A resident of Chapel Hill condos organizes her first holiday craft show on Nov. 20-21. [Full Story]
The Ann Arbor Park Advisory Commission covered a lot of territory at its Nov. 18 meeting, including approval of the next step toward making the Ann Arbor Skatepark a reality. [Full Story]
Wild Swan Theater is host to the November Creative Connections, a networking event for the local cultural community. [Full Story]
The Ann Arbor District Library board discuss how they envision the new downtown building, and get an update on literacy initiatives at their Nov. 17 meeting. [Full Story]
At the its appointments caucus, the county board discussed an upcoming appointment to the road commission. [Full Story]
A Nov. 15 march and rally for marriage equality draws a crowd, despite the cold and rain. [Full Story]
The Shelter Association of Washtenaw marks its 25th anniversary with a Nov. 13 awards dinner. [Full Story]
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The Lansing State Journal publishes an op/ed by David Poulson on the importance of Michigan’s newspaper industry, citing recent restructuring, buyouts and layoffs at papers across the state, including at The Ann Arbor News: ”The economic impact of any job loss hurts a struggling state. But in this case it’s the information void and the loss of public watchdogs that are most troublesome.” [Source]
Writes Voxphoto on his Flickr account about a photo he took of an “Obama for Truth” sign: “This stencil is painted on the fence in Ann Arbor where Kingsley turns the corner onto First street. Longtime townies will smile at the reference.” Why they will smile can be found at the [Source].
In our write-up of the Ypsilanti Community Band’s rehearsal, we mis-identified the instrument played by Harold Goodsman Award winner Tom Warner. He plays percussion. On Tuesday, for example, he was playing the chimes. We note the error here and have corrected it in the original piece.
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