Pinckney to consider health and safety ordinance for rentals
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Saline’s Murphy’s Crossing receives $1.5 million grant from Governor Whitmer’s office
Saline’s downtown town square project is receiving support from Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s office to kickstart its development. The joint venture for Murphy’s Crossing between the City of Saline and Praxis Properties has been given $1.5 million through the state’s Revitalization and Placemaking Program. Mayor Brian Marl...
EF-1 tornado confirmed in Van Buren Township after severe storms on Saturday
HOLLY, Mich. (WXYZ) — Powerful storms across Metro Detroit produced an EF-1 tornado in Van Buren Township and caused severe flooding in Holly, leaving roads and homes underwater. See the full story in the video below. The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down Saturday in Van...
Ann Arbor residents likely to see utility rate hikes
Ann Arbor residents may be seeing hikes in their city utility rates later this year. The city’s administration is proposing a 6% increase in water rates and a 3% hike in both sewer and stormwater. Ann Arbor Chief Financial Officer Marti Praschan says the larger water hike is needed...
Blue Cross wants to pay less, my son may pay the price
My son, Jibran, was born prematurely last October weighing less than three pounds and with a unique heart. His left and right ventricles are switched. The muscles designed to push blood only to his lungs are instead responsible for supplying his entire body. The condition is called congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CCTGA) […]
UMich investigating engineering researcher’s death after alleged questioning by U.S. government
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Multiple Hash Bash attendees cited or booted from University of Michigan campus
ANN ARBOR, MI - This year at Hash Bash, it’s not pre-rolls, snacks or lighters exchanging hands – it’s citations. “They, boom – ‘Hey, what y’all doing? You can’t be smoking in public,’” said Matthew Furour, 38, of Lincoln Park. “Boom. Boom. ‘Just put it out.’ I put it out and then, boom, they took it.”
Meet the Mushroom Stronger Than Sidewalks, Banded Agaricus
On some spring mornings in Ann Arbor, the strongest thing on the sidewalk isn’t concrete but a mushroom quietly jacking the pavement upward from below. Agaricus bitorquis, nicknamed the Pavement Mushroom or Banded Agaricus, is a thick, double‑ringed cousin of the common grocery‑store button mushroom. Evolved to push...
The Echo Q&A Series: STUFD owner Joel Hamami creates laid-back college grub
As an Eastern Michigan University student, Joel Hamami couldn't find what he really wanted to eat. So, when he graduated, he focused on his vision: creating a restaurant in his hometown that serves fast-casual burritos to hungry college students. Coupling that vision with his experience, he'd been working in...
Michigan’s Aday Mara Fires Shot At UCLA: ‘Didn’t Have The Opportunity To Show What...
Aday Mara had the game of his life in Michigan’s 91-73 blowout of Arizona in the Final Four at Lucas Oil Stadium. And then the 7-foot-3 Spaniard didn’t hold back while firing a shot across the bow of his former school. Mara, 20. transferred to Michigan ahead of...
