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Question Corner | January 2025
A bit of Ann Arbor history behind the Bell's Diner sign.
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Moni Strouss
A century of memories
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November 2024 Home Sales
A Failed Flip, A2 Intenders, and a Cottage on N. Main
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Keeping Warm
For Mary Stewart, Warm the Children is a family legacy.
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Paper Cut
Is the Ann Arbor News abandoning print?
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Plowing the Neighborhoods
A private contractor will speed clearing in heavy snowfalls.
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Parting Gift
How Jerry Clayton cleaned up sheriff's towing contract.
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Magic Mushrooms
“From the early studies, what we have seen is that psilocybin, in a good dose, seems to help people with depression,” says U-M psychiatry prof Avinash Hosanagar.
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A revived state law could upend the restaurant business.
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January 2025 Marketplace Closings
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From Thailand to Arbor Square Plaza
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Event Review: The Sun Will Come Out to Dexter
Annie at the Encore
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The Birth of Cinema Guild
Before VHS tapes, DVDs, and streaming, the U-M's student film societies created one of the most robust film cultures in the nation.
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A Better School Board?
Three new members, fewer personal agendas.
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