Jan 15, 2013 | News |
The Bird Center of Washtenaw County took in 1,002 injured or orphaned birds last year. Most died or had to be euthanized, 324 recovered and were returned to the wild, and as winter set in, the volunteers were still caring for...
Read MoreJan 14, 2013 | Community |
In June 1812, the United States declared war on the United Kingdom. In July, Michigan territorial governor-turned-general William Hull failed to invade Canada. In August, he hastily surrendered Detroit to the British and their...
Read MoreJan 14, 2013 | Marketplace |
“From everyone’s first turn behind the wheel, we were all really blown away,” says Automobile Magazine deputy editor Joe DeMatio.He’s speaking of the Ann Arbor-based publication’s nervy choice for...
Read MoreJan 13, 2013 | Marketplace |
Middle Kingdom closed in November but may be up and running soon under different ownership. Both the property and the business were owned by Johnny Tam and his wife, Wing Shan, who opened the Chinese restaurant in 1981.Bill...
Read MoreJan 13, 2013 | Marketplace |
Passport restaurant and lounge on South State closed October 15. Owner Jenny Wu, who also owns two Lucky Kitchen restaurants, said she couldn’t talk because of pending legal issues. State licensing records show the...
Read MoreJan 12, 2013 | Community |
Jim Nissen cranks up the stereo until the sound of the Ann Arbor Concert Band fills his two-story living room. He nods along to the music, waves an imaginary baton, and shakes his fists with each staccato burst. Nissen, the...
Read MoreJan 11, 2013 | Event Reviews, Uncategorized |
The University Musical Society is always looking for a reason to celebrate. Last season it celebrated American mavericks, climaxing in three concerts with the San Francisco Symphony performing pieces few folks had heard before....
Read MoreJan 10, 2013 | Community |
When Martin Bandyke started in radio on February 21, 1983, he was a twenty-eight-year-old rock drummer and an import record buyer at Dearborn Music. Three decades later, Bandyke is no longer a drummer or a record buyer, but...
Read MoreJan 9, 2013 | Marketplace |
Ever since the Argieros’ short-lived Italian grocery in the mid-nineties, the fine nineteenth-century brick building on the corner of Catherine and Fifth has cried out for a tenant whose trade matched its lovely Old World...
Read MoreJan 8, 2013 | News |
Between 1944 and 1984, the Universal Die Casting factory occupied twelve acres of property on Monroe Street just south of downtown Saline. Built around the former Saline Creamery, it manufactured and electroplated die-cast zinc...
Read MoreJan 7, 2013 | Marketplace |
A few years ago I interviewed Graham Kerr, the “Galloping Gourmet” of cookbook and olde TV fame, and he fingered franchise baked goods as hidden-calorie contributors to America’s obesity epidemic. A health...
Read MoreJan 6, 2013 | Marketplace |
What people most want with a fill-up is a fresh donut–that’s the independent conclusion of two experienced gas station owners, though they went about getting their donuts in slightly different ways.Chuck Gallup was...
Read MoreJan 5, 2013 | Event Reviews, Uncategorized |
The Habitat at Weber’s Inn has been a townie bar for many years, and when they have live music, it’s often reflective of roots in this area. Al Hill and his Love Butlers band, long gone to Nashville, used to play for...
Read MoreJan 4, 2013 | Marketplace |
The December Fake Ad was for the Christmas Bazaar Overstock Sale at the Birch Cedar Outlet Mall. The previous winner’s name, “Thibodeau,” was spelled out in the first letters of the ad copy. How well was it...
Read MoreJan 4, 2013 | Marketplace |
“Was this too easy?” asks Jim Ferguson, who gets his dark chocolate-covered cherries from the building highlighted in December’s feature. “As a ‘cherry junkie,’ I’ve been a customer from...
Read MoreJan 3, 2013 | News |
Ann Arbor’s decision to cancel its Christmas tree collection two years ago left a lot of folks unhappy. But as disappointments go, it’s nothing compared to the switch to single-stream recycling.The city rolled out...
Read MoreJan 2, 2013 | Marketplace |
Chelsea gained two new consignment shops this year. In May, Diana Rodgers relocated The Sewing Shoppe, her three-year-old alterations, repairs, and tailoring business, from a tiny 300-square-foot space near the Parts Peddler to...
Read MoreJan 1, 2013 | Marketplace |
Google the phrase “Landmark Ann Arbor,” and chances are an ad will pop up that reads, “Landmark–Live at Zaragon West.” Instead of the Landmark–the new student high-rise at the corner of South...
Read MoreJan 1, 2013 | Marketplace |
As digital “e-meters” take over downtown, time may be running short for Ann Arbor’s mechanical meters. However, drivers who prefer the coin-powered clunkers shouldn’t panic–yet. The DDA’s Joe...
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