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WASHTENAW COUNTY Public Health and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System are recently announce plans for a Washtenaw County Dental Clinic, slated to open in January 2015. Washtenaw County Public Health promotes health and works to prevent…

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES across the nation would welcome additional support and assistance in creating appropriate sanctions or interventions with students who are found responsible for sexual misconduct. That was one of the main…

Film and Discussion: Award-Winning Documentary “The Fabulous Ice Age” With Discussion Led By Director Keri Pickett Thursday March 20, 2014: 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm -- Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room Can’t get enough of skating after…

ON MARCH 11 The Ann Arbor Independent published its results of an analysis of almost 14,000 credit card charges made by Washtenaw County employees between 2011 and 2014. That analysis revealed multiple charges for luxury lodging, meals out…

ANN ARBOR’S Performance Network Theatre presents its second annual Dreamcast fundraiser — an evening of entertainment and bidding to support Ann Arbor’s professional theatre. The event begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 11 2014. Tickets cost…

In January, The Indy revealed that UMHS had signed a 5-Year $45M deal with Life Technologies (LIFE), that Dr. Pescovitz held stock in LIFE and served on LIFE’s Board. ON MARCH 17 Dr. Ora Pescovitz sent an email to her system’s faculty…

Democrat Gary Peters is being targeted by the Koch PAC for his support of Obamacare. DEMOCRATS ARE FACING their toughest Michigan Senate fight in two decades. A sour national political climate, a little-known candidate and big…

County Administrator Verna McDaniel says Ann Arbor Commissioners Rabhi and LaBarre asked her to prepare a report that addressed  The Ann Arbor Independent’s March 11 story that documents county employee and elected officials’ stays at Las…

YOU DON’T NEED to wait at the docks for the latest installment of Charles Dickens’s Old Curiosity Shop. But what if your iPhone could recreate the excitement — and convenience — of reading a novel in serial form? Check out a new app…

by Jesse Kohn Dror Burstein is a telescope. To read Netanya, the Israeli author’s new memoir, is to pass inside the Givatayim observatory where Burstein’s grandfather once accompanied him, where the magnified vision of the moon so…