2016 September

Band Equipment for Sale

We received 160 entries correctly identifying the August Fake Ad that listed band equipment for sale, on p. 65 of the August issue. The name of last month’s winner, Bonnie Schmick, was hidden in the list of...

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The County Farm Water Tower

“I spy with my little eye the newly-painted water tower,” writes Mike Stanley. “The Washtenaw fin and feather,” says Melissa Thun, referring to August’s clue, is in “the northwest corner of...

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Front Yard Gardens

“Farm-to-table” cooking is popping up everywhere, from restaurants to hospitals. In the summer of 2015, as I limbered up a new hip walking my Newport/Westport/Red Oak neighborhood, I realized it had even spread to my...

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Coffee, Tea, and Books at Westgate

Sweetwaters, the cafe that originated in 1993 in Ann Arbor, spread to Ypsilanti, and is coming soon to Canton, is opening a store in the newly expanded Ann Arbor District Library Westgate Branch. They’ll hold a joint...

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Closed Door

When a court sided with homeowners who blocked a path to the Arb two years ago, some residents warned that it could spell the end of the private entryways, long a cherished perquisite of the neighborhood off Geddes. Now that...

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