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Between Feb. and July Number of Crimes Reported by Sheriff Almost Tripled
ACCORDING TO CRIME data reported by the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department, between February 2014 and July 2014, the number of crimes reported per month almost tripled, rising from 141 crimes reported in February to 404 crimes reported…
Benton Harbor, Mich. Schools Latest Targeted by State for Emergency Takeover
“AN INDEPENDENT review team concludes that a financial emergency exists in the Benton Harbor Area Schools under the provisions created by Public Act 436 of 2012,” states a press release from Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s office.
Five…
Washtenaw County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program Accepting Applications
THE ANN ARBOR Office of Emergency Management in conjunction with the Washtenaw County Emergency Management Division is accepting applications for the Washtenaw County Community Emergency Response Team training program. The application…
Washtenaw County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program Accepting Applications
THE ANN ARBOR Office of Emergency Management in conjunction with the Washtenaw County Emergency Management Division is accepting applications for the Washtenaw County Community Emergency Response Team training program. The application…
EDITORIAL: Trial Court Opening— “We’re Not Accepting Applications”
IN THE BEGINNING of June, Referee Julia Owdziej was appointed by Gov. Snyder to the seat vacated by Judge Nancy Francis. It was a political move and has led to not only hard feelings among the candidates who ran to fill the seat, but also…
Homeless Advocacy: $50-60K Yearly in Public Funding per Homeless Individual
by David Alexander
WALKING ACROSS A makeshift bridge that straddles Malletts Creek, there’s not much to see in a 2.5-acre section of woods behind 3501 Stone School Road; there is little more than scrub, bushes and trees. But the members…
Conlin/Liem and Owdzeij/Van den Bergh to Square off in 22nd Circuit Court Races
by Sean Sullivan
THE WASHTENAW TRIAL Court primary elections provided few surprises to those in the local legal community. On August 5, voters selected lawyers Patrick Conlin and Veronique Liem to compete in November for the Circuit Court…
Q & A: Washtenaw County Probate Court Candidate Tracy Van den Bergh
TRACY VAN DEN Bergh comes into Sweetwater’s in Kerrytown a bit before 10 a.m. on a Saturday. She’s holding an empty iced coffee and looks casually caffeinated. She’s 44- years-old, and wears her age well. Considering she’s competing in a…
State’s June Unemployment Rate Fourth Highest in U.S.—Ann Arbor Has Lost 20 Percent of IT Jobs
MICHIGAN’S seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in June was unchanged over the month at 7.5 percent, according to data released on July 16 by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB). Total employment declined…
Q & A: Washtenaw County Trial Court Candidate Pat Conlin
by P.D. Lesko
PAT CONLIN HAS pink eye. It couldn’t have come at a more inopportune moment. A candidate running for office naturally wants to shake hands. He can’t. Pink eye is devilishly contagious and he wants to make sure he doesn’t…