Ann Arbor YMCA Offers Chronic Disease Prevention & Management
THIS FALL, THE Ann Arbor YMCA will offer an expanded schedule of Chronic Disease Prevention and Management programs, including: Livestrong® at the YMCA, Enhance®Fitness, Pedaling for Parkinson’s and the YMCA’s Diabetes Prevention Program.…
Ann Arbor Greenbelt Bus Tour Planned for Oct. 4
ANN ARBOR OFFICIALS invite those interested to climb aboard a luxury motor coach for a tour of the Greenbelt Program’s protected farm and open-space properties The tour is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 4 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is…
WCC Trustees Down to the Wire in Decision Whether to Extend Contract of Embattled Community College President
Since the controversial dismissal of Washtenaw Community College’s VP of Instruction, Dr. Stuart Blacklaw, the college’s president, hired in 2011, has found herself at war with her own faculty over governance, transparency and an…
OP-ED: Our Bees are in Trouble
by Melissa Sklar
OUR BEES ARE in trouble. Widespread reports claim that we have lost a third of our global bee population and other pollinators like the Monarch are rapidly disappearing. When I started my awareness raising group in April…
Main Street Restaurant Health Code Violations Increase Between 2013 and 2014
IN 2013, THE newspaper did a comprehensive look at the restaurant inspection reports for Ann Arbor’s Main Street restaurants. The number of priority violations (violations, such as holding food at improper temperatures, or lack of…
Two-Thirds of County’s National Merit Scholars Attend AAPS
LAST WEEK THE National Merit Scholar Corporation announced that about 16,000 U.S. high school students had been named semifinalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship competition.
In Washtenaw County, 93 students were named…
Washtenaw Food Policy Council Plans to Present Policy Agenda to Washtenaw BOC Sept. 18
The Washtenaw Food Policy Council (WFPC), the County appointed food policy group, recently approved a 23 point agenda, aggressively prioritizing support for a viable, economical, and sustainable local food system. The policy agenda…
New Study: Print Newspaper Readers Recall More Than Online Readers
Readers abandoning print newspapers in favor of online news may want to consider the effect it’s having. A study conducted by a researcher at the University of Houston (UH) finds those who read printed news publications read more news and…
A2POLITICO: Biting the Hand That’s Under the Impression It’s Feeding You
By P.D. Lesko
THE EMAILS WERE clear: the PR rep. at Washtenaw Community College was not amused that The Ann Arbor Independent published an article about Dr. Gus Demas, a $500/day consultant hired by the college’s president. The college’s…
Ann Arbor Reskilling Mini Harvest Festival Set for Sept. 25
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…