball,” writes Melissa Barnes. It’s “on the north...
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The Art of Tailgating
In 1959, when I was twelve years old, my best friend’s Uncle Bobby purchased a new Edsel station...
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Living with the Bomb
Recently, when I was doing household chores, I heard the name “Oppenheimer” coming from the TV. I...
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Cancer Prescription
“We don’t have a crystal ball for any one patient,” says U-M oncologist Greg Kalemkerian. “That’s...
Read MoreQuestion Corner | Oct. 2023
Q. Why do they keep making the same repair on the Main St./M-14 bridge? It seems to be monthly or even biweekly. Cars are ending up flipped over down the hill all the time. Could plastic barrels filled with water be used to...
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Dr. David Gary Bjoraker
Dr. David Gary Bjoraker, age 77, of Gainesville, Florida, passed away on September 4, 2023, at...
Read MoreLiquidation Deals at Bin & Pallet
“It’s a large range of consumer goods that are brought to you at, I would say, severely discounted prices,” says Sara Graham, the first franchisee of Bin & Pallet Company, which has four locations in the Kalamazoo/Battle...
Read MoreEmpowerment clothing on E. Washington
An homage to her fashionista socialite grandmother, Jill Bean Greco’s Sandy’s Boutique aims to serve women of “youthful spirit” with a bold mix of activewear, casuals, and accessories. “I want people to live like Sandy, who’s...
Read MoreA Trio of Changes at Briarwood
24th Cheesecakerie has moved to the far side of Briarwood mall, giving a three-generation partnership a dedicated kitchen it’s using to expand its offerings. The four-year-old business had a smaller shop in the mall’s food...
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What’s Sam Hill?
From cornhole leagues to corporate events, craft cocktails, and cauliflower enchiladas, the plans...
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