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by Hugh Gallagher, Pulp Scott McPherson’s "Marvin’s Room" will be presented at 8 pm on Friday and Saturday, May 10-11 and 17-18, and at 2 pm on Sunday, May 12 and 19 at the A2CT Studio Theater, 322 West Ann Street, Ann Arbor. For…

by Nathaniel Cline The U.S. Department of Transportation announced new rules that will put refunds quickly back into air travelers’ pockets for canceled or delayed flights. The agency estimated that the new regulations will save…

by P.D. Lesko County records show Ann Arbor School Board Trustee Ernesto Querijero, through his wife Lisa Querijero, applied for funding from the Washtenaw County Community Priority Fund in 2022. The money, according to the application…

By P.D. Lesko Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputy D'Angelo McWilliams. If Washtenaw County Sheriff's Deputy and alleged rapist D'Angelo McWilliams were a vegetable, he'd be a potato--a very, very hot potato. McWilliams's hiring and…

by P.D. Lesko The 2016 Mental Health and Public Safety Millage was the brainchild of County Commissioner Andy LaBarre (District 7). It was the perfect way to get voters to pony up tens of additional millions for two of the poorest run…

by P.D. Lesko On March 25, 2024, The Ann Arbor Independent submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the County Sheriff's Dept. to obtain a copy of the background check done on Sheriff's Deputy D'Angelo Ladonn McWilliams prior…

by Ann Mullen According to an article in The Michigan Daily on Mar. 29, Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE) reported that three students were served citations by police in Ann Arbor “for trespassing at the 101st Honor…

"the ripple, the wave that carried me home" is at Theatre Nova, 410 West Huron Street, Ann Arbor, through April 14. Visit theatrenova.org for tickets and more info. by Jenn McKee, Pulp A social change agent…

This is a Open Public Plea to the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, specifically, Ann Arbor County Commissioner Yousef Rabhi: There is an expectation of leadership from the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners. At this…

by P.D. Lesko On April 1, I sent an email to County Administrator Greg Dill: Mr Dill,Have Commissioners Lyte and Sanders been invoiced for their 2023 FlexSpending account overspending yet? Could you please post 2024 spendingto…