Mar 9, 2012 | Community |
Q. Are there any remaining WWII-era Quonset huts in the area?A. Named for the Rhode Island locale where they were first made, Quonset huts look like a half cylinder laid on its side. More than 150,000 of the prefab...
Read MoreMar 7, 2012 | Community |
“This will destroy the entire neighborhood!”So warns one of sixty or so pissed-off neighbors who packed Grace Bible Church’s meeting hall on a cold Thursday night in January. Four years before, nearby residents...
Read MoreMar 4, 2012 | Community |
Last month’s Fake Ad, on page 71 of the February issue, invited readers disappointed with Michigan’s mild winter to visit Alaska to experience an old-school one. We received 166 entries correctly identifying the ad,...
Read MoreMar 1, 2012 | Community |
A lot more people are working in Washtenaw County today than there were two years ago. But many others are still feeling the recession’s pinch.After cresting at a painful 10.1 percent in October 2009, the nation’s...
Read MoreFeb 19, 2012 | Community |
“We really do cruise the streets every day–but not specifically to look for dead animals,” says Scott Purr.Purr owns the Critter Control franchise in Green Oak Township, which has a contract with the city of...
Read MoreFeb 14, 2012 | Community |
On Valentine’s Day 1998, U-M art students Pete Baker and Michelle Mijal had their first date, dinner at the Original Cottage Inn. Apart from one brief breakup, they’ve been a couple ever since. They finally made it...
Read MoreFeb 12, 2012 | Community |
“Nobody comes to the University of Michigan to play baseball.” That’s how Bo Schembechler used to tease Barry Larkin. In January Larkin became the first Wolverine since the Tigers’ Charlie Gehringer,...
Read MoreFeb 11, 2012 | Community |
In addition to odiferous and nocturnal, who knew skunks were romantic?Yet skunk mating season “starts on Valentine’s Day,” according to Scott Purr, owner of the local Critter Control franchise. “Skunks...
Read MoreFeb 9, 2012 | Community |
For most young people, navigating the uncharted waters of high school isn’t easy. But for members of Spectrum, the queer-straight alliance at Saline High School, the task is doubly hard. Not only do they have to contend...
Read MoreFeb 6, 2012 | Community |
Considering all the media coverage about college students “hooking up”–having sex without a relationship–their lack of basic knowledge surprises Terri Conley, U-M assistant professor of psychology and...
Read MoreFeb 4, 2012 | Community |
We received 155 entries correctly identifying the January Fake Ad for someone to host a cooking show at the Sigma Nu Alpha fraternity (page 38).”I liked this one a lot,” wrote Dan Jarrell. “It had the...
Read MoreFeb 3, 2012 | Community |
I attended college twice. The first time was at the University of Michigan. The second time was also at the University of Michigan–when my son Jack went there.I got better value the second time, I think. I was in Ann Arbor...
Read MoreFeb 2, 2012 | Community |
Q. I am looking for information and photos of Cunningham Drug on Main Street. When was it opened, and how long was it there?Also, did that location house another business before the Parthenon restaurant?A. Here’s a great...
Read MoreJan 29, 2012 | Community |
It was obvious at the beginning what Zack Novak and Stu Douglass were not.They were not highly recruited. Neither was big, fast, or particularly athletic for his position. They were not going to play in the NBA.They were...
Read MoreJan 27, 2012 | Community |
The Ann Arbor Women’s City Club was founded in 1951 out of necessity: the crush of students at the U-M after World War II had made it difficult for women’s groups to find meeting space at the university. “There...
Read MoreJan 25, 2012 | Community |
Q: There’s an old wooden warehouse on Ashley near Madison that has loading doors on its second floor. How did they get stuff up there?A: The warehouse was built after WWII by Gill Lumber. The company had its own railroad...
Read MoreJan 23, 2012 | Community |
As Evelyn Neuhaus sits in a coffee shop talking about her latest film project, her wheelchair is hardly visible behind the table–and she seems to prefer it that way. “It changes the way a person is perceived in the...
Read MoreJan 7, 2012 | Community |
Bob DeBona writes that his whole family loves “searching for the I Spy around town.” In December, it led them to “one of the entrances” of a new U-M building.Michael Ferguson identifies it as “South...
Read MoreJan 6, 2012 | Community |
Jammed meters are viewed as a lucky break by local drivers who figure they’ll enjoy a free hour or so of parking until the city repairs the machines. Turns out the problem is usually not mechanical but the gleeful mischief...
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