by Ari LeVaux Morel mushrooms are the stuff of legend and fantasy. Scattered upon the ground, they look like a little tribe of forest gnomes with magical powers, like beings from a game of Dungeons and Dragons. They taste like an earthy…

by Ryan Bentley An upcoming study is expected to gauge the potential for successful passenger train service along the rail corridor between Northern Michigan and Ann Arbor which could begin summer weekend passenger service as early…

by Steve Innes Gov. Rick Snyder recently announced appointments to the new Michigan Council on Future Mobility. Among the appointees was Ryan Eustice, of Ann Arbor. Eustice is vice president of autonomous driving for Toyota Research…

Bob Rorke is a member of AAPS Superintendent Dr. Jeanice Kerr Swift's Blue Ribbon Commission. He is a former member of the Board of Education who stepped down in 2003. Rorke is concerned about the proposed annexation of the Whitmore Lake…

by Lisa Dilg Anthem Insurance is latest corporation to be hacked Tens of millions of Americans could be victims of the latest corporate data breach, this one at Anthem Insurance. Unknown hackers apparently stole personal identifying…

FROM CANNING to needlepoint, the Ann Arbor Reskilling Festival will offer classes that teach skills once passed on as a matter of survival. The event is scheduled for Sept. 25 and will take place from 6-9 p.m. at The Yellow Barn. The venue…

IN HIS EARLY2014 presentation to City Council and the public, Ann Arbor Police Chief John Seto reported that Part I crime in Ann Arbor was down over the previous year. While the report included numbers for burglaries and larcenies, it did…

The Ann Arbor Independent’s Editorial Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Megan Blackshear as our newest member. Ms. Blackshear, a local business owner who, along with husband Peter, owns the independent bookstore Bookbound,…

“DETROIT IS NOT some dying city that nobody wants to be in,” says Eric Oberg, trail development manager in the Midwest Regional Office of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC). “That’s not the narrative on the ground there. We can’t say that…

WASHTENAW COUNTY Public Health and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System are recently announce plans for a Washtenaw County Dental Clinic, slated to open in January 2015. Washtenaw County Public Health promotes health and works to prevent…