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by P.D. Lesko YOU PROBABLY DON’T know it, but sitting through a candidate forum in Ann Arbor is like watching paint dry. The same 50-60 people (many of whom are candidates in other races, office holders, political appointees or people…

IT’S JUNE AND outdoor and cultural events await those ready and willing to participate. The following events are open to all. Always call ahead of time to make sure a scheduled event has not been postponed or canceled. Ann Arbor Farmers…

IN HIS EARLY 2014 presentation to City Council and the public, Ann Arbor Police Chief John Seto reported that Part I crime in Ann Arbor was down over the previous year. While the report included numbers for burglaries and larcenies, it did…

Please note: Kai Petainen is a member of The Ann Arbor Independent’s Editorial Board by P.D. Lesko ANN ARBOR SPARK is once again under fire for discrepancies in its job creation claims. Forbes.com writer Kai Petainen uncovered a…

by Mary Giliberti IMAGINE FILLING OUT college applications with your child one day and then watching him or her be admitted to a psychiatric hospital the next. That was reality for National Alliance of Mental Illness member Dawn Brown,…

by Andy Balaskovitz Midwest Energy News—IN LESS THAN two weeks, staff from the Michigan Public Service Commission will issue a draft report on how the state’s two largest investor-owned utilities could improve solar options for their…

A walk down the refrigerator aisle today looks a lot different than it would have 50 years ago.  by Lauren Rothman REMEMBER THE DAYS when the standard accompaniment to a moist chocolate chip cookie was a cold, tall glass of milk? That…

IT’S JUNE AND outdoor and cultural events await those ready and willing to participate. The following events are open to all. Always call ahead of time to make sure a scheduled event has not been postponed or canceled. Ann Arbor Farmers…

CASA LATINA, Washtenaw County’s first and only Latino community center, has appointed a new, volunteer executive director after a lack of funding prompted the organization’s founding executive director to temporarily step down. The move…

by John Schneider I’LL KEEP MY college commencement speech brief. Dear graduates: Quit whining about your debts. You’re smart people. You were aware of the options. You made the calculation that an education was worth the financial…