Farmers Dream Big
Steady streams of cars turn into the parking lot of the Washtenaw Food Hub, their drivers arriving...
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Community
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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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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Ivorybills and Iggy Pop
It is not often that Iggy Pop, Pete Seeger, and the ivory-billed woodpecker can all be considered...
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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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Question Corner: June 2022
Q: Craning our necks as we passed the corner of Huron and Fourth Ave. the other day, my spouse and...
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Unseen Worlds
Who else but Jim Cogswell, the Stamps School prof who previously enlivened the U-M Museum of Art...
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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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Broadway Block
Northside Grill owner Jim Koli has seen a lot of changes in his neighborhood since he opened...
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From Banfield’s to Monty’s
Pre-pandemic, when you found yourself wanting a cold drink and some conversation in the shopping...
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Living with Lung Cancer
On the last Sunday in November 2021, I was directed to a freezing-cold trailer adjacent to St....
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My Chelsea Neighborhood
“It is a surprise even to folks who live in Chelsea,” Jennifer Kundak emails of the forty-five or...
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My Dexter Neighborhood
When Katherine Becker was a teenager, her family moved to a house off North Territorial Rd. It was...
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