Heritage Festival a family affair for many residents, visitors
The 34th annual Ypsilanti Heritage Festival celebrated everything Ypsilanti Saturday morning with the annual parade beginning at 10 a.m in Riverside Park. High school marching bands, members of the...
View ArticleNeutral Zone board elects new president
University of Michigan graduate Tara Mahoney has been elected president of the board of directors for Ann Arbor's Neutral Zone, reported the Ann Arbor Journal. According to the journal, Mahoney has...
View ArticleToday is the last day of Heritage Fest; enjoy local cuisine with 'Chefs in...
FESTIVAL The Ypsilanti Heritage Festival returns to Riverside Park this weekend. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. The event event brings together a punk Elvis tribute band, home and garden tours, beer, a powwow,...
View ArticleAnn Arbor crosswalk where bicyclist was hit will be moved, have signals...
A map showing the location of all bicycle and pedestrian crashes involving cars in 2011 in Ann Arbor. Bicycle crashes are marked in blue, pedestrian crashes are marked in green.Courtesy of WATS The...
View ArticleYpsilanti police ask residents to stay alert as home invasions increase this...
When Kimberly Wilcox returned from work to her Normal Park neighborhood home in Ypsilanti, she was horrified at what she discovered. Her house, which is at a busy intersection near Estabrook...
View ArticleDeveloper renovates historic South State Street building; looks to build...
The historic Ann Arbor building that houses Sava’s Restaurant on South State Street recently underwent a major transformation. Building owner Howard Frehsee renovated the 4,120-square-foot upper level...
View ArticleLooking for an apartment? Rental market in Ann Arbor 'extremely tight'
Ann Arbor resident Aspen Davis carries a desk chair past a pile of free items stacked outside her apartment on Friday morning. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.comWhen Lauren Goldstein found out in June...
View ArticleRejoice Clothing Store is the latest business to open in Ypsilanti's Depot...
Terry and Dorothy Blackmon stand outside their new store at 50 E. Cross St.Jeffrey Smith | AnnArbor.com Rejoice Clothing Store is the second clothing store to open in Depot Town within the last month,...
View ArticleStop selling at me - five failures at a networking event
This is not a good networking style Photo by Marshal Hedin Repeat after me: Networking is not selling. If I ever do decide to create a networking event, I may have that posted over the entrance and...
View ArticleNo one injured as elderly motorist swerves off Stadium Boulevard
Police believe a medical condition caused the driver of this Lincoln sedan to veer off the road Sunday morning. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.comAn 88 year-old Ann Arbor resident was taken to the...
View ArticleYpsilanti DDA director receives $2,500 after favorable review
The Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Tim Colbeck will receive a one-time payment following a favorable annual performance review. Tim Colbeck The DDA Board of Directors...
View ArticleThe Optical Shop opens in Scio Township Meijer
Those on the west side of Ann Arbor now can pick up a pair of prescription glasses along with their gallon of milk and loaf of bread. The Optical Shop has opened an eyecare center in the lone vacant...
View ArticleJudge orders cleanup of Ypsilanti Township home with 13 inhabitants, raw...
Ypsilanti Township officials say 13 people were living in a home on Rambling Road.Tom Perkins | For AnnArbor.com A judge has ordered an Ypsilanti Township home vacated, boarded and secured after a...
View ArticleCanton woman active in Ann Arbor charities to compete for Mrs. America
A Canton woman active in charity projects for C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and Ronald McDonald House who is also working on an anti-bullying video for an Ann Arbor-based television program will...
View ArticleFiat, Food Gatherers site plans on Ann Arbor Planning Commission's agenda...
Ann Arbor City Planning Commission will consider three requests for business developments at its meeting Tuesday night, including a site plan for a new Fiat showroom on West Stadium Boulevard and...
View Article'Meatless Mondays' coming to Ann Arbor's 21 elementary schools this fall
Beef may be what's for dinner, but it's no longer for school lunch — at least on Mondays. This fall, Ann Arbor Public Schools elementary pupils will join the ranks of celebrities like Oprah, Jessica...
View ArticleRents of the Big Ten: Ann Arbor luxury student housing market among most...
The new Landmark luxury apartments high-riseMelanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com Sweeping views of the city, ultra-modern gathering spaces, in-house theaters, flat screens your parents would envy and...
View Article$22 million wireless communication car project to kick off Tuesday in Ann...
A 'VAD', or vehicle awareness device, is installed for the Safety Pilot program Friday afternoon at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.Jeffrey Smith | AnnArbor.comA much...
View ArticleWoman punches gun-wielding attacker
A woman fought off a gun-wielding man who tried to force her to take him somewhere in a car Sunday evening, Ypsilanti police said. The woman told police a man came up to her and pointed a gun at her...
View ArticlePolice: Ann Arbor man hit roommate with sledgehammer over missing marijuana
After discovering his marijuana was missing, 45-year-old Ann Arbor man assaulted his roommate the man with a sledgehammer, police said. Ann Arbor police Lt. Renee Bush said officers responded at 1:10...
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