2017 July Archives - Page 2 of 2

Lynette Clemetson

Jul 13, 2017 | Community, Profiles |

“NPR is a great place to work, and it’s not a place you leave lightly,” says...

“We saw kind of a gap in the Ann Arbor bar scene … we felt like we could bring something new and different,” says Micah Bartelme, owner of the new Nightcap Ann Arbor. The bar, on Main near Liberty in the former...

The New Mix at Maple Village

Jul 12, 2017 | Marketplace |

Maple Village continues to morph from local and regional businesses to something more like Arborland West, with an expanding array of nationally recognized big-box stores behind looming spick-and-span facades. Most recently...

Evans St. Station

Jul 11, 2017 | Dine, Marketplace, Restaurant Reviews |

When I was a kid, our family ate out only two or three times a year–my parents...

A Healthy Food Comeback on Main

Jul 10, 2017 | Marketplace |

“I was that close,” Vivek Dalela says, to opening a home health care...

Brewpub Milestone

Jul 10, 2017 | Marketplace |

In May, Matt and Rene Greff announced that they had sold the Arbor Brewing Company to Livonia-based Farm + Ferment, a family of companies that also includes Bigalora on Washtenaw and in Royal Oak, Bacco Ristorante in Southfield,...

Corvette Crash

Jul 9, 2017 | Community |

For twenty-one years, the retired band director has picked up trash along Huron River Dr. (Up...

Stark Raving MADrigal Singers

Jul 8, 2017 | Event Reviews, Uncategorized |

In the summer of 1970, U-M Gilbert & Sullivan Society director Roger Wertenberger formed a...

A Busy Center Gets a Fix-Up

Jul 8, 2017 | Community |

In an early morning routine, several retirees chat as they log steady miles on treadmills, while...

Rising to the Top

Jul 7, 2017 | Marketplace |

After an eight-month hiatus, Zingerman’s Creamery reopened its Plaza Dr. retail shop at the...

Canadian Corner

Jul 7, 2017 | Marketplace |

“You don’t really see anybody cater to Canadians,” says Joel Northam. He and his...

A Flock of Foodie Openings

Jul 6, 2017 | Marketplace |

It’s been a sweet spring in Saline. The long, loud, and disruptive MDOT Michigan Ave....

Saline Scrap Metal

Jul 6, 2017 | Marketplace |

We received forty-six entries correctly identifying the Fake Ad for Saline Scrap Metal on page 32 of the Spring Community Observer. “Wow, could you please tell me where 2639 N. Michigan Ave. is in Saline?” asked...