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Washtenaw County Among Agencies That Will Receive a Portion of $6.8M in Michigan State Housing Development Authority Grant
ACTING EXECUTIVE Director Wayne Workman last week announced nearly $6.8 million in Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) monies to help Michigan’s 92,000 homeless.
Washtenaw County is set to receive $310,975 in funding. The county has an…
County Employee Credit Card Records Show Las Vegas Trips, Stays at Luxury Hotels Curtailed
by P.D. Lesko
In 2013, The Ann Arbor Independent published articles detailing county employee stays at Las Vegas casinos, resorts and 4-star hotels at taxpayer expense. Analysis of 3,600 credit card charges made in 2014 show no trips to…
Restaurant Inspections Reveal Even Ann Arbor’s Priciest, Well-Known Eateries Cited By Washtenaw County Health Dept.
IT’S EASY TO conclude that pricey meals and national media coverage might guarantee that a restaurant would be free from the most serious violations of a state’s restaurant health code. In March 2014, New York’s Per Se, with its $310…
Digital First Media, Publisher of “Washtenaw Now,” Weighs Sale of Assets
THE ANN ARBOR Independent reported that the Heritage Media Group, owned by Digital First Media shuttered the A2 Journal and pulled out of the Ann Arbor marketplace shortly after The A2 Indy was launched in October 2013. Out-county…
Main Street Restaurant Health Code Violations Increase Between 2013 and 2014
IN 2013, THE newspaper did a comprehensive look at the restaurant inspection reports for Ann Arbor’s Main Street restaurants. The number of priority violations (violations, such as holding food at improper temperatures, or lack of…
“Road Diet” Concept Popular With Ann Arbor Planners Gets Support of Saline City Council Members
SALINE CITY COUNCIL member Linda TerHaar presented a resolution at the group’s last meeting to ask MDOT to present options for a road diet and other measures to address traffic flow into and out of the community of 8,800. In particular,…
Photo Essay: Heritage Festival—Art
In the fall of 1978, Nathalie “Nat” Edmunds and other members of the Ypsilanti Convention and Visitors Bureau, applied for a grant from the Michigan Department of Commerce to fund a tour guide for Ypsilanti’s historic districts.
Their…
Dawn Farm Announces 41st Anniversary Jamboree
SEPTEMBER IS designated National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month for individuals, families and communities around the country to celebrate recovery. The Dawn Farm Jamboree has been a local celebration of hope, recovery and…
Humane Society of Huron Valley Wins Award for Best Large Animal Shelter in Michigan
THE HUMANE SOCIETY of Huron Valley will be honored by the Michigan Pet Fund Alliance (MPFA) at its statewide “No Kill Conference” in September. The Michigan Pet Fund Alliance is an all-volunteer nonprofit 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable…
Q & A: Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton
Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton talks about recent drug busts in the county jail, the socio-economics of crime in the county and "Orange is the New Black."
SHERIFF JERRY Clayton currently oversees a $22 million corrections budget.…