Dave Friedrichs
Dave Friedrichs is a man of dreams. Not of fast cars or extravagant luxuries, but of making...
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The Manny | Fake Ad Update, August 2022
We received 173 entries correctly identifying the Fake Ad for “The Manny” on page 66 of the July issue. In an odd coincidence, the Fake Ad Czar (we like that spelling because it’s worth more in Scrabble, Tom Weeks) was born in...
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Joey Salamon’s Mural | I Spy Update, August 2022
“What a color sensation!” writes Sara Kitzsteiner about July’s feature. “I spy … a very large...
Read MoreCalls & Letters, August 2022
The election is August 2! After reading the July issue, Michael Homel of the Ann Arbor Stamp Club emailed calendar editor Jennifer Taylor to point out that our Inside Ann Arbor article on the proposed AAATA millage “claims the...
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Citizen Scientists
At Greenview Nature Area, it could be a Peck’s skipper, one of more than fifty-two butterfly and...
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Fleming Farewell
At press time, the blocky, brown-brick building was surrounded by a high chain-link fence, and...
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Embracing Our Differences
When Nancy Margolis, retired executive director of the Jewish Federation of Washtenaw County,...
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The Social Services Shake-Up
“I cannot imagine telling another young person to sleep outside,” Ozone House executive director...
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Marijuana Money
Being the dope capital of the Midwest finally pays off—in tax dollars. Of the state’s $150 million...
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Ann Arbor Obscura
We recently discovered The Atlas Obscura Guide To Ann Arbor: 12 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things...
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Missing Trustee
“On Friday, a bulletin board taken over by the Youth Activism class that [we] are a part of was...
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Overdose Deaths Rise Again
As recently as twenty years ago, the county saw only a few heroin deaths a year—mostly older men...
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Class Gifts
It’s a tradition that goes back to the school’s first graduating class, in 2000: the five seniors...
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Farmers Dream Big
Steady streams of cars turn into the parking lot of the Washtenaw Food Hub, their drivers arriving...
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AAATA’s Big Ask
TheRide has a 2.38 mill tax request on the August 2 ballot, up from the current 0.7 mills. If...
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Chalk Artist David Zinn
When Lula June Cook told David Zinn, “You need a TikTok,” he said to himself, “Well, she’s never...
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A Rainy Day:
The day began inauspiciously. When I started the car; the radio came on and the unappealing voice...
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The Art Fair Journey
“Their lives are characterized by travel, hard work and a richness of experience uncommon to the...
Read MoreQuestion Corner, July 2022
Q. “Not infrequently the mail delivery person will stomp across my front yard, and through my garden, to get to the next delivery, next door. Isn’t she/he expected to stay on the sidewalk?” A. A USPS communications specialist...
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Missus Smanson’s | Fake Ad Update, July 2022
We received 199 entries identifying the Fake Ad for Missus Smanson’s Restaurant on page 69 of the...
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