Getting Tested
Getting tested: “No testing kits,” the sign at the Westgate Rite Aid read the January morning...
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2022 February
Lynne and Michael Vestergaard
“Love is lovelier the second time around,” Frank Sinatra crooned. “I totally...
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Imagining an Unarmed Emergency Response
Last April, city council voted unanimously to develop an unarmed safety response program. Mayor...
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Grad Student Guinea Pigs
That was the headline in a recent article in the New Yorker. “Charlie Munger, a Warren...
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International Association of Lawn Parking Attendants
We received 165 entries correctly identifying the Fake Ad for the International Association of...
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Spanish-American War Memorial
January’s I Spy “was so hard!” writes Debbie Onderdonk. It was: Onderdonk was...
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Dingell’s Moving
When Michigan’s new nonpartisan redistricting commission redrew the state’s electoral...
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Covid Just Keeps Coming
The virus celebrated the New Year with the highest local death toll of the pandemic: twenty-two...
Read MoreMichigan Radio?
Q. Michigan Radio now broadcasts from five signals across the Lower Peninsula. Are there plans for additional growth? Is Michigan Radio still managed from Ann Arbor? A. There are no current plans for additional signals. Michigan...
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Fear of 48197
“Who among us has not been disappointed with the Postal Service when our mail was not...
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The Greening of the University
“I think that this is the most audacious plan out there,” says Steve Forrest, co-chair...
Read MoreWhich Wich and Roeda Studio Depart
Which Wich Superior Sandwiches closed on E. Liberty. Franchise owner Manisha Patel told MLive that the closing was driven by staff shortages. —Roeda Studio on S. Main has closed. Founded by artist Carol Roeda and now run...
Read MoreLucky Market’s transformation and a complete overhaul at Sava’s
February marks two years since Lucky Market at Stadium and South Industrial closed. The longtime Kroger site, owned by the Ufer family, has stood empty since then except for football-game-day tailgates.Last fall, developers...
Read MoreBriarwood Gets Torrid
Torrid, a chain familiar to plus-sized shoppers, has come to Briarwood in the JCPenney wing. Torrid features an ‘ever-changing variety of trendy clothing in sizes 10-30, as well as staples like jeans and lingerie....
Read MoreGourmet Cinnamon Rolls Come to Liberty
Cinnaholic, a cinnamon roll franchise, was aiming for a January opening on E. Liberty next to Running Fit. The menu offers more than twenty frosting flavors and “a variety of fresh and decadent toppings,” according...
Read MoreFirehouse Subs Opens on Washtenaw
With more than 1,200 locations nationwide and a dozen in metro Detroit, Firehouse Subs was already a familiar name to many fast-casual diners before it arrived on Washtenaw in January.Inside the restaurant, locals will spot some...
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Trouble in Scio Township
Scio Township differs from Ann Arbor in many ways. It’s less populous, with just over 20,000...
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