Ann Arbor

by Bryan Kelly IT IS OPEN season on the public purse. Budget negotiations for the 2016-2017 fiscal year are nigh. The City Administrator’s plan has been submitted to City Council. In the current forecast, a $1.7 million deficit in the…

by Pam Simon THE COMMUNITY IS invited to attend an artist reception featuring Ann Arbor artist Brenda Miller Slomovits with live classical guitar performance by Michael Harrington and light refreshments. The event is free and takes place…

by Ken Wachsberger THERE IS NO higher sustainable honor for a remodeled home than to be certified as LEED Platinum status. Ann Arborites Patricia Harroun, of Cardea Construction Company, and Michael Klement AIA, of Architectural…

THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR’S proposed $99 million General Fund budget was released ahead of last week’s Ann Arbor City Council meeting. The budget projects that expenses will outstrip revenue, and in what has become a commonplace occurrence,…

by Bryan Kelly AFTER MONTHS DORMANT, Ann Arbor officials have rekindled the effort to market for development the Library Lot, a parcel of land about the size of the parking lot that used to be adjacent to the downtown library. I have…

THE BOARD MEMBERS appointed by former mayor John Hieftje to oversee the AATA (and then AAATA) were, ostensibly, blind-sided by an article published in The Ann Arbor News on Mar. 20. That paper reported that between 2010-2015 AATA/AAATA…

by John Ball THE 2015 ITALIAN Film Festival USA Metro Detroit recently announced the complete schedule of its 11th edition, which takes place April 1-26 at various locations across the metro area, including Ann Arbor. A trio of the…

by Donna Iadipaolo ON SUNDAY MARCH 22, George Bedard and the Kingpins will be playing a benefit concert, “Rocking for the Homeless,” for the Ann Arbor Vineyard Homeless Ministry at 2275 Platt Road from 4-6 p.m. Not only will attendees…

by Christian Usera “Stones in His Pockets” not only drowned a character during the show, but my expectations as well.  IT’S MARCH, WHICH brings to mind one ubiquitous holiday: Saint Patrick’s Day. It’s that time of year when…

by Bryan Kelly I AM GOING door-to-door gathering signatures for a candidate (who isn’t me) to run for City Council in the partisan election. At least, I’m trying to gather signatures. Often, no one’s home when I visit, or their hiding…