The Pink House on Henry St.
What they thought as newlyweds would be their starter house—a charming pastel-pink Victorian with...
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Saline
Question Corner, August 2022
Q. Can you explain Michigan’s rules for ordering wine shipments? A. Michigan’s laws governing alcohol sales are labyrinthine. When the 21st Amendment ended Prohibition in 1933, the state set up a three-tier regulatory system: a...
Read MoreLong Covid
It’s called “Long Covid,” and Smith is a member of a particularly susceptible population. In a new U-M study, one in four women reported symptoms lasting more than ninety days, compared to one in six men. “I didn’t need to be...
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Overdose Deaths Rise Again
As recently as twenty years ago, the county saw only a few heroin deaths a year—mostly older men...
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Election 2022
In overwhelmingly Democratic Ann Arbor, where the mayor and all ten city councilmembers belong to...
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Question Corner, July 2022
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...
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Unemployment Hell
Jennifer Larke’s descent into unemployment hell started in April 2020. Not just because she lost...
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Lonely Dogs
“It was a good time to be a homeless animal,” says Huron Valley Humane Society director Tanya...
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Abortion after Roe
Briere, now retired to California, is speaking of the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that...
Read MoreIn Saline, Eleanor’s Sweets & Sodas, Rock Paper Scissors Junior, and Others Open; Earth Elements Closes
Entering Eleanor’s Sweets & Sodas in downtown Saline, it’s hard to figure out where to look first—at the floor-to-ceiling shelves of rainbow-hued Jelly Bellys, the tidily assorted boxes and bags of candy, or the wall of...
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A Bigger, Busier Ace Hardware
Jim Junga, sporting a cherry-red shirt embossed with the Ace logo, leans on the counter, chatting...
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My Saline Neighborhood
On a brisk spring afternoon, the sonic drumming of a downy woodpecker ricochets over Brecon Park,...
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Trains Made the Town
On July 4, 1841—the day the first train arrived in Dexter—crowds began gathering early in the...
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Pittsfield Replay
In May, Pittsfield voters turned down a renewal and increase in the township’s public safety...
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Watery Washtenaw
“When I drive around, all I see is what used to be here,” says Washtenaw County water...
Read MoreBack to School, Back to Work
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...
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Closing the Broadband Gap
“Eeeeven the speed test is slo-o-ow!” laughs Barb Fuller, her audio delayed and video...
Read MoreTriple A Farm Stops
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...
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Flipping the Aprill Farm
Extraordinary timing, great good luck, creative financing, and two fortuitous phone calls combined...
Read MoreSmall company, big change
Akervall Technologies was sitting pretty. Founded in 2009, the Saline company was named the Best Small Business of the Year in 2019 by Michigan Celebrates Small Businesses, and was growing quickly. Founder Jan Akervall, a head...
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