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Former student radicals from 1960s and ’70s remember UM president Robben Fleming, who led the university through one of its most turbulent eras. Fleming died in Ann Arbor on Jan. 11, 2010 at age 93. [Full Story]
What brought John Lennon and Yoko Ono to Ann Arbor 38 years ago? Alan Glenn looks back on the John Sinclair Freedom Rally, an event that drew thousands to Crisler Arena. [Full Story]
Ernie Harburg, a co-owner of Ann Arbor’s Del Rio, has written a memoir about that iconic bar. Alan Glenn takes a look at “Liberty, Equality, Consensus and All That Jazz at the Del Rio Bar” and at what the Del meant to Ann Arbor. [Full Story]
An interview with David Alan Grier reveals the Ann Arbor inspiration for one of his “In Living Color” characters. The actor/comedian was in town on Oct. 18 to promote his new book, “Barack Like Me.” [Full Story]
How was the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival better than Woodstock? Alan Glenn takes an in-depth look at this iconic event, tracing its triumphs and struggles over the past 40 years. [Full Story]
For four nights in June of 1969, the normally sleepy summertime streets of Ann Arbor were violently awoken by a series of violent and occasionally bloody clashes on South University between police and a motley crowd of hippies, radicals, teenagers, university students, and town rowdies. [Full Story]
Alan Glenn writes about Ann Arbor’s connection to the first Earth Day, and the impact that local student activists had in the early days of the environmental movement. [Full Story]
Spelling-challenged graffiti on the wall of the former Ann Arbor News building. [Photo]
In a case study of how the nationwide lending crisis is affecting small businesses, the Wall Street Journal looks at the complex relationship between Michigan Ladder in Ypsilanti, home builder James Haeussler and the Bank of Ann Arbor. The bank’s president, Tim Marshall, describes how even healthy banks like his are being cautious lenders: “It’s kind of a vicious cycle. Anytime you’re in an economic environment like we are, bankers are going to be more conservative.” [Source]
The Gov Monitor reports that Gov. Jennifer Granholm is in California meeting with Google executives to push for choosing a city in Michigan to test its high-speed fiber optic network. From the report: “Granholm is encouraging Michigan communities to submit applications for the trial network with several already in the works including, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, and Lansing/East Lansing.” The article quotes Granholm: “Google fiber is a perfect fit here as no state can match the exploding new technology investment in Michigan in recent years.” [Source]
A March 1 article on local candidates for state legislative races incorrectly stated that candidates file their petitions to be on the ballot with the Secretary of State. For state House Districts 52, 53 and 54 and Senate District 18, those filings are made at the Washtenaw County clerk’s office. Campaign finance reports for all state races are made with the Secretary of State. We note the error here, and have corrected it in the original article.
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