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When we were reflecting on how to report on our fiftieth anniversary, we decided to turn the mirror to our audience, and ask how the Observer has impacted them beyond staying up on what’s happening in our corner of the world. We were delighted to hear not just from readers, but also advertisers, former employees, and p

● Chair, Great Lakes and Environment Committee, 2007-2010. ● Ranking Member/Vice Chair of the Ways and Means Committee, 2019-2020. ● Ranking Member/Vice Chair of the Natural Resources, Environment and Great Lakes Committee, 2011-2018. Member, Great Lakes Commission, 2011-2019. Member, Council on Future Mobility. Member

A Michigan company whose top-selling product was born out of the Great Depression has been a staple on kitchen tables ever since.

GREEN OAK TWP., MI - A Howell man died Sunday after falling from a paddle board on a Livingston County lake. Emergency responders were called around 1:25 p.m., June 21, to Briggs Lake near Brighton for a report of a man who had been found in the water, the Green Oak Township Police Department said.

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A regular Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees meeting became the latest flashpoint in the fight over the proposed University of Michigan and Los Alamos National Laboratory research computing center. The June 16 agenda listed a general legal update from the township attorney. But that update, followed by public comment

ANN ARBOR, MI — Washtenaw Community College will host its fifth annual Vet Fest Saturday, Aug. 1, offering military veterans, active-duty personnel and their families a free day of activities, resources and community connections, according to a June 23 press release. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2...

Clearly, Michigan made the right choice in hiring Kyle Whittingham.

A food organization in Ypsilanti is fostering future food entrepreneurs by expanding its kitchen operations. Growing Hope and Ann Arbor SPARK have worked together to fully equip Growing Hope’s incubator kitchen and create an accelerator kitchen. The spaces will help aspiring food entrepreneurs test recipes, refine oper

LODI TWP., MI — Ann Arbor area residents can experience bull riding, line dancing and agricultural heritage at a free community event celebrating Washtenaw County’s 200th anniversary. The Washtenaw County Youth Rodeo will take place 3 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 26, at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds...