Going Up
Despite soaring materials and labor costs, new housing construction in the Ann Arbor area...
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Community
Scott Carter
Yoga instructor Scott Carter sits by the front window of TeaHaus on a recent winter afternoon with...
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Ken Fischer’s Second Act
On a Sunday morning in July 2020, Ken Fischer woke up in Tom and Debby McMullen’s cottage on Elk...
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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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Bed Bath & Beyond: An Epilogue
Last month’s Observer included my illustrated article about a trip to Bed Bath & Beyond, where...
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Postcards from the Past
It was 1944, and my father had just arrived for Army duty in Hawaii. An attorney by trade, he was...
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Dashed Hopes
David’s twin brother, Paul, was arrested in Moscow in December 2018, on what his family and the...
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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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John’s Side Job
To look at John Swider behind the counter at the Goodyear store on W. Stadium, you’d never guess...
Read MoreQuestion Corner | January 2023
Q. What is the background to the memorial for Edward Lorraine Walter in the U-M Grad Library? The inscription on the stained-glass window reads “Lost at Sea.” A. Walter was a U-M professor of languages, born in Litchfield,...
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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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Cabbie Life
Years ago, while driving for Checker in Detroit, he dropped off a passenger at the downtown...
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Tracy Bennett
Tracy Bennett laughs when she remembers that she started college at the University of Southern...
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The Western Emigrant
To the pioneer settlers of Washtenaw County and Ann Arbor in 1829, a newspaper was much more than...
Read MoreHoliday Guide
It’s beginning to feel festive in Wash-tenaw County! From the bustling streets of downtown Ann Arbor, to the music, performances, and light shows throughout town, there is something to do all throughout the holiday season. You...
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A Crop of Mailboxes
For a couple of years in the early 1970s, I shared a small two-story house on Warner Rd., a dirt...
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Doing the Drop
As the Observer went to press, the U-M football program looked well positioned in its perennial...
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