ICE in A2
“We understand there is a lot of fear and anxiety in our community regarding immigration-related enforcement,” AAPD chief Andre Anderson said in a statement on Monday. If anything, that underestimated the emotion that swept...
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Jim Toy Center Is Back
This month, the Rainbow Readers Book Club will hold its first meeting at the center’s new home at 560 S. Main St. The blue house across from the Union Rec restaurant is owned by Greyfort Development, Wickfield’s real estate holding company.
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No matter what level of support you or your loved one needs, we’re here to help. From continuing adult education, luxury senior communities, short-term rehabilitation, or long-term care, we have a comprehensive list of local...
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Under Interrogation
They sat me down in a room with a table and a bunch of chairs and actually tilted a desk lamp so it shone directly into my eyes. One man did the questioning while other officers rotated in and out of the room. My interrogator was precise and seemingly emotionless. The other officers had lips drawn tight and glared. He asked who I was, where I’d come from, what route I had followed, whether I had seen anyone, had stopped, and had anything happened along the way.
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Mail Theft
Eric Parkhurst, owner of Winewood Organics, had rushed outside after a security camera showed a...
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Question Corner | Feb. 2024
Q: I read in the January Observer about the house fire at Johnny’s Speakeasy and his insurer not covering the cost of replacing the house. Is there anything that homeowners can do to protect themselves from this? A: Homes are...
Read MoreWintering on the Ann Arbor Trails
by Kyunghee Kim when the autumn leaves fall your path shows me to let go to shed the past all that i am holding onto that letting go is also the making of something new look at how bare, how free your limbs are now...
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No matter what level of support you or your loved one needs, we’re here to help. From continuing adult education, luxury senior communities, short-term rehabilitation, or long-term care, we have a comprehensive list of local...
Read MoreTrinity Health Outpatient Behavioral Health
5401 McAuley (Huron Oaks Bldg.). (800) 289-0014, (734) 786-2300. Outpatient psychotherapy for depression, anxiety, and situational adjustment. Psychiatric evaluation and medication management. Treatment for individuals, couples,...
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Jim Magyar
At 7:10 in the morning, Jim Magyar sits at the counter at the Dexter Riverview Café. As the staff...
Read MoreBarn Sanctuary May through October this nonprofit farmed animal sanctuary offers field trips for K-8 students, homeschoolers, and summer campers; and 90-minute public tours where guests visit barns and the co-op, meet specific...
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Tiny Galleries
Little Free Art Galleries, which in size and mission resemble Little Libraries and Little Free...
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Wild Swan Song
Covid forced theaters to shut down mid-season in 2019, but that isn’t why the Wild Swan...
Read MoreEncore Theater’s Next Stage
Few cities with a population under 5,000 can boast their own musical theater company, but Dexter is lucky. The idea to open a musical theater came to Anne Koch shortly after moving to Dexter in 2007 with her husband Paul. Koch...
Read MoreWithout a “Moment,” the Show Goes On
Ann Arbor’s Vocal Arts Ensemble has been performing traditional, contemporary, and newly commissioned works since 1992. The ensemble of highly skilled professional and amateur singers was originally an a cappella group,...
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Not Your Grandma’s Tempest
Community Ensemble Theatre–a student troupe that normally performs in Community High...
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Sundays at Jewel Heart
When discussing how one can lose one’s way in samsara—the endless cycle of life, death, and...
Read MoreSixth-Grade Baker Competes in National Baking Show
Nemo Tsai likes to stay busy. “He’s kind of a crazy kid,” says his father Paul Tsai. “He has his own interests and he just pursues them.” A champion golfer, the Forsythe 6th-grader’s days are...
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