Cayla Samano
It “is not a nature walk,” Cayla Samano tells me when we meet in the snowy, almost...
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Profiles
Thomas and Joanna Costello-Saile
Chance encounters–meetings that could so easily have not taken place–can end in love...
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Eileen Spring
It’s the last day of “Rockin’ for the Hungry,” Food Gatherers’...
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Charlie Frank
Standing over a cauldron of melted chocolate, Charlie Frank says approvingly, “It has a...
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Derrick Miller
A decade ago, Derrick Miller took a summer job at Bryant Community Center. He was twenty-seven and...
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Richard D’Souza
“Philosophy and theology are required for studying to become a priest,” says Fr....
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Vincent York
When he was fourteen, an unhappy kid suffering under bad teachers and getting into fights, a...
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Davey LaFave
Davey LaFave tracks his sobriety on a phone app. On this July morning, as he sips an iced decaf...
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Zilka Joseph
Poet Zilka Joseph smiles warmly at the small audience that’s gathered to hear her read at...
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Leslie Sobel
Barely five feet tall, thin, and fifty-six years old, Leslie Sobel doesn’t look like the...
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Chuck Hatt
No matter the weather, Burns Park Elementary School principal Chuck Hatt is outside every morning...
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Emily Slomovits
Emily Slomovits grew up on the stage of the Ark. Her father, Sandor Slomovits, is half of the...
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Michael Leech
As the sun streams through the windows at By the Pound, Michael Leech pours fresh coffee beans...
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Howard Markel
When Howard Markel was a U-M medical student in the early 1980s, the world was just beginning to...
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Jessica Prozinski
One year ago, Jessica Prozinski was a stay-at-home mom and part-time piano teacher enjoying a...
Read MoreKevin Spangler
At the entrance to his high-ceilinged garage on S. Fourth Ave., Kevin Spangler greets me with a big smile. He’s six-foot-five with shoulder-length brown hair, an angular face dominated by intense brown eyes, and a body...
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City Administrator Howard Lazarus
Late for an interview at City Hall, I sprint for the strangely darkened stairway. A man blocks me,...
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Susan Bryan
On a hot summer afternoon, Susan Bryan, Washtenaw County’s rain garden coordinator, leaves...
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