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by Donna Iadipaolo WHAT CAN GET hundreds of Ann Arbor kids in the summer to relax and revel in playing a musical instrument while also making friends with other musically inclined youth? None other than the Ann Arbor Public School’s…

"I am running for Mayor of Ann Arbor because it is time for new leadership, new knowledge, skills and abilities to leverage the economic growth ahead of us into improved city services for all residents."—Sally Hart Petersen POTENTIAL…

by P.D. Lesko THE PRESIDENT OF Washtenaw Community College describes the faculty’s no confidence vote in her leadership as akin to being hit with a sledge hammer. The reasons for the no confidence vote surround Dr. Rose Bellanca’s…

by Marjorie Winkelman Srebrenica, July 1995: More than 8000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were massacred by Serbian forces in what is often referred to as the worst mass murder on European soil since World War II. The Hague, July…

MICHAEL WOODYARD is either Gandalf or Saruman, it just depends on whom you ask. He challenged Judge Timothy Connors for his seat on the 22nd Circuit Court last year, a seat Connors has either warmed, or filled admirably, depending on whom…

Christopher Taylor:  Campaigning as “collaborative”: Four current Council members endorsed against him. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: U-M employs Taylor’s wife, Eva Rosenwald, full-time. Accepted $4,000 campaign donation from U-M…

SUE MCCORMICK’S woes started with former Ann Arbor Chief of Police Barnett Jones. In January 2013, the Detroit Free Press caught Jones serving as both the full-time Chief of Police in Flint, Mich. and head of McCormick’s department of…

TRACY VAN DEN Bergh comes into Sweetwater’s in Kerrytown a bit before 10 a.m. on a Saturday. She’s holding an empty iced coffee and looks casually caffeinated. She’s 44- years-old, and wears her age well. Considering she’s competing in a…

by David Alexander Juvenile Justice Part III: Washtenaw County— County Prosecutor Brian Mackie Talks About The Prosecution of Teenagers as Adults Over the past 30 months, in Washtenaw County, 12 of 1,353 juveniles were charged as…

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS recently filed suit against the University of Michigan Board of Regents for allegedly violating the state’s Open Meetings Act statute. The allegations are based on analyses of over a year’s worth of votes taken by the…