On Tuesday, Ann Arbor voters headed out to the polls to cast their ballots on Proposals A and B for the special 2025 August election. After a heated race marked by lawsuits, lawn signs, and fervent online discourse, early...
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As the increasingly bitter campaign over the future of the downtown library races to a close, both sides are spending the final days before Tuesday’s election making their cases by going door to door, flooding social media, and pushing targeted ads through mail and online platforms.
Read MoreWith great sadness, we announce the death of Lisa R. Klionsky, 63, beloved wife of 32 years, daughter, sister, and aunt; cherished friend; and respected colleague. Her husband, Dan, was by her side when she passed on October 30,...
Read MoreAnne Nu Simonsen passed away peacefully on the night of October 17, 2024 surrounded by the love of her family. She courageously fought her diagnosis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma, an aggressive head and neck cancer, for nearly six...
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“I spy: the Land Title Building at 106 N. Fourth Ave. designed by Albert J. Rousseau,” writes Kate Pasola.
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Peter “Madcat” Ruth was fifteen when he first heard blues duo Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry on...
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The Ann Arbor area is blessed with great, public collections of local historical artifacts, such...
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Fred Thomas is a key figure in southeast Michigan’s underground music scene and has been for...
Read MoreSouth-side stalwart Mediterranean Market has been under new ownership since November, when longtime owners Feras and Nariman Al Shobaki sold the Middle Eastern grocery to Emad Alkhateeb and Mohammad Hassan, Alkhateeb tells the...
Read MoreAn independent pizza and sub shop has replaced a recently closed Little Caesars in the Plymouth Road Mall. Fred Ansari opened La Piazza Pizza & Subs on January 9 with hot pepperoni slices at the ready, even as some kitchen...
Read MoreFloor & Decor, a fast-growing national floor-covering chain, opened its 178th warehouse store in December in Pittsfield Township. It’s next to the Cinemark movie theater, which sold off the 5.6-acre parcel last year....
Read MoreA retired security aide at the Center For Forensic Psychiatry in York Township has opened African & Caribbean Food Market on Carpenter Rd. just north of Packard. Roromu Samu, a Nigerian who emigrated here in his late...
Read MoreA Mexican family restaurant opened in August on Carpenter near Packard, in a newly refurbished stand-alone building once home to a Pizza Hut. El Tapatio Taqueria y Restaurante has a full menu of lunch and dinner favorites for...
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Last September, “I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel,” says Ann...
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Sunday, March 15, 2020, marked Zingerman’s thirty-eighth anniversary, normally a time to...
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Cliff Sheldon recalls that when he served on Ann Arbor’s city council from 1978 to 1982,...
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“Make no little plans,” Chicago architect Daniel Burnham was known for saying....
Read MoreIn late January, Grizzly Peak Brewing Co. announced with fanfare its return from extensive renovations, alerting customers to its revised menu and lineup of craft beers. But after reading through the new items, which included a...
Read MoreThe west-side branch of Songbird Cafe reopened in February. Owner Jenny Song had closed it last June, citing staffing shortages; her original cafe on Plymouth Rd. continued to operate. I kept driving by the closed cafe, looking...
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