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THE ANN ARBOR Office of Emergency Management in conjunction with the Washtenaw County Emergency Management Division is accepting applications for the Washtenaw County Community Emergency Response Team training program. The application…

ON AUGUST 6, five of the 92 federal and state cases currently pending in 33 states, related to state law prohibitions on same-sex marriage will hang in the balance in a Cincinnati courtroom. Each side will have 15 minutes to argue their…

IN 2013, THE Saline girls’ cross country team won its 12th consecutive regional title. No doubt several of the Lady Hornets will be on hand to compete in the August 9 Probility 5K run which is being held as a part of the Saline Summerfest.…

“OPEN GYM TIME for drop-in basketball, after school space and programs for tweens, art studio space, open fields for pickup games, outdoor courts for pickleball, educational programming, community spaces, perhaps a community pool — imagine…

THE ANN ARBOR Office of Emergency Management in conjunction with the Washtenaw County Emergency Management Division is accepting applications for the Washtenaw County Community Emergency Response Team training program. The application…

IN THE BEGINNING of June, Referee Julia Owdziej was appointed by Gov. Snyder to the seat vacated by Judge Nancy Francis. It was a political move and has led to not only hard feelings among the candidates who ran to fill the seat, but also…

ACCORDING TO CRIME data reported by the Ann Arbor Police Department, between February 2014 and July 2014, the number of crimes reported per month more than doubled from 204 crimes reported in February to 411 crimes reported in the month of…

by David Alexander WALKING ACROSS A makeshift bridge that straddles Malletts Creek, there’s not much to see in a 2.5-acre section of woods behind 3501 Stone School Road; there is little more than scrub, bushes and trees. But the members…

WHILE THE CITY’S bankers, lawyers, developers, rich and influential poured over $75,000 into the mayoral primary election campaign of Ward 3 Council member Christopher Taylor, the balance of power on City Council hung in the balance of…

SUMI KAILASAPATHY WON re-election to her Ward 1 City Council seat with 57 percent of the vote on Tuesday. She took nothing for granted in her run against Ward 1 neighbor Don Adams, Jr. She went out nightly and knocked on doors, participated…