“The Road Home,” featuring our home, Manchester, Michigan
Decrease Font Size Increase Font Size Text Size Print This Page Send by Email. On February 13 a film crew from Breyko LLC was set up in the Manchester City Hall lobby to film an interview with our County Commissioner Shannon Beeman for an upcoming documentary called The Road Home. Residents entering to pay their...
City Council unanimously adopts Comprehensive Land Use Plan 2050
Welcome back to A2 Outlook! This week, the Ann Arbor City Council approved the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, which aims to increase housing density throughout the city. The Michigan Daily also reported on the impact of South University Avenue construction on local businesses and Ann Arbor Public Schools’s transition...
Ann Arbor Forges New Path with City-Owned Clean Energy Utility
Roots in Neighborhood Outreach (Image Credits: Flickr) Ann Arbor, Michigan – Residents in this progressive college town have long pushed for faster climate action, but ... Read more The post Ann Arbor Forges New Path with City-Owned Clean Energy Utility appeared first on Climate Cosmos .
A Technology Refresh Coming to Chelsea Schools
The Chelsea School District is expected to devote $194,628 toward new technology purchases. Introduced at the March 9 school board meeting, the Chelsea school board looked at a recommendation made by Ryan Spencer, the district’s Director of Technology, which will see the purchases of new “iPads for South Meadows 3rd...
Southeast Michigan Psychiatric Hospital Nears Completion In Northville Township
Southeast Michigan Psychiatric Hospital is on track to open this fall in Northville Township, Mich., according to the Detroit Free Press. The $384 million, state-run facility will house 264 inpatient beds—192 for adults and 72 for children and adolescents—in 198 single-occupancy and 33 double-occupancy rooms in a...
Westland Driver Takes No-Contest Deal In Deadly New Year’s Hit-and-Run
A Westland woman has admitted legal responsibility in a deadly New Year’s Day hit-and-run, entering a no-contest plea on Friday to operating under the influence causing death in a crash that killed a 61-year-old man. The move caps months of court hearings and clears the way for sentencing next month, with prosecutors...
Washtenaw United: Child Care Network navigating through child care crisis
Annette Sobocinski serves as Executive Director of Child Care Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving access to affordable, high-quality childcare across multiple counties in Eastern and Southeast Michigan. She leads initiatives that support families, strengthen early childhood educators, and build...
Weekly curbside compost pickup to resume in Ann Arbor, city phasing in new green...
ANN ARBOR, MI — Recent warm weather has led some Ann Arborites to get started on spring yard work, filling up yard waste bags and compost bins and piling up vegetation clippings. Some being wishful even have set them out at the curb. But it will be a couple...
Washtenaw County settles lawsuit with sheriff, launches independent probe
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Washtenaw County leaders and Sheriff Alyshia Dyer have reached a settlement in a legal fight over who controls human resources in Dyer’s office but scrutiny of alleged personnel issues will continue. Following a lawsuit settlement reached last week, an outside law firm retained by Washtenaw...
Saddle seats, animal heads: Inside downtown Ann Arbor’s newest honky-tonk bar
ANN ARBOR, MI — Horse-saddle seats, animal taxidermy mounts and vintage photographs adorn downtown Ann Arbor’s upcoming honky-tonk bar. Visitors entering the space can immediately notice the location’s red undertones and large steer head above the first-floor bar. The vision stemmed from owner Jon Carlson’s four-year...

















