Pizza Replicator
Several nights a week, you’ll find Max Sussman blasting out pizzas and salads from his Pizza...
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Homespun Properties Latest Renovation
The lowest-priced home on this month’s map sold for $100,000: a 768-square-foot, two-bedroom, one-bath Arbor Heights condo at 4198 Packard in Pittsfield Township. The highest-priced home fetched $2.3 million: a...
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Ypsilanti’s Civil War-era Thompson Block reawakens to a new life as Thompson & Co
After decades of neglect followed by a grueling five year, $10 million renovation,...
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From Espresso Royale to M-36
In March 2020, Espresso Royale Coffee closed its fourteen cafes in Ann Arbor and other Midwestern...
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Farmland Funds
Nine Southeast Michigan land conservancies won the funds through the Lake Erie Conservation...
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Christopher Thomle, T-shirt Hunter
Seattle native Christopher Thomle first visited Ann Arbor with a buddy six years ago to partake in...
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The Sun over the U-M School of Kinesiology
“I spy the emblem over the door at 830 North University,” says Melina Adler. Or, as...
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The Partnership for an Internet-Free America
We received 186 entries correctly identifying the Fake Ad for “The Partnership for an...
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No Magic Shot
Michigan’s Covid-19 vaccine lottery wasn’t a shot in the arm for the state’s...
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Rebuilding the MRF
When it opened in 1995, Ann Arbor’s Materials Recovery Facility put the city on the leading...
Read MoreRegister Your Bike?
Q. Do I have to register my bicycle with the city?A. No. City council terminated Ann Arbor’s bike registration program in 2010. The U-M will register bicycles (and electronic devices) for members of the university...
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Maniacal Meads
A new artisanal product popped up among the flats of flowers and greenhouse lettuces at the Ann...
Read MoreA Tearoom Reopens
July 6 will mark the beginning of more normal operations for the TeaHaus Cafe on N. Fourth Ave.During Phase One of “our big, grand reopening,” owner Lisa McDonald promises more outdoor seating, more indoor seating,...
Read MorePop-ups and Food Trucks are Here to Stay at York
Tommy York, founder and co-owner of artisanal market and deli, YORK, was overwhelmed by the support his business received from the community this past year. “People were calling morning, noon, and night for carry-out food,...
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Tiny Galleries
Little Free Art Galleries, which in size and mission resemble Little Libraries and Little Free...
Read MoreFrom Bookbound to Booksweet
In May, Peter and Megan Blackshear announced plans to close Bookbound Bookstore in the Courtyard Shops. But to their delight, a new owner is now in the process of taking over.”When the word got out, we were very surprised...
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Melissa Schacht
On a picture-perfect morning in June, bees buzz, birds nest, and a massive lawn mower gives the...
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Buying Boysville
In May, one gigantic dream started to come true: their nonprofit Hive Project signed a $2.3...
Read MoreKanbu Asian Mart Open
Ann Arbor is well served with big, Asian-focused grocery stores, but it’s mostly lacked the smaller convenience-style stores which the Japanese call “conbini” and Koreans “pyeon uijeon.” Now,...
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