Sexual assaults increased to 12 reports (including attempts) in November 2009, 10 of which were assaults by acquaintances. The other 2 were attempted assaults, one by a stranger, the other by an acquaintance. The total is up...
Read MorePeople in the horse business say they’ve never seen anything like it. Last winter, as the recession hit hard and hay prices skyrocketed, horses were abandoned in state parks. The Humane Society fielded calls about...
Read MoreBookstores and restaurants may be closing, but downtown still has four stores with “chocolate” in their names: Kilwin’s Chocolates, Schakolad Chocolate Factory, Carillon Chocolates, and Rocky Mountain Chocolate...
Read MoreIn early November, long lines of applicants snaked outside the company’s warehouse on Phoenix Drive. But Zingerman’s national sales arm played it conservative this year, hiring 10 percent fewer seasonal workers to...
Read MoreJust north of the Huron River, two homes and a small apartment house stand forlornly between two U-M parking lots along Wall Street and Maiden Lane. They won’t be lonely much longer: the U, which owns all three buildings,...
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Rebecca’s black Coach bag had a stuck zipper, so she didn’t close it as she shopped at Kohl’s one weekday morning. A pickpocket took the opportunity to steal her Visa and bank cards. In the hour before she...
Read MoreThe people thrown out of work when the Ann Arbor News closed in July are getting on with their lives. After twelve years at the News, photographer Leisa Thompson is snapping senior portraits, weddings, and images for some local...
Read MoreWith the narrow defeat of a police service millage in Ypsilanti Township, sheriff Jerry Clayton has to figure out how to patrol the county’s -second-largest community with ten fewer deputies–and also what to do with...
Read MoreAnn Arbor was the only municipality that supported the proposed two-mill “enhancement” tax in the November election. “We did gauge the temperature of this community accurately,” says Ann Arbor PTSO...
Read MoreBurglaries dropped sharply in October, with 65 reports (including attempts). Thanks to a timely call from a northeast side resident, “We caught two [burglars] right in the act” in late September, says AAPD Det. Lt....
Read MoreThe line outside St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church starts forming before 7 a.m. Sometimes as many as sixty men, women, and teens wait for the doors to open to free hot oatmeal, grits, and coffee. At night, more are seeking...
Read MoreWhy does Vie Fitness & Spa have a new security system? Because, when owner Heather Dupuis opened her Ashley Street storefront early one September morning, she found a man inside wearing nothing but a pair of hot pink...
Read MoreWhen they moved to Glacier Hills, Henry Vander Kaay and his wife, Doretha, since deceased, gave their home next to Eberwhite Woods to the Salvation Army. Last year, the church put it up for sale, planning to use the money to...
Read MoreA year ago, the Ann Arbor Art Center was carrying $450,000 in debt. Now the arts education and promotion group is entering its second century with almost $250,000 in the bank.What a difference a well-timed sale makes: this past...
Read More“When Michigan’s winning, we get calls from the stadium placing orders,” said Pam Pietryga, co-owner of Pizza Bob’s.On football weekends, Pietryga says, business at her State Street pizza and sub shop...
Read MoreClick here to view of zoomable map of September crime reports from the Ann Arbor Police Department and the public safety departments of the U-M and Pittsfield Township.Burglaries remained high, with 111 reports (including...
Read MoreThe big fight for Ann Arbor city council seats was in August’s Democratic primary: in Ward 3, Steve Kunselman edged out veteran rep Leigh Greden, while Mike Anglin convincingly defended his Fifth Ward seat. Kunselman,...
Read MoreAsked what he’ll be doing the evening of November 3, Ann Arbor schools superintendent Todd Roberts smiles wanly and replies: “Worrying!”The source of his anxiety: the vote on a proposed tax that would pump an...
Read MoreThe Herrick family is back on top at Tecumseh Products after their candidates won four of seven places on the company’s board of directors in August. Two opposing board members then resigned, leaving only one non-Herrick...
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