- Community
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Camperships
After weathering difficult times, Washtenaw Camp Placement is poised for growth.
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- News
Turkeys in Traffic
Restive birds block roads
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Over the Cliff
The Ann Arbor Public Schools need to cut their budget by $25 million.
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Heat from the Ground
The U-M’s first net-zero building is under construction, and planning for districtwide geothermal is underway.
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Magazine Seedlings
Matt Cowie turns old Observers into planting pots.
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The Ann Arbor Observer has been putting readers in touch with our town. Packed with concise and insightful news of people, politics, education, shopping, dining, and entertainment, our newsprint magazine has a monthly circulation of 53,000.
Business
LatestBookseller Jay Platt
Appreciating life in “a book town.”
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Coworking Rebound
After a pandemic hibernation, Ann Arborites are again trading home offices for shared workspaces.
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Mail Theft
“Hey! That’s a felony!”
Marketplace
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Orange Market is Open at Last
With the new Beekman building finally certified
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Building Faster
Ann Arbor’s proposed new approach to economic development aims to accelerate housing construction at all income levels.
Culture
LatestHarmonica Master
Madcat Ruth celebrates his birthday - and a sixty-year love affair with the Ark.
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Angkor Complex: Cultural Heritage and Post-Genocide Memory in Cambodia
History, destruction, survival, and repatriation
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Fifth Avenue Studios
“The older generation likes to say, ‘We didn’t have gay people,’” Jacob Gorski says. “This is a testament that you did.”
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