Ann Arbor News

IT’S JUNE AND outdoor and cultural events await those ready and willing to participate. The following events are open to all. Always call ahead of time to make sure a scheduled event has not been postponed or canceled. Ann Arbor Farmers…

IN HIS EARLY 2014 presentation to City Council and the public, Ann Arbor Police Chief John Seto reported that Part I crime in Ann Arbor was down over the previous year. While the report included numbers for burglaries and larcenies, it did…

Please note: Kai Petainen is a member of The Ann Arbor Independent’s Editorial Board by P.D. Lesko ANN ARBOR SPARK is once again under fire for discrepancies in its job creation claims. Forbes.com writer Kai Petainen uncovered a…

IT’S JUNE AND outdoor and cultural events await those ready and willing to participate. The following events are open to all. Always call ahead of time to make sure a scheduled event has not been postponed or canceled. Ann Arbor Farmers…

CASA LATINA, Washtenaw County’s first and only Latino community center, has appointed a new, volunteer executive director after a lack of funding prompted the organization’s founding executive director to temporarily step down. The move…

by P.D. Lesko TRUSTEES GLENN NELSON and Irene Patalan have said they intend to step down from the Ann Arbor Board of Education. In 2003, they ran as a part of a slate of candidates and have, for a decade, served. In that time, they have…

ACCORDING TO DATA compiled by the Ann Arbor Police Department, during the month of May there were 338 crimes, total, reported. The homes of 26 residents were invaded by thieves. Of those break-ins, 12 were forced entries, or almost half of…

Protected Bike Lanes As long as I’ve lived in Ann Arbor, I’ve found most in-town bicyclists to be self-centered, stupid and dangerous. Most of the “facts” in your article are cherry-picked and irrelevant to local conditions. The only…

by David Alexander DURING THE MIDDLE of the last century, the intersection of Ann Street and North Fourth Avenue, in the heart of downtown Ann Arbor, was the crossroads of the African American business district. Saturday, it played host…

by P.D. Lesko ANN ARBOR City Attorney Stephen Postema was dressed down in a 17-page opinion penned by U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Zatkoff in May. The judge concluded city officials had no legal justification to keep Bob Dascola…