Local Remodeling and Architectural Firms Team Up for LEED Platinum Redesign—NARI Tour April 25-26
by Ken Wachsberger
THERE IS NO higher sustainable honor for a remodeled home than to be certified as LEED Platinum status. Ann Arborites Patricia Harroun, of Cardea Construction Company, and Michael Klement AIA, of Architectural…
EDITORIAL: Using Fees as Backdoor Taxes
THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S proposed $99 million General Fund budget was released ahead of last week’s Ann Arbor City Council meeting. The budget projects that expenses will outstrip revenue, and in what has become a commonplace occurrence,…
Sweetheart Deal: Suspended City Employee Collects Pay for Months and Vests for Retirement
by P.D. Lesko
Download a copy of Ralph Welton's Separation Agreement here.
While City Administrator Steve Powers announced Welton’s “resignation” in Jan. 2015, the Separation Agreement signed by Welton and city HR Director Robyn…
High School Heroes: Battling the Stigma of Mental Illness one Day at a Time
By Stavi Tennenbaum
EVA ROSENFELD, JUNIOR, and co-editor in chief of Community High School’s nationally acclaimed CHS Communicator newspaper, is an avid reader, artist, Neutral Zone Board leader and widely published journalist. A Google…
EDITORIAL: Redevelopment Ready Community
THE MICHIGAN ECONOMIC Development Corporation (MEDC) has a program for Michigan cities called Redevelopment Ready Communities (RRC). It is a voluntary certification offered at no cost to the communities that elect to participate. According…
#YoungProfessional: The PLPD Blues
by Brent McDermott
I’M EMBARRASSED TO drive my car. The bumper has a green streak and prominent dent. The driver’s side door opens up just enough for me to squeeze my small frame into the driver’s seat. And when that door closes, it has…
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Arbor Brewing Company Scrabble Club But Were Afraid to Ask
by Christian Usera
SCRABBLE. THAT’S THE one cryptic (16 point) word I had to go off of when I started this journey. Not knowing what to expect, I enter the Arbor Brewing Company, where I’m greeted by a man with a shaved head with an “OM”…
Congressional Push for “Risk-Sharing” on Defaulted Student Loans Could Cripple WCC
Both Republican and Democratic U.S. Congressional leaders want to see colleges and universities, such Washtenaw Community College, have more skin in the game when it comes to paying for defaulted student loans. Such a policy shift could put…
EDITORIAL: WCC Televised Meetings
WASHTENAW COMMUNITY COLLEGE Board of Trustees President Richard Landau was recently quoted in the media as saying that televised broadcasts of the community college’s Board of Trustee meetings are a “silly” idea and “a product no one has…
Greenhills High School Team To Compete in National Science Bowl Finals in D.C.
by Donna Iadipaolo
A TEAM OF high school students from Ann Arbor recently won the regional competition for the 2015 National Science Bowl® (NSB) and will next compete at the National Finals in Washington D.C. at the end of April.…
