Saline Celtic Festival Begins July 11—Mastadon Celtic Challenge July 12
SATURDAY JULY 12, 2014 at Mill Pond Park in Saline, just before the opening of Saline Celtic Festival, organizers are looking for participants to tackle a three-mile tough mudder course.
The challenge, which includes obstacles such mud,…
Online News Site DexterUpdate.com “Closing its door.”
FORMER ANNARBOR.COM reporter Lisa Allmendinger announced on June 2 that she was shuttering her online news site DexterUpdate.com. Modeled on Allmendinger’s popular ChelseaUpdate.com news site, DexterUpdate.com wasn’t able to get the…
OP-ED: I Live Without Making Garbage, and You Can Too
by Amy Korst
I LIVE A zero-waste lifestyle—meaning I live without creating trash. This started about four years ago, when my husband and I dreamed up what became known as the Green Garbage Project, a journey where the two of us vowed to…
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Ann Arbor Residents Submitted More Freedom of Information Act Requests Than Local News Media in 2013
by Rob Smith
ACCORDING TO THE City of Ann Arbor’s log of FOIA requests submitted between January 2013 and May 2014 519 FOIA requests were submitted to the Ann Arbor City Clerk’s office. Thirty-three of the 519 requests came from The Ann…
Charity Watchdog Group Gives Humane Society 4-Star Rating
CHARITY NAVIGATOR, AMERICA’S largest and most-utilized independent evaluator of charities, has awarded the Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV) the prestigious 4-star rating for good governance, sound fiscal management and commitment to…
Company Gearing up to Drill for Oil One Mile from the Source of the City’s Water
by Donna Iadipaolo
About one mile from majority of Ann Arbor’s water supply, a Traverse-city based oil company—West Bay Exploration Co—is gearing up to start oil drilling.
Correction: Senator Rebekah Warren took office in November…
EDITORIAL: WCC Graduation Rate
“COUNTY TAXPAYERS PAY $345 per $100,000 in taxable home value to support Washtenaw Community College. In 2012-2013, county taxpayers paid $45.9 million to WCC officials. In return the two-year college’s President Bellanca graduated just…
Crime Report: June 16-25—Vehicle Break-ins, Assaults and Larceny Top Crimes Reported by AAPD
DURING THE WEEK of June 16-June 25, the AAPD reported a total of 75 crimes. In comparison, Dearborn Police, who patrol a city with a population just slightly smaller than Ann Arbor’s (101,000), but which is also home to a U-M campus,…
Treasury Officials Confirm Local Economic Development Entities Divert Public School Funding
by P.D. Lesko
While AAPS Superintendent Dr. Jeanice Kerr Swift publicly challenges Gov. Snyder and legislators over cuts to K-12 funding, local economic development groups siphon away millions of public school dollars through tax…