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"Annapurna" is currently playing from September 18-December 20 at  the Purple Rose Theatre. Located at 137 Park Street, Chelsea, MI, 48118. (Contains partial nudity, adult language and themes) by Christian Usera A MAN LAUGHS…

ACTING EXECUTIVE Director Wayne Workman last week announced nearly $6.8 million in Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) monies to help Michigan’s 92,000 homeless. Washtenaw County is set to receive $310,975 in funding. The county has an…

IN THE FIRST study of its kind, researchers from Washington State University and elsewhere found a 14 percent greater risk of head injuries to cyclists in cities that have bike share programs. Researchers compared head injury data for…

by P.D. Lesko FOODSTAMP RECIPIENTS are not allowed to buy beer or wine with their public food assistance money. So can someone please explain to me why Dr. Rose Bellanca, president of Washtenaw Community College, should use public money…

SHARES OF ESPERION Therapeutics surged in aftermarket trading Wednesday after the company reported positive clinical trial results for its experimental high-cholesterol drug ETC-1002. The company said patients who were treated with…

IN OCTOBER, A year after his state had adopted a right-to-work law, Michigan Education Association President Steve Cook announced that his union had retained 99 percent of its members. That was a surprise. Right-to-work laws are…

NAP INVITES THOSE interested to join in one of these free events. There is no need to pre-register unless otherwise noted. If you have a large group (more than five people) that is interested in attending a volunteer stewardship event,…

by Joel Elconin LAST WEEK THE national media poured into Ann Arbor, Michigan to cover a protest over the recent events surrounding the school’s football team. The mainstream media portrayed the protest as some isolated event based on…

UPDATED:  The newspaper has filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain the names of all the participants at the Vinology event for Wendy Lawson. We have also filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain the name of the…

UNDER STATE ACT 283 of 1909, a local road millage may be levied by the county board without voter approval. The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners has scheduled an Oct. 1 public meeting to hear from voters before the BOC imposes yet…