The Signal of Liberty
Believing as we do that it is morally wrong to continue our fellow beings in involuntary...
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2021 January
Nightmare at the Psych ER
I lived through a nightmare at the U-M Psychiatric Emergency Room. The pandemic made it worse, but...
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Passionate Prosecutor
“A punishment-oriented approach does not work,” declares Eli Savit, who takes office...
Read MoreSite Closures for Bob Evans and Subway
The Bob Evans restaurant at 3143 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. has closed, and signage has been removed. The location on Carpenter Rd. remains open. Also gone: the Subway in the Courtyard Shops. A sign refers customers to the store at...
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Diane Winner
When Diane Winner, fifty-two, prepared to deadlift 360 pounds at the World Powerlifting Congress...
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Urban Outfitters Moves to Briarwood
In November, Urban Outfitters quietly packed up its trendy clothes, books, and housewares and vacated the ground floor beneath the State Theater it had occupied since 1989. It reemerged as a holiday season pop-up at Briarwood...
Read MorePontiac Trail?
Q. Has Pontiac Trail been secretly renamed? Most of the new street signs, especially near Northside Elementary, display “Pontiac St.” rather than “Pontiac Tr.”A. Google shows the entire street as...
Read MoreSprucing Up Wendy’s on Plymouth Rd.
The Wendy’s in the parking lot of the Courtyard Shops closed in the summer of 2019, and residents have wondered what might go into the space ever since. Recently, a maintenance crew removed the last Wendy’s signs and...
Read MorePointless Brewery & Theatre Closes
Pointless Brewery & Theatre on Packard closed in September. Its website said it did not make financial sense to renew its lease. Improvisation classes and workshops continue online. It is also accepting donations.
Read MoreChuck E. Cheese’s Closes
Chuck E. Cheese’s, the pizza and games parlor that hosted birthday parties for generations of youngsters and their patient parents, closed all its approximately 600 locations early in the pandemic. In June, its parent...
Read MoreBohmey Beauty Opens
Bohmey Beauty, selling nontoxic and “ethically-made” hair, skin, makeup and home items, has opened on the second floor of the Kerrytown Shops. It is the second location for owner Angeline Pratt, whose first shop is...
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Coffee Rebound
The coffee chain, then called Beaner’s, launched with a single store on Grand River Avenue...
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Outdoor Education
During the warm months of the pandemic, my husband and I took walks in different neighborhoods,...
Read MoreWashtenaw’s Election Audit
Hours before his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying his defeat, President Trump claimed that he had actually won in a “landslide.” Even after the riot, seven senators...
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Winter Sports
Michigan football’s dreadful season eclipsed them, the school’s winter sports got off...
Read MoreAroma Arrives
Krishna Nakka and Kiran Rampa first met as undergraduates in India studying computer science then went their separate ways, winding up in places like Singapore, Sydney, Silicon Valley, and New York City.When Nakka met his wife,...
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Shrinking Briarwood
A coveted “anchor” tenant when the mall opened in 1973, the 185,000-square-foot...
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Turning Point
In the first two weeks of the month, the novel coronavirus killed twenty people in Washtenaw...
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Ginger Deli Is Back
For more than two years, Ginger Deli’s canopied patio at Liberty and Division has stood...
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Hot Home Market
Though Matt Dejanovich didn’t sell a single home between March 23 and May 6, the Real Estate...
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