Arbor Lakes
“Three words I didn’t know when I graduated,” says Chuck Hutchins, who earned his mechanical...
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Business
Vanishing Point
Last year, Ann Arbor–based Home Point Financial reported a loss of more than $160 million. As...
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New Dorms at Last
In February 2022, the regents voted to build a 1,200-bed dorm on North Campus. Less than ten...
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Brews and Cookies
Carlson, Greg Lobdell, and Chet Czaplicka founded Grizzly Peak, Blue Tractor, Jolly Pumpkin, and...
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Hotel Rebound
The Miami-based developer should know. He won city council approval to build a hotel on Glen Ave....
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Rise and Fall
It was the billion-dollar company that most Ann Arborites had never heard of. With offices on...
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Should We Divorce DTE?
The storm with up to seventy-five miles-per-hour mph winds that swept across Michigan last August,...
Read MoreRoromu Samu’s Second Career
A retired security aide at the Center For Forensic Psychiatry in York Township has opened African & Caribbean Food Market on Carpenter Rd. just north of Packard. Roromu Samu, a Nigerian who emigrated here in his late...
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John’s Side Job
To look at John Swider behind the counter at the Goodyear store on W. Stadium, you’d never guess...
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The End of an Era on South U
The Oct. 31 closure of Ulrich’s Bookstore ended an eighty-eight-year run as a campus-area...
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Cabbie Life
Years ago, while driving for Checker in Detroit, he dropped off a passenger at the downtown...
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Trial by Fire
It wasn’t to be. Kim is co-owner with her husband Kurt of Ann Arbor Muffler Brakes and Shocks on...
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Back to the Farm
While farm-to-table has become an important movement in restaurants, Tonya and Rich Lockwood are...
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The Metamorphosis of 212 S. State
A year ago, 212 S. State was a vacant lot. Hidden away behind Sava’s restaurant, it was accessible...
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Robots Roll at Palm Palace
Plagued by post-pandemic staffing shortages, Palm Palace has found an oddball solution that might...
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Christmas Tree Town
When Flatsnoots’ vintage 1951 Vagabond Airstream trailer pulled into the Arbor Farms parking lot...
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