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Osgood Perkins' ’90s-set horror movie disturbs more over time than it does in the moment, getting scary once its singularly Satanic boogeyman embeds in your head. by Peter Debruge Now here’s a first: Apart from the pale-faced freak…

SPOTLIGHT: The Sheriff’s Race & The Mental Health Millage The Ann Arbor Independent's exclusive July 2024 print newsletter is on it's way to around 75,000 mailboxes. Scroll down to read the print newsletter in PDF format using the…

by P.D. Lesko The complaints are ubiquitous in cities large and small: campaign yard signs go missing. For candidates, missing signs are more than just an inconvenience. Signs are costly, plus the cost of the sign wires. Lima Twp. is a…

by P.D. Lesko Officials at the office of the Michigan Attorney General and officials at LARA, the Michigan Bureau of Professional Licensing, have confirmed that the complaint filed by a licensed social worker in May 2024 against Sheriff…

by Jonathan Strong One of the most common tools for firefighting has been under intense scrutiny in recent years. Aqueous Film-Forming Foam is increasingly associated with cancers, immune system dysfunction, and reproductive problems.…

by Ari LeVaux Sometime in the mid-1990s, after a lifetime of servitude to the shriveled heads of garlic that I would bring home from the supermarket, I finally declared myself independent. As a cook and a garlic lover, I would no longer…

by Michaela Johnson Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06), along with the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority (TheRide) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced Ann Arbor will receive $25,000,000 to buy new…

Originally intended for streaming, Greg Berlanti's Apollo 11 crowd-pleaser is the rare 21st-century rom-com to boast the brains and heart to support repeat viewing. by Petwer Debruge Trailers make “Fly Me to the Moon” look cute at…

by P.D. Lesko In 2021, a gunman walked into Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and murdered 11 congregants, wounding six others. In 2023, a Michigan man was arrested by the FBI for plotting to gun down members of East Lansing's…

by P.D. Lesko Ken Magee, candidate for County Sheriff, is clean, squeaky clean. In his more than 30-year career as a front line police officer, DEA agent and Chief of Police at the University of Michigan, Magee has never been…