Ypsilanti and Milan highlight 2013 All-Washtenaw County Boys Basketball...
The Ypsilanti boys basketball team celebrates its district title at Skyline.Daniel Brenner | AnnArbor.com Related: Milan's C.J. Turnage is AnnArbor.com 2013 Washtenaw County Boys Basketball Player of...
View ArticleYpsilanti Police Department seeks to increase volunteer numbers for...
The Ypsilanti Police Department is accepting applications for its 2013 Citizen Police Academy and is hopeful it can increase its number of volunteer service corp members, who conduct neighborhood...
View ArticleFighting to move past tragedy will be vital for many, though difficult
Several years ago the editor of this paper invited me to write a series of columns on the facts of aging. He felt that buried in my eight-plus decades of life I had probably achieved some degree of...
View ArticleEsperanza Spalding fills the Michigan Theater with exceptional jazz
What did you think of the concert? Leave a comment and/or vote in the poll at the end of this post: Esperanza Spalding performs at the Ann Arbor Summer Festival last year. Jazz virtuoso Esperanza...
View ArticleDrowning in outdated electronics? U-M, AAPS to host annual e-waste recycling...
Workers load a pallet full of old TVs during the electronic waste recycling event in 2011 hosted by the University of Michigan and Ann Arbor Public Schools at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor. This...
View ArticleYpsilanti Township's Rolling Hills County Park schedules controlled burn as...
The Natural Area Preservation Unit of the City of Ann Arbor conducts a prescribed controlled burn in the fall of 2011 at Barton Nature Area in Ann Arbor. Joseph Tobianski I AnnArbor.com file photo...
View ArticleIt's official: NHL Winter Classic scheduled for New Year's Day at Michigan...
Jerseys to be worn at the NHL Winter Classic hockey game are shown on display in Detroit, Sunday April 7, 2013. The Winter Classic between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings at Michigan...
View ArticleU-M students leave it on the floor during 30-hour Dance Marathon
After 26 hours, close to 1,000 University of Michigan students were still on their feet Sunday afternoon. They were participating in the 16th annual Dance Marathon in a quest to raise funds for...
View ArticleWill Michigan win the NCAA title?
Can Tim Hardaway Jr., Trey Burke and the rest of the Wolverines win one more?Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com The University of Michigan Wolverines just keep proving their doubters wrong. After...
View ArticleYpsilanti brothers sent to jail in theft of judge's snow blower
Two brothers from Ypsilanti will serve jail time after pleading no contest to stealing a snow blower from the home of a Garden City judge, the Observer & Eccentric reports. Austin and Justin...
View Article4 couch fires but no arrests following Wolverines victory over Syracuse
Firefighters said they put out four separate couch fires in Ann Arbor following the University of Michigan's 61-56 defeat of Syracuse Saturday in a Final Four match at the NCAA tournament. University...
View ArticleAnnual FestiFools parade attracts hundreds for communal 'TimeFoolery'
Jan Onder had lived in Ann Arbor for years but had been unable to attend the FestiFools parade until Sunday. "It's everything I imagined it would be," Onder said. "I just love it." The seventh annual...
View ArticleNina Hauser WSG Gallery exhibit shows the power of an iPhone plus an eye
"Choir of Birches; St. Gaudens Home, Cornish, New Hampshire" by Nina Hauser Nina Hauser’s exhibit “With My iPhone and Eye” marvelously illustrates the principle that the human element remains...
View Article'Far From the Tree' author Andrew Solomon coming to the Michigan League
The new book by National Book Award-winning author Andrew Solomon, "Far From the Tree," landed a pretty glowing critique on the front page of The New York Times Book Review recently - and now he's...
View ArticleYpsilanti master plan process moving forward with drawings of Water Street...
One of Shape Ypsilanti's ideas: Extend River Street into Water Works Park to connect an isolated corner with the rest of the city. Tom Perkins | For AnnArbor.com What do Ypsilanti's residents,...
View ArticleState Court of Appeals upholds Liberty Square decision; final block to...
Overgrowth at Liberty Square pictured in April 2013.Tom Perkins | For AnnArbor.com The five-year legal saga over the fate of Ypsilanti Township’s Liberty Square reached its likely conclusion on March...
View ArticleTensions rise, accusations fly over blighted Ypsilanti Township apartment...
A building at Woodcreek Apartments in Ypsilanti Township remains abandoned as the management and insurance company settle a dispute over the insurance settlement. Tom Perkins | For AnnArbor.com An...
View ArticleProposals for riverfront MichCon site in Ann Arbor include restaurant,...
The MichCon site along the Huron River in Ann Arbor as viewed from the Broadway bridges last May. It's now being eyed by developers for a potential redevelopment project.Ryan J. Stanton |...
View ArticleWashtenaw road commission: Snyder's funding proposal could fix the 'worst...
Road and bridge projects in Washtenaw County that could be completed in two years should Gov. Rick Snyder's $1.6 billion increase to local road projects in Michigan pass the legislature. Bridges are...
View ArticleChild playing with matches accidentally sets mobile home on fire
A child playing with matches accidentally lit a fire that caused thousands of dollars in damage to a mobile home in Saline Township Sunday evening. Saline Area Fire Department Fire Chief Craig Hoeft...
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