Robot Farewell
They were here: ten shiny, bicycle-wheeled robots. Then suddenly, they were gone. Refraction...
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American Rescue Plan
“We call it the Washtenaw County Rescue Plan,” laughs county board chair Sue Shink....
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Phil D’Anieri
Phil D’Anieri sits by the front window of the downtown Sweetwaters in a baseball cap and...
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Charter Changes
The more than 18,000 Ann Arborites who voted in November overwhelmingly approved four amendments...
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The U-M Now Has 50,000 Students
The U-M enrolled 50,278 undergrad, grad, and professional students this fall–an all-time...
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1528 Pontiac Tr.
More than 100 people turned out for its grand opening in a historic home at the corner of Pontiac...
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The Howard Effect
Last year, most observers picked Michigan’s men’s basketball team to finish in the...
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Salmon Standout
There are plenty of salmon burgers around, and Arbor Farms’ is not the cheapest–a pack...
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Sustainable Energy Utility
When world leaders met in Glasgow in early November to grapple with the accelerating climate...
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WCC Pulls Through
When the shutdown order came in March of 2020, “we went immediately virtual,” recalls...
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Ark Legacy Project
“I figured I’d be there for a year,” he recalls. But listening to the concerts...
Read MoreOne of the Best Marine Engineering Departments?
Q. Is it true that the U-M has one of the best marine engineering departments in the country? How did that happen in landlocked Ann Arbor?A. EduRank places the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME)...
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The Eyesore on W. Washington
For years, people who pass by the former Washtenaw County Road Commission site across from the Ann...
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Nefesh Mountain: Bluegrassish
In the early 1970s, Henry Sapoznik, a young New York musicologist and budding banjo player, was...
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Emmanuel Mann’s Country Home
In October, Ann Arbor fire chief Mike Kennedy presented commendations to five people who’d...
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Kerrytown Gets a New Kitchen Store
Cooks have a haven again in the Kerrytown Market & Shops. In late October, retailing veteran...
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Ypsi’s Hyperion Coffee Comes to Ann Arbor
Eric Mullins, Dan Kubera, and Alex Merz had only one goal when they founded Hyperion Coffee Co. on...
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Craft Cannabis at Winewood Organics
In February 2018, Eric Parkhurst spent a weekend camped outside City Hall in a snowstorm. As a...
Read MoreCravings Dessert Lounge Brings Sweet Treats to the West-side Ahmo’s
Hyperion Coffee isn’t the only Ypsilanti business expanding to Ann Arbor. Cravings Dessert Lounge, which opened two years ago on Ellsworth Rd. in Ypsi Township, has added a second location inside Ahmo’s at Maple and...
Read MoreRestaurant in Exile
Since it opened in 2014, Slurping Turtle on E. Liberty has drawn crowds of students, moviegoers, and locals for its bowls of ramen and plates of sushi.In September, it closed for what it estimated would be a six-to-eight-week...
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