Tucker Rossmaessler
As quarantine protocols eased in 2021, Tucker Rossmaessler took a trip that sparked an idea. At...
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Nonprofits
Homeless Families
Morghan Boydston, human services manager for the Washtenaw Office of Community and Economic...
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Jim Toy Center Reboots
“We decided not to renew our lease at our physical space,” says Joe Halsch. “We had to figure out...
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“Heaven on Earth”
“When the bill was about to pass, she actually called and told us,” says cofounder Scott Halpert....
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Kitten Season
In my not-limited experience, when you take your kids to Tiny Lions, no matter how many pep talks,...
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Peace in Ypsilanti
Peace Neighborhood Center is on the west side of Ann Arbor, yet sixty to seventy percent of its...
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Decarbonizing Bryant
CAN executive director Derrick Miller says their goal is for everyone in the area around Bryant...
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Kyle and Megan Mazurek
Kyle and Megan Mazurek’s romance began in 2008, when both worked at the Arbor/Ypsilanti Regional...
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Destination Ann Arbor
For twenty-seven years, Kerr’s work was attracting meetings and tourists to Washtenaw County. An...
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Boards and Judges
After sorting through thirteen candidates, voters last month returned twenty-year vet Susan...
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Helpers in Need
Ten Thousand Villages has seventeen retail locations and thirty-eight contract retail locations in...
Read MoreAbortion Refugees
With the Supreme Court’s June reversal of Roe v. Wade, the decision that legalized abortion nationwide, existing state bans and restrictions went back into effect. Though Michigan, too, has an abortion ban on the books, courts...
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Volunteering with Foster Grandparents
Nehemiah Thomas, known to the children in Rachael Varga’s kindergarten class at Mitchell...
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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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Farmers Dream Big
Steady streams of cars turn into the parking lot of the Washtenaw Food Hub, their drivers arriving...
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Back to the Garden
Scott Richardson tries to get to Nelson Meade County Farm Park by 6:30 or 7 a.m. He leaves his...
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Molly Dobson
“I’m not going to tell you any secrets,” says Molly Dobson with a smile, as I ask if it’s okay to...
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Leveling the Reading Field
“Ordinarily, second- and third-graders will be expected to read chapter books,” says Nathans, a...
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Lonely Dogs
“It was a good time to be a homeless animal,” says Huron Valley Humane Society director Tanya...
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