Of all the things people exaggerate—the size of the fish they caught, the size of their bank account, the size of their … let’s move on—laughter might be the biggest one. We say “LOL” when something is amusing. We send an emoji of someone laughing so hard tears stream down its face every time something tickles our funny bone. Or we say we “died laughing” when that is demonstrably false.
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At a white library desk in Venue, Margaret Poscher is building an empire. Peering into her laptop...
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In Historic Ann Arbor: An Architectural Guide, Susan Wineberg calls it “the first architecturally significant federal building in Ann Arbor.”
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With a custodial sentiment for a 163-year-old building in the heart of downtown, the son of the...
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In 1973, the nascent Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission had a handful of roadside...
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When my brother Laz and I moved from Rochester, New York, to Ann Arbor in July 1973, we knew only...
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No one was expecting a global pandemic in November 2019, when voters passed a twenty-year, $1...
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In Nickels Arcade, an “Ode to the Dandelions” appeared in April on the door of University Flower...
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“Three words I didn’t know when I graduated,” says Chuck Hutchins, who earned his mechanical...
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On April 8, nearly sixty people gathered in the clubhouse of the Chapel Hill condos on Green Rd....
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Last year, Ann Arbor–based Home Point Financial reported a loss of more than $160 million. As...
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As quarantine protocols eased in 2021, Tucker Rossmaessler took a trip that sparked an idea. At...
Read MoreQ. I noticed a lot of green tubes in the small valley on Glazier Way that crosses between Huron Pkwy. and Green Rd. What’s going on? A. That’s the Glazier Hills Nature Area. More than 100 different native plant species have been...
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Thirteen years ago, at a party in New York City, Howard Fishman heard a recording of a woman...
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Morghan Boydston, human services manager for the Washtenaw Office of Community and Economic...
Read MoreA halal burger joint is finding traction next to the Shell gas station at the busy corner of W. Eisenhower and Ann Arbor–Saline Rd. Taystee’s Burgers opened in January, joining locations in Dearborn and Dearborn Heights. Since...
Read More“The concept is working faster than what I anticipated,” enthuses longtime restaurateur Ali Hijazi of the reopening of the Colonnade location of Zamaan Cafe under the full-time care of Iranian-born partner and chef Arash Sharifi...
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In February 2022, the regents voted to build a 1,200-bed dorm on North Campus. Less than ten...
Read MoreThe Great Greek Mediterranean Grill, a growing fast-casual chain, is making its local entrance in a corner retail space fronting Pittsfield’s upscale Uptown Ann Arbor apartment community. May 1 is its “pretty firm” opening date,...
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