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Pain. A typical dictionary definition is “an unpleasant sensation.” But “Samantha,” who lived with chronic pain for eighteen years, has her own definition.”It was like a sumo wrestler was sitting on...

Clonlara high school grad Stef Weyand says the day her partner Aaron Jones got laid off “was a wonderful day for all of us!” Weyand, Jones, and their toddler, Quinn Xavier Zappa Jones, will soon leave their...

In July 1873, a family reunion in Scio Township merited coverage in the New York Times. That’s because former president Millard Fillmore attended the gathering at the farmhouse on Dexter-Ann Arbor Road where his brother...

Lisa Welch stares herself down in the mirror. Hips out, head back, her knee-high leather platforms clicking on the hardwood floor to a musical beat, she sensually exaggerates her walk toward the floor-to-ceiling steel pole....

“The truly high-end people are cutting back,” says jeweler David Lewis. At Two Wheel Tango, customers are forgoing expensive bikes–and buying new inner tubes and getting repairs, which are up markedly.So it...

“Suddenly, they’re not there,” says Scio Township resident Eleanor Lord.When Lord and her husband, Tony, immigrated to the United States four years ago, they were delighted by the nightly display of fireflies,...

Elaine Kuperman identifies July’s feature as “my favorite place–Gallup Park.” Specifically, “the bridge spanning the Huron River at the east end of Gallup Pond,” adds Phyllis Valentine....

One out of every three Yellow Cabs in Ann Arbor is now a Toyota Prius.Dave Reid bought his first hybrid cab in June 2008, when gas prices were around $4 a gallon. Reid, the president of Yellow Cab’s parent company,...