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WARD 5 COUNCIL member Chuck Warpehoski is facing questions from both the public, as well as his Council colleagues concerning his open support of the AAATA’s May 6 transit millage ballot proposal. The Council member’s wife, Nancy Shore, is…

Since the 2010 outsourcing by City Council of the city’s composting program to WeCare Organics, a company based in New York, the per cubic yard price of compost has risen from $10-$12 to $18-$20 per cubic yard. The Charter Township of…

A UK campaign titled Let Books Be Books has received the support of authors, a newspaper, and bookseller Waterstones. More than 4,000 people have signed the group’s Charge.og petition. A UK CAMPAIGN titled Let Books Be Books has received…

A quick drive up many of Ann Arbor’s busy roads such as Miller Road, Pontiac Trail, Newport, and Maple, and it’s easy to spot the veggie gardens, some in front yards just feet from the edges of the streets, others in backyards, slightly…

THE PRESIDENT OF the Ann Arbor District Library’s Board of Trustees is Prue Rosenthal. At a 2013 board meeting, a member of the public urged the AADL trustees to be more open and transparent, “asking them to allow the public to attend…

by P.D. Lesko BY NOW, MIDDLE-CLASS Democrats and independents all over the state of Michigan are reeling from the consequences of voting (or not) for a gubernatorial candidate who ran a campaign that, in essence, was short on substance…

DR. MARY SUE Coleman has been asking Governor Rick Snyder for additional funding with admirable tenacity. He is proposing an $80.3 million dollar increase. Dr. Coleman undoubtedly hopes that the University of Michigan will receive a large…

“THE TYPICAL development for extremely low-income housing is trending up toward $200,000 per unit. That’s a lot of bills,” says Jill Severn, a board member at Panza, a nonprofit organization that sponsors another tiny-house project called…

by Jill Richardson IT’S FAIR TO assume that fishermen in Cape Cod usually fish for, well, cod. For centuries, cod were so numerous that they gave the region its name. But that’s not true any more. Fisherman Greg Walinski has fished…

THE WORLD BANK issued a warning concerning a predicted sharp rise in global food prices. As a result, food sellers have been making concerted efforts to pass along the rising cost of ingredients to consumers. In the Wall Street Journal, it…