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In 2012, Council Decimated the Forestry Dept., Officials Now Ask for “Patience” as Branches Remain Uncleared

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 10, 2023

The City of Ann Arbor has contracted Davey Tree Expert Company to augment city staff efforts to pick up branches from the recent ice and snow storms. Streets, sidewalks, trash collection, trees in the right-of-way, water and sewers are all…

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Seven Days After Ice Storm 11K DTE Customers in County Still Without Power –Who’s to Blame?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 28, 2023

by P.D. Lesko As of Feb. 28, DTE's outage map showed that 5.24 percent of its customers in Washtenaw County--some 8,836 customers--are still without power as a result of a record-breaking Feb. 22 ice storm that knocked out power to over…