Where’s the Turnout?
At the Ann Arbor Democratic Party’s first meeting after the November 2020 election, program chair...
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News
Third Alarm
The end of January was huge for the AAFD: They arranged to take delivery of their first ambulance,...
Read MoreAfter the Fire
Madras Masala was in its twentieth year as a full-service Indian restaurant with a popular lunch buffet. Vape City had shared its Maynard St. building for fewer than two years when both businesses went up in smoke the morning of...
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Climate Heroes
February’s Ann Arbor climate hero, Bill Razgunas, set up a recycling program at an apartment...
Read MoreQuestion Corner | March 2023
Q. Has the Ann Arbor Municipal Airport banned leaded fuel in aircraft flying into/out of the airport? A. No. The airport manager, who asked not to be named, says that most of the planes using the airport have piston engines that...
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...
Read MoreQuestion Corner | February 2023
Q: The federal government recently provided funding to plug “orphan” oil and gas wells to prevent groundwater pollution. Are there any near Ann Arbor? A: A well is considered an “orphan” if it is inactive, unplugged, and...
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Human Electric Hybrids Grows
It all began with engineer Jim Summers, frustrated by his daily commute, figuring out how to...
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Ban the Ban
“What we’re working on, I swear you can’t make this up, is a ban on the ban on the ban,” says...
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Dashed Hopes
David’s twin brother, Paul, was arrested in Moscow in December 2018, on what his family and the...
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Greener Farms
Adopting climate-friendly practices is financially risky for small diversified farms because...
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Decarbonizing Bryant
CAN executive director Derrick Miller says their goal is for everyone in the area around Bryant...
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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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An Afternoon with Community Mental Health
It’s a quiet Friday afternoon in January on the fourth floor of the County Annex on N. Fourth Ave....
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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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The Plastic Bag Store
Imagine walking into a space that looks like a modern grocery store—except that everything there...
Read MoreQuestion Corner | January 2023
Q. What is the background to the memorial for Edward Lorraine Walter in the U-M Grad Library? The inscription on the stained-glass window reads “Lost at Sea.” A. Walter was a U-M professor of languages, born in Litchfield,...
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Destination Ann Arbor
For twenty-seven years, Kerr’s work was attracting meetings and tourists to Washtenaw County. An...
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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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