St. Joe’s Rebrands
In April, St. Joe’s parent, Trinity Health Michigan, announced that it would consolidate branding...
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Fatal Flirtation
Former U-M president Mark Schlissel’s separation from the university is complete: according to a...
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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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More Trouble in Scio
At the end of last year, the township faced a lawsuit and Hathaway faced a recall drive (“Trouble...
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Crime Is Back
In 2020, when most of the city was locked down for nine months, the Ann Arbor Police Department...
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Privatizing CMH?
That’s Washtenaw County commissioner Andy LaBarre’s emailed estimation of Michigan Republicans’...
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More Emergency Numbers
“I think it’s really confusing,” says Trish Cortes, the county’s executive director of Community...
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State Street Remake
After years of delays, a redesign of S. State from William to Washington is finally getting...
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Missing Sonatas
Missing in action: Russia’s attack on Ukraine inspired many local efforts to support 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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The Innocence Clinic
In March 2007, four men, masked and armed, robbed the Mr. Bubble Auto Spa in Ypsilanti Township....
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Down on Main Street
In a 1959 Ann Arbor News photo, the 100 block of S. Main St. is a kaleidoscope of storefronts and...
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Masks at School
Washtenaw County let its mask mandate in K–12 schools expire at the end of February, but as the...
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Taking Refuge
As the Observer went to press, more than ten million Ukrainians had been driven from their homes,...
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Strivers vs. Protectors
“It’s been topsy-turvy the last couple elections,” says Ali Ramlawi, the Fifth Ward councilmember...
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Drug Overdose?
GlaxoSmithKline delivered the bad news in February: as of April 1, it was cutting Michigan...
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What’s Next for AAATA?
Last September, “I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel,” says Ann...
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