Death made me confront aging. Three years ago my wife, Sandy, was killed in a one-car auto accident. I have since learned about grief, frustration, mercy, listening, honor, truth, crying. Most of all, caring. Our seven grown...
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It’s a story too often told: a U-M student was critically injured in January crossing E....
Read MoreVosenna, the indie makeup store in Lamp Post Plaza, closed in mid-May. Owner Elizabeth Devos told us that, after a personal loss, she decided to accept a job in her hometown: El Paso, Texas. She plans to continue the business...
Read MoreChina Gate is closing after thirty-two years at South University and Church St. Oasis Grill, whose current location on South University and near East University is in the demolition zone for a newly announced thirteen-story high...
Read MoreQ. Why were waterless urinals used for only a short while at the Michigan League?A. While waterless urinals are reducing water usage around the world, the technology is new and there have been issues. A U-M spokesperson emailed...
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In May, the faded sign along Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. still read Lodi Food Mart. “This is an...
Read MoreThe “clothing” part of Vahan’s Clothing & Tailoring has closed after fifty-two years. Owner Vahan Basmajian says he felt it was time to close his retail shop, which sold primarily men’s suits and...
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“It’s like having our own store, but we don’t have to pay anything,” says...
Read More“I think this might be the first Sunday in twenty-three years that I haven’t gotten up at midnight to start baking bread,” says Thom Byrd. He and his wife, Sandy Niethammer, owners of Ed’s Bread since...
Read MoreThe Brown Basset dog bakery, which opened last summer, closed its brick-and-mortar location in April, but owners Staci and John Tripolsky will launch a mobile version of the business in late June. “We realized...
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The man at Home Depot looked familiar. The goat, not so much. “It was around ten a.m. on...
Read MoreAdvantage Sports closed in mid-May due to “lack of business,” says Scott Schmunk. He and Mike Charles opened the W. Stadium store in 2011. Advantage was the last independent sports retailer in the area, and Schmunk...
Read MoreLaura Scriven is moving from South Korea to Chelsea and will open Culture Creations this summer in Global Marketplace’s former space on Main St. She says the gift shop will feature “imports with a conscience.”...
Read MoreHome brewers Brian and Deb Schroeder are hoping to open their “nanobrewery,” Erratic Ale Co., this fall. The couple was originally planning on a late summer opening but, says Brian, “we just had some zoning...
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After more than twenty years on Main St., Cafe Felix has closed. Founder Felix Landrum moved to South Carolina to start another restaurant in 2017. Though Landrum co-owned Cafe Felix with his father and brothers, the traditional...
Read More“I’m ready for my new chapter,” says Vicki Honeyman, owner of the Heavenly Metal boutique in Kerrytown. The store will close, after sixteen years, on June 30. Honeyman opened it in 2003 after fifteen years...
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Grasshoppers have a superpower: jumping. If humans jumped as far relative to our size, we could...
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The first floor of Chelsea’s long-vacant Mack Building will be reborn this summer as...
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Classically trained, college educated, and well on their way toward careers as professional...
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