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“The Village Marketplace + Lofts is certain to become the area’s most desirable and prestigious community. Truly the best of what urban living has to offer, with that small town charm.”–Marketing...

It started innocently enough. Ten years ago at the Chelsea Farm Supply, Lucy Silverio’s youngest daughter, Antonia, was enchanted with the baby animals there, so Silverio bought her some chicks. But this spring, Silverio...

With its red brick walls and arches, U-M’s new soccer stadium evokes Michigan Stadium–though at about one-fiftieth the scale.There’s irony in the comparison–because for the last two seasons,...

Bob Guenzel worked for Washtenaw County for thirty-seven years, the last fifteen as its administrator. He’s a peppery, hands-on guy who, even his critics acknowledged, got things done–whether building the Delonis...

The video “was just horrifying,” says Erica Briggs, membership chair of the Washtenaw Biking and Walking Coalition. Shot by coalition members, it shows schoolkids darting across South Seventh as cars zip by, ignoring...

Today Ann Arbor voters choose their next state senator and state representative, two city seats on the county commission, and three city council members. They’ll also decide the Democratic mayoral primary between five-term...

They were breaking out the champagne at Cafe Zola Tuesday night, but is was for consolation, not celebration: the opposition city council candidates who gathered there all lost. The percentages hardly changed all night as the...

In Ann Arbor, the issues are social services and the budget.With Jeff Irwin running for the state house (see “Musical Chairs in Lansing”), four Democrats are seeking their party’s nomination for his District...

“A lot of state representatives are running for senate,” says Fifty-Second District state rep Pam Byrnes. Byrnes is one of them. So is Fifty-Third District representative Rebekah Warren. Both want to succeed state...

Conventional wisdom says a Republican doesn’t have a chance to win Liz Brater’s Ann Arbor-centric state senate district. That hasn’t deterred Freedom Township farmer John Hochstetler and Northfield Township...