‘For you, this is just a game’: Ypsilanti Township residents push back against planned...
Ypsilanti residents continued their fight against the University of Michigan’s planned data center in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory Thursday evening at a town hall hosted by the University at the Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at Eagle Crest. Those in attendance restated the sentiment: The township do
Washtenaw County’s first barber college celebrates ribbon-cutting
Students and instructors, including the founding Sturgis family at the ribbon cutting for Legacy Barber College in Ann Arbor. Washtenaw County has a new school of higher education with the opening of Legacy Barber College. The ribbon-cutting was held this morning in Briarwood Mall. It’s the first barber college and...
MI Dream Home: Northville estate has its own stream, pool, and theater
A gated French Country estate on more than five private acres, with its own waterfall and heated pool, is for sale in Northville. The home at 18101 Sheldon Road is listed for $8 million by Dylan Tent of Signature Sotheby's International Realty. It has six bedrooms, nine full bathrooms and three partial bathrooms over 1
Woman suspected in string of fires after Sterling Heights utility pole blaze
Investigators are working to determine a motive after they arrested a woman for allegedly setting fire to a utility pole, disrupting power for thousands of customers. Police in Sterling Heights said the 38-year-old Pittsfield Township woman is also suspected in similar incidents in other communities, including a recent
Plan for townhomes, retail falls through in Dexter. It’s the 5th project to fizzle...
DEXTER, MI — A plan for Dexter to sell a piece of downtown for a mix of new residential and commercial buildings has again hit a roadblock, with would-be developers backing out. In April, the Dexter Downtown Development Authority voted unanimously to approve a $1,390,000 purchase and sales agreement...
State Street median beautification project underway in Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR, MI — Construction crews are removing decades-old asphalt from State Street medians in Ann Arbor, kicking off a beautification project designed to enhance one of the city’s major commercial corridors. Work started earlier this week along State Street between Eisenhower Parkway and Interstate 94, with the...
Road Plan for Webster Township
Webster Township has a 10-Year Roads Maintenance Plan now in place for the funds generated by township’s Roads Millage. The years covered by the plan are 2025-2034.The Webster Township Roads Committee met on Oct. 1, to discuss the maintenance plan. Each year in the plan details the funding specifics and what roads are
‘I’m Alive’: Golf Pro Shares Bizarre KO Incident That Forced Him To Quit Pivotal...
New Hudson’s Ryan Lenahan withdrew from last month’s Michigan PGA Eastern Chapter Championship. But it was hardly a decision he made for himself. The 42-year-old was forced to pull out after being struck in the head by a stray golf ball while playing in the event. Now, Lenahan has opened up about the frightening incide
Westland encampment cleared along Rouge River — why residents remain skeptical it will last
Wayne County cleared an unhoused encampment near Michigan Avenue and Merriman Road in Westland that sat on county-owned property along the Rouge River. Residents displaced from the encampment have reportedly relocated to a nearby area near Venoy Dorsey Park — in the middle of a planned multi-million-dollar park project
Ann Arbor proposes ban on inhumane glue traps for mice and other animals
ANN ARBOR, MI — Inhumane glue traps that leave mice and other critters to suffer and die slowly soon may be banned in Ann Arbor. City Council is considering a new ordinance Monday, Oct. 5, to prohibit the use and sale of glue traps to capture or kill animals such as birds, rodents and reptiles in the city.
