Boards and Judges
After sorting through thirteen candidates, voters last month returned twenty-year vet Susan...
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Nonprofits
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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Abortion after Roe
Briere, now retired to California, is speaking of the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that...
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Privatizing CMH?
That’s Washtenaw County commissioner Andy LaBarre’s emailed estimation of Michigan Republicans’...
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Parker in Pictures
I met Josie Barnes Parker soon after she became director of the youth department at the Ann...
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Making Room for Everyone
Cliff Sheldon recalls that when he served on Ann Arbor’s city council from 1978 to 1982,...
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Safety-Net Ambulance
HVA saw its staffing fall more than 20 percent during the pandemic (“Paramedics...
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Imagining an Unarmed Emergency Response
Last April, city council voted unanimously to develop an unarmed safety response program. Mayor...
Read MoreMichigan Radio?
Q. Michigan Radio now broadcasts from five signals across the Lower Peninsula. Are there plans for additional growth? Is Michigan Radio still managed from Ann Arbor? A. There are no current plans for additional signals. Michigan...
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Paramedics Needed
HVA needs 185 paramedics and emergency medical technicians to fully staff its Washtenaw County...
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Ark Legacy Project
“I figured I’d be there for a year,” he recalls. But listening to the concerts...
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