Election 2022
In overwhelmingly Democratic Ann Arbor, where the mayor and all ten city councilmembers belong to...
Read MoreJun 24, 2022 | Featured, Government, News |
In overwhelmingly Democratic Ann Arbor, where the mayor and all ten city councilmembers belong to...
Read MoreJun 24, 2022 | Community |
Q. “Not infrequently the mail delivery person will stomp across my front yard, and through my garden, to get to the next delivery, next door. Isn’t she/he expected to stay on the sidewalk?” A. A USPS communications specialist...
Read MoreMay 25, 2022 | Featured, Government, News |
Jennifer Larke’s descent into unemployment hell started in April 2020. Not just because she lost...
Read MoreMay 25, 2022 | Community, Nonprofits |
“It was a good time to be a homeless animal,” says Huron Valley Humane Society director Tanya...
Read MoreMay 25, 2022 | Community, Government, Health, Nonprofits |
Briere, now retired to California, is speaking of the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that...
Read MoreIn April, St. Joe’s parent, Trinity Health Michigan, announced that it would consolidate branding...
Read MoreMay 4, 2022 | Marketplace |
Serendipity Books swapped storefronts with Copper Crate Mercantile & Unique Rentals and moved from W. Middle to E. Middle St. at the beginning of this year. The move not only gives Serendipity owner Michelle Tuplin the large...
Read MoreMay 4, 2022 | Dine, Marketplace |
“It’s been beautiful and painful,” Jason Povlich says. In October 2020, Povlich and his wife,...
Read MoreMay 4, 2022 | Community, My Neighborhood |
“It is a surprise even to folks who live in Chelsea,” Jennifer Kundak emails of the forty-five or...
Read MoreOn July 4, 1841—the day the first train arrived in Dexter—crowds began gathering early in the...
Read MoreOct 1, 2021 | Community |
“When I drive around, all I see is what used to be here,” says Washtenaw County water...
Read MoreAug 7, 2021 | Community, Environment, Government |
Nine Southeast Michigan land conservancies won the funds through the Lake Erie Conservation...
Read MoreJun 17, 2021 | Community |
The halls of a community college are filled with a sense of urgency. Whether it’s rushing to make it to class before getting marked late or hurrying out the door just in time for work, the atmosphere is filled with hard...
Read More“Eeeeven the speed test is slo-o-ow!” laughs Barb Fuller, her audio delayed and video...
Read MoreFeb 18, 2021 | Marketplace |
Manchester’s food horizons are looking a bit brighter. An indoor farmers market, conceived as a response to the closing of the village’s only grocery store in early 2019, is up and running in a shoebox storefront. By...
Read MoreExtraordinary timing, great good luck, creative financing, and two fortuitous phone calls combined...
Read MoreApr 20, 2020 | Marketplace |
After a decade downtown, Bill Harris will close Just Imagine–his book, toy, and musical instrument store on Chelsea’s W. Middle St.–at the end of March and retire. “My wife and I have plans to finally do...
Read MoreApr 18, 2020 | Community |
Under threatening skies, dozens of wandering geese in Saline’s Mill Pond Park erupted into...
Read MoreApr 15, 2020 | Community |
“Gordon Hall is a house we all love. Many, many generous donors are helping to restore it...
Read MoreApr 13, 2020 | Marketplace |
Jason Povlich–owner of Chelsea’s Jet’s Pizza and music venue the Rumpus Room–says he plans to open the Grateful Crow restaurant in the Clocktower Complex this spring. The restaurant, in the space Chelsea...
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