Contests and Consequences
Control of city council was effectively decided in August, when candidates supported by mayor...
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Everybody Loves Milton
An administrator hired on an eleven-month contract after two predecessors were forced out could be...
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The Manufactured Housing Puzzle
“Where do you live, ma’am?” the officer asked Kathy Hoos not long ago. “Scio Farms.” “You mean...
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Passion for the Pie
In just three minutes, a vending machine on South University dispenses hot-and-fresh pizza to go....
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From Pumpernickel to Craft Beer
The “taste, smell, and texture of food can be extraordinarily evocative,” John S. Allen writes in...
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The U-M Dental Clinic
In 2003, when my husband started freelancing, we lost our dental insurance. So we tried the U-M...
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A Year at Matthaei
Summer: plein air painters and farmer’s tans Summer in the city can seem unrelenting, but on a...
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The Social Services Shake-Up
“I cannot imagine telling another young person to sleep outside,” Ozone House executive director...
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The Lonely Death of Stadium Steve
A heavy rain was falling at 4 a.m. on March 30. Even with streetlights roughly every hundred feet...
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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 Furniture Makers
How do you make a living with a degree in the arts? Blake Ratcliffe and Sherri Moore have built...
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The Art Fair Journey
“Their lives are characterized by travel, hard work and a richness of experience uncommon to the...
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Election 2022
In overwhelmingly Democratic Ann Arbor, where the mayor and all ten city councilmembers belong to...
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Welcome to Commie High
Welcome to Commie High was aired last month on PBS stations throughout Michigan and thirteen more...
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Unemployment Hell
Jennifer Larke’s descent into unemployment hell started in April 2020. Not just because she lost...
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The MRF Reboot
Ann Arbor’s Material Recovery Facility is a lot cleaner than the last time I saw it. Back then, a...
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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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Trains Made the Town
On July 4, 1841—the day the first train arrived in Dexter—crowds began gathering early in the...
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Home at Last
For the first time ever, Veronica Brandon’s three teenagers each have their own rooms. As a...
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