Washtenaw Ave. has bid farewell to two chain spots, one venerable and one relatively new. Denny’s closed in late March, a representative of the restaurant told MLive. The all-day diner, known for its Grand Slam breakfasts,...
Read MoreWhen Slurping Turtle closed last September for its first major renovation since opening in 2014, it estimated the overhaul would take six to seven weeks. (Observer, November 2021.) Instead, it took the Liberty St. restaurant...
Read MoreLast May, Marwan Al-Rabie opened the Alpha Diner on Jackson Rd. in Scio Township. It was his long-sought successor to the Alpha Koney Island in the Oak Valley Centre, which he’d operated for seventeen of the restaurant’s thirty...
Read More“Are you ready for Moldovite?” asks a sign at Enlightened Soul Center & Shop. Found in the Czech Republic and “thought to be the product of an ancient meteorite impact,” the stones are “said to have a transformative effect...
Read MoreAs the Observer went to press, a double billboard on I-94 still announced cryptically, “Cookies / Coming Soon.” By then, though, anyone hoping for a Mrs. Field’s competitor knew better: the previous weekend, Ann Arbor’s newest...
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Working as an engineer in his hometown of Troy, Steve Nardone was a frequent customer at its...
Read MoreStuart Marley sounds delighted that Redden is taking over the digs his Real Irish shop had occupied since 2018. The change gives Marley an opportunity to take a break from the retail operation to focus on his web business,...
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Christopher Redden’s Olympia Skate Shop in Ypsilanti has drawn customers from across the state and...
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As I walked the streets of Ann Arbor after moving to town twelve years ago, I breathed in all the...
Read MoreQ: Large cities with busy pedestrian populations frequently utilize a stoplight system at busy intersections when there is a period where all traffic is stopped and all pedestrian crossings signal “walk.” Then traffic flows...
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Stacie Sheldon believes Native people have an invisibility problem. “We’re often an afterthought...
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Jim and Becky Cavnar built an “earth-sheltered” home on Miner St. in 1981, the same year that...
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That’s Washtenaw County commissioner Andy LaBarre’s emailed estimation of Michigan Republicans’...
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“Why has the old Arby’s on Washtenaw been empty for so long, and are there any plans to do...
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“I think it’s really confusing,” says Trish Cortes, the county’s executive director of Community...
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After years of delays, a redesign of S. State from William to Washington is finally getting...
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Missing in action: Russia’s attack on Ukraine inspired many local efforts to support the...
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I met Josie Barnes Parker soon after she became director of the youth department at the Ann...
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When frustrated with an immovable bureaucrat or customer service rep, some people may cuss, pray,...
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As the Observer went to press, more than ten million Ukrainians had been driven from their homes,...
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