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New Report: Healthiest Cities in the U.S. Budget Higher Per Capita Spending on Parks—DC Budgets $400/Resident, Ann Arbor Allocates $47/Resident in 2015

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 4, 2014 0

THE AMERICAN COLLEGE of Sports Medicine (ACSM) unveiled its seventh annual American Fitness Index™ (AFI) data report. The 2014 AFI data report, “Health and Community Fitness Status of the 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas,” reflects a composite…

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Recycling Drop-Off Station Provides Five Additional Summer Hours Through August

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 4, 2014 0

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,…

Ann Arbor Government

Over 1,000 Potholes Reported to City—Residents Can Seek Reimbursement for Damage to Vehicles

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 3, 2014 0

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…

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Over 1,800 Elementary Students Participate in the 12th Annual Science Olympiad—the Largest Number Competing in Any U.S. School District

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 24, 2014 0

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…

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Officials Charge High Fees for Public Records Relating to Alleged Retaliatory Dismissal of City Employee

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 23, 2014 0

ANN ARBOR CITY Administrator Steve Powers, hired in 2011, has sent an email to a City Council member claiming that high fees assessed for providing public records are justified because “...there is a direct benefit provided to the…

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Natural Area Preservation Volunteer Events for the Month of June

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 21, 2014 0

ANN ARBOR NATURAL Area Preservation (NAP) works to protect and restore Ann Arbor’s natural areas and to foster an environmental ethic among its citizens. This involves conducting plant and animal inventories, ecological monitoring, and…

Elections

Mayoral Candidate Snipes at Opponent on Twitter—Social Media #NotMayoral

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 16, 2014 0

DURING THE RECENT Ann Arbor mayoral race there have already been questions about the part “temperament” plays in a candidate’s fitness to hold office. At a mayoral candidate forum held in April, one of the first questions asked of the four…

Ann Arbor Government

A2POLITICO: Proposed City Budget Should Focus on the Results of the 2013 Citizen Survey

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 14, 2014 0

by P.D. Lesko IT’S USUALLY DEATH and taxes that define the inevitable. However, in the city’s 2013 National Citizen Survey, comments about roads and taxes dominated the open-ended question responses. Respondents were asked to record…

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Natural Area Preservation Volunteer Events for the Month of June

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 14, 2014 0

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Haisley Elementary Teacher’s Fifth Graders Send Letters: Nobel Laureate, Supreme Court Justice and U.S. Attorney General, Among Others, Write Back

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 14, 2014 0

by Donna Iadipaolo ALMOST EVERY SCHOOL year in Ann Arbor, Haisley Elementary School Teacher Cedric York instructs students in his fifth-grade class to write to prominent leaders from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds. Mr. York…

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