Siân Owen-Cruise
At two o’clock on Friday, November 6, Sian Owen-Cruise learned that a seventh grader in the...
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Community
Different Steps
“Everything’s completely virtual,” says MMB director John Pasquale. The 268...
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Confessions of the Rock Fairy
It was early April, in the first days of Covid, when I came upon the small stone on top of an...
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Pandemic Meetups
Last night, in the dark, frigid cold, my ‘Saturday Night Live’ group of friends...
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Studio Kaleidoscape Art Installation
“I spy a temporary art exhibit,” writes Melina Adler, with plants in “whimsical...
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Cabins by Innisfree
“Wow, thank you for introducing me to Yeats’ lovely poem!” wrote frequent Fake...
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Charles Baird: Visionary for Town and Gown
Charles Baird transformed the University of Michigan in two distinct ways, first through athletics...
Read MoreMarijuana in the Park?
Q. As I walked past Liberty Plaza recently I noticed a pungent smell of marijuana that seemed to emanate from a group of guys gathered at the back of the park. Of course pot is now legal in Michigan, but the city bans smoking...
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Stephen Joy
“I spent quite a while not thinking I had Covid,” Stephen Joy remembers. On March 19,...
Read MoreThanksgiving Reimagined
Many of us will be doing the holidays differently this year. A few readers and friends have shared their plans for a dialed down version of Thanksgiving. We hope yours is a happy one!Michael W. BrinkmanMy wife, Lois, and I have...
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Sunken Treasures
Heading out in their Prius in their swimming trunks and swim shirts, equipped with goggles,...
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The Fritz Building
Over its seventy-five years, a small, tree-shaded yellow brick building on Maple Rd. has been a...
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Ladies, Start Your Engines
“I come from a car family,” says Holly Fischer. “I got the bug from my...
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Mathew Sharum’s Mural
“A fun trompe l’oeil!” writes Monet Tiedemann about October’s feature....
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Lonely Republicans
“I don’t even feel like I can say I’m a Republican because the hatred and the...
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Food Gatherers pivots to meet rising needs with fewer resources
Washtenaw County is the fourth richest county in Michigan, and it may be surprising to some that before the pandemic, one in seven county residents was food insecure. The pandemic caused thousands to lose their jobs or have...
Read MoreA Rain Barrel at Mary Beth Doyle Park?
Q. In Mary Beth Doyle Park there is a rain barrel that is not hooked up to anything—there is no way for water to go into it. And it is attached to a fence. Any idea what it does?A. A memorial tree was planted in this park in...
Read MoreA Shift in Care
People who are in the early stages of their recovery from substance abuse disorder are advised to avoid stress and isolation as much as possible, says Dawn Farm communications director Olivia Vigiletti. Yet public safety...
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It’s Just Drinks
We received 175 entries correctly identifying the Fake Ad for “It’s Just Drinks”...
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