Recycling Drop-Off Station Provides Five Additional Summer Hours Through August
Recycle Ann Arbor recently announced that during summer 2014, the Drop-Off Station (DOS) will expand its operation days to also be open on Mondays, 8:30am-1:30pm. The Drop-Off Station is regularly open Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30am – 6:30pm,…
Over 1,000 Potholes Reported to City—Residents Can Seek Reimbursement for Damage to Vehicles
IN THE JUNE 2014 issue of The Ann Arbor Observer, writer Jan Schlain reports, “So drivers will be hitting this year’s bumper crop of potholes for a while. They just shouldn’t expect any compensation from the city when they do so.” Ward 2…
CULTURE VULTURE: An Interview With Kodi Scheer—The Fragile Nature of Life
Kodi Scheer is a talented storyteller with a gift for writing untraditionally about the fragile nature of life. The stories in her debut collection, Incendiary Girls, are shocking, heartbreaking, humorous, and delicate. None of them is…
U-M President Stonewalls Public & Faculty Whistle Blowers About Secret Administrative Pay Doled Out
by Donna Iadipaolo
The Chronicle of Higher Education published information provided by a group of U-M tenured faculty that exposed millions in secret incentive and bonus pay given to top-level administrators. Faculty call for dialogue;…
Researchers Find That Risk of Divorce Among Older Couples Rises When Wife Becomes Seriously Ill
IN THE CLASSIC marriage vow, couples promise to stay together in sickness and in health. But a new study finds that the risk of divorce among older married couples rises when the wife—but not the husband—becomes seriously ill.
“Married…
OP-ED: Why All The Political Hand-Wringing and Fuss Over Gen Y?
By P.D. Lesko
LOOKING FOR WHAT is called a reliable voter? Look for a white woman aged 70 and above (a Baby Boomer), according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Looking for the least reliable voter on whom a candidate should think twice about…
New Study: Your Brain on Speed—You Actually Can Walk and Chew Gum
WHEN WE’RE STROLLING down memory lane, our brains recall just as much information while walking as while standing still—findings that contradict the popular science notion that walking hinders one’s ability to think.
University of…
EDITORIAL: We All Pay Dearly For Voter Apathy
THE CITY’S ROADS are a wreck despite an additional millage dedicated to street repair that generates between $8-11 million annually. Our city’s water and sewer infrastructures have been allowed to crumble, with large portions of those…
Over 1,800 Elementary Students Participate in the 12th Annual Science Olympiad—the Largest Number Competing in Any U.S. School District
by Donna Iadipaolo
Please note: Donna Iadipaolo has volunteered as a Science Olympiad coach every year for the past four years.
THE LARGEST SCIENCE Olympiad in the nation occurs each year in Ann Arbor thanks to the efforts of…
After Four Years, Heritage Media Closes A2 Journal, Pulls Out of Ann Arbor, & Launches New Weekly Publication Titled Washtenaw Now
by P.D. Lesko
Please note: This piece was corrected to reflect the fact that the A2 Journal published on Thursdays only. We apologize for the error.
IN 2009, AFTER Advance Publications shuttered the former Ann Arbor News, Heritage…