THE PROPOSAL THAT Dexter adopt a new Charter and move from a village in the State of Michigan to a city just barely passed on Nov. 5. The vote was a squeaker: 955-814. The new Dexter City Charter calls for non-partisan elections in Section…

by Christian Usera IN AUG. 2014 The Ann Arbor Independent newspaper ran an article which revealed the Ann Arbor Performance Network Theatre (PNT) had lost its “Right to Solicit” licensure. The piece examined the organization’s finances,…

OVER THE PREVIOUS week, there were 76 crimes reported by the AAPD. For the AAPD last week, Saturday was the day on which the most crimes were reported, 36 on that day. The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department reported 45 crimes during…

by P.D. Lesko ANN ARBOR NEWS reporter Ben Freed posted a graphic of Cookie Monster tapping his fingers, then deleted the posting. Once again, the Washtenaw County Clerk finds himself at the center of a debate about handling ballots.…

by P.D. Lesko When asked what WCC President Rose Bellanaca does well, Ruth Hatcher shot back: “I don’t know what she does. She’s got eight vice presidents.” IF RUTH HATCHER has her work cut out for her, she doesn’t seem as though…

With 100 percent of the county's 156 precincts counted, the names in bold are those candidates who've won their respective races. Registered Voters: 290,888 Ballots Cast: 127,425 Voter Turnout: 43.81% …

Governor Michigan - 2562 of 4877 Precincts Reporting - 53% Name Party Votes Vote % Snyder, Rick (i) GOP 854,370 53% Schauer, Mark Dem 730,621 45% Buzuma, Mary Lib 18,225 1%…

DONNA LASINSKI IS on AAPS Superintendent Jeanice Kerr Swift’s Blue Ribbon Advisory commission, a group of parents who meet with Swift monthly to give her feedback and counsel. Lasinski is polite and personable. She’s tough, too, and doesn’t…

IN SALINE, THE race for mayor has been contentious. Just days after Mayor Brian Marl released a statement in which he announced the endorsements of several elected officials, including county commissioners. Challenger Lee Bourgoin shot…

ACCORDING TO A new report titled “Monitoring the Culture of Sustainability at the University of Michigan,” dated Fall 2013, despite being provided with free rides on city buses, fewer than 10 percent of U-M’s 6,431 faculty and 35,846 staff…