2019 August Archives - Ann Arbor Observer

Rethinking the Gateway Garden

Aug 31, 2019 | Community, Featured |

Our Observer “Outside” column often takes us to the U-M’s Matthaei Botanical...

The Online Courthouse

Aug 30, 2019 | Featured, News |

Bob Ciolek’s career has been spent in the courts, first in Taylor and then as administrator...

Q. Why is the section of Traver Rd. that runs past Leslie Park Golf Course not paved?A. Unpaved Ann Arbor roads don’t get paved until adjacent property owners pony up the cost. The city owns the golf course, and it has not...

Project Grow CG

Aug 28, 2019 | Dine, Marketplace |

On any given summer day, gardeners from age twenty to eighty tug weeds from around Brussels...

From Threat to Guru

Aug 27, 2019 | Community, My Town |

When Bob Lutz drove up to the Millcraft Paper Company on Boardwalk, he spotted a red metallic...

Puzzle Palaces

Aug 26, 2019 | Marketplace |

Doyle, twenty-eight, is a graduate of Pioneer, U-M, and MIT, where he earned a master’s in...

International Night at Angell

Aug 25, 2019 | Community, My Neighborhood, Real Estate |

Forty nationalities of kids are represented at Angell Elementary on Ann Arbor’s near east...

LLamas in Ann Arbor

Aug 24, 2019 | Marketplace |

A successful software company and a new jazz club have LLamas in common. Ann Arborite Don Hicks...

Year-round Holidays

Aug 24, 2019 | Marketplace |

Help-yourself bookshelves with appealing titles–Fail Safe, My Mother Was a Neanderthal, The...

Through the Portals

Aug 23, 2019 | Community |

“Gee, I didn’t know a museum could be fun!” one boy of middle school age...

Dress Barn’s Bad Bet

Aug 22, 2019 | Marketplace |

Ayaka, the modern Japanese restaurant on South University, closed suddenly last month shortly after its neighbor, China Gate, announced its own closure. Landlord Hughes Properties opted to give China Gate’s spot to Oasis...

Sweetwaters Grows

Aug 21, 2019 | Business, Marketplace |

Harrah is opening a franchise of the Ann Arbor-based coffee and tea shop in a suburb of Charlotte....

Wags to Wiskers Crosses the Road

Aug 21, 2019 | Marketplace |

Pet supply store Wags to Wiskers has moved from a 3,300 square-foot building at S. Maple and W. Stadium to a spot down the road with nearly double the space: the former home of Great Lakes Cycling. The garage-style interior is...