Oh Deer! Deer Population Management Public Meeting Scheduled for Feb. 5
ANN ARBOR OFFICIALS want to hear from residents concerning proposals and plans to manage the city’s burgeoning deer population. The public is invited to attend a second deer management public meeting being held by the City of Ann Arbor on…
Ann Arbor Citizens’ Police, Fire and Courts Academy Now Accepting Applications for Participation
CITIZENS OFTEN WISH they had a better way to voice concerns and ask questions about the public safety system. In turn, Ann Arbor police and fire and the 15th District Court members wish the public had a better understanding of the…
Michigan State Police Report on Rosser Shooting Turned Over to County Prosecutor Mackie
On Jan. 16 City Administrator Steve Powers, in response to a request for comment, responded via email: “The Michigan State Police have completed their investigation and it was turned over to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office. Until…
EDITORIAL: Local Politicians and the Truth
YPSILANTI MAYOR PRO Tempore, Lois Richardson, a black woman, was taken to task by unnamed editorialists in The Ann Arbor News—published by MLive Media Group, a company controlled by a team of 23 white executives. Richardson was criticized…
Feb. 11 U-M Poet Lorna Goodison to Receive 4th Annual Shirley Verrett Award
by Eilisha Dermont
CELEBRATED POET Lorna Goodison, a University of Michigan professor of English language and literature and of Afroamerican and African studies, will receive the 4th annual Shirley Verrett Award. The ceremony will take…
State of Michigan Launches Program to Replace Some Driver Responsibility Fees With Community Service
No Proof of Insurance
No Insurance
Drove without Proper License/Endorsement/Vehicle Group Designator
Drove While License Expired
Drove While Unlicensed or License Not Valid
About 168,000 people could perform community service…
The Price of Competition: Pay-to-Play Fees Bench Athletes from Low-Income Families
ANN ARBOR PUBLIC Schools’ audits reveal that each year the district takes in around $750,000 in athletic fees, including pay-to-pay fees. The annual $250 pay-to-play fee is waived for kids who receive reduced price breakfast or lunch.…
Covering Your Nut: Performance Network Theatre Crowdfunds for “Non-production based expenses”
by Christian Usera
THE ANN ARBOR Independent has published two articles regarding Performance Network Theater’s (PNT) beleaguered finances, missing tax filings and the non-profit’s loss of its “Right to Solicit” licensure from the State…
63 Crimes Reported by AAPD Jan 8-Jan. 15, 2015, Including Multiple Home Invasions
DURING THE SECOND week of January, there were six burglaries reported by the AAPD, including three forced entry home invasions. There were three instances of identity theft reported, and one sexual assault. There were six DUIs reported and…
Jan. 26 Arab, Jewish Women Share “Peacemaking” Stories in Film, Panel Discussion at U-M
A film screening and panel discussion of “Refusing to be Enemies: The Zeitouna Story.”
by William Foreman
ON JAN. 26, 2015, the University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women and the Minerva Project is sponsoring a showing…