3/7/24 Correction: AADL Board President Molly Kleinman resigned from the Ann Arbor Transportation Commission on February 28, 2024. by P.D. Lesko In the final years that former AADL Director Josie Parker captained the ship, Annual…

In 1953, the Friends of the Ann Arbor District Library (FAADL) shared a historical moment alongside Ernest Hemingway. The library’s volunteer organization became a nonprofit the same month Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature for…

Correction: Jennifer Goulet did not found the WonderFool Productions. She was the organization's Executive Director. by Stephanie McIntyre The foolish fun kicks off with a “Month of Making” – March is full of workshops and…

Incumbent president Jim Leija and newcomers Aidan Sova and Catherine Hadley — are running as a slate with a coordinated campaign, and a combined website. The three other candidates are Sara Duvall, Sherrie Kossoudji and John…

by P.D. Lesko Democrat Elizabeth Nelson was elected to represent Ward 4 on Ann Arbor City Council in 2018. After her election, she began publishing a chart of Council meeting votes and publishing a newsletter. In her time in office,…

by Sam Killian In May, the Ypsilanti District Library’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to eliminate most fines after receiving recommendations from the library’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) team. According to EDI…

by Jenn McKee Former University of Michigan All American wide receiver and NFL Pro Bowler Braylon Edwards has a reputation for being outspoken, to say the least. But even so, he had to warm up to the idea of writing Doing…

by P.D. Lesko ON DEC. 18, The Ann Arbor Independent turned to the National Freedom of Information Coalition and the Knight Foundation’s FOI Fund for financial support to fund an open records lawsuit against the City of Ann Arbor and the…

by P.D. Lesko A Washtenaw County employee told City Council in January 2014 that Ann Arbor’s homeless men, women, children and families could use a variety of public buildings during the day to escape temps. that plummeted to -20F. One…

JOSIE PARKER HAS been the Executive Director of the Ann Arbor District Library system for a dozen years. A native of Mississippi, she earned a BA in English from Auburn University. She holds a Masters in Information and Library Studies from…