2025 April Archives - Page 2 of 2

Beyond Boba

Mar 25, 2025 | Dine, Marketplace |

The owners of the former Ding Tea boba shop on E. William have expanded into the neighboring storefront and opened a franchise of Paris Banh Mi.

Leon Makielski’s Midwest Perspective

Mar 25, 2025 | Culture, Event Reviews |

An impressive selection of Makielski’s landscape work can now be seen at the Michigan Art Gallery in Pittsfield Twp. This exhibit and sale, lasting until May, shows sixty-one paintings, almost all of them landscapes, painted en plein air in Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan.

The Tinkerhesses Sell Fourth Ave Birkenstock

Mar 25, 2025 | Marketplace |

Fourth Ave Birkenstock is now Fourth Ave Footwear, with the recent sale of the longtime business to Jeanine LeBrell.

Target: Farmers

Mar 25, 2025 | Environment, Government, News |

At risk are dozens of conservation easements, grants, and farm programs worth hundreds of millions of dollars. In Michigan, 90 percent of USDA funding is allocated to commodity conservation, leaving new farmers and small agricultural businesses particularly vulnerable.

Target: Immigrants

Mar 25, 2025 | Government, News |

At U-M, ICE agents aren’t supposed to enter residence halls or locked class buildings without a warrant, and students are advised to contact the Division of Public Safety & Security if they encounter an agent in a public space. But it’s not clear how much protection the university can provide.

Target: Environment

Mar 25, 2025 | Environment, Government, News |

The Trump administration’s plan to slash payments on research grants has put thousands of U-M jobs at risk. But other local researchers are in even more immediate jeopardy: those who work directly for the federal government, at the EPA or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL).