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The 2025 Holiday Guide is out! Grab a copy of the December Ann Arbor Observer and turn to page 45 to find all your holiday needs. Or find it online at annarborobserver.com/holiday-guid...
December 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The 2025 Holiday Guide is out! Grab a copy of the December Ann Arbor Observer and turn to page 45 to find all your holiday needs. Or find it online at annarborobserver.com/holiday-guid...
We want to hear from you! One week left to share your thoughts about Ann Arbor's Main Street. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We want to hear from you! One week left to share your thoughts about Ann Arbor's Main Street. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Watch the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Tree Lighting, 2025 Holiday Kickoff, and interview www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrPhr8AL/
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Watch the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Tree Lighting, 2025 Holiday Kickoff, and interview www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrPhr8AL/
Jim was a good friend, awesome coworker, a well of knowledge, idiom collaborator, great writer, and so much more. He is missed. For me, I will miss hearing about his food adventures, our endless art conversations, and most of all, I miss my friend.
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James Mark Manheim - Ann Arbor Observer
James Mark Manheim was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Martha and Michael Manheim. From age three, he grew up in Toledo, Ohio, where his father taught at the University of Toledo and his mother,…
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December 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Jim was a good friend, awesome coworker, a well of knowledge, idiom collaborator, great writer, and so much more. He is missed. For me, I will miss hearing about his food adventures, our endless art conversations, and most of all, I miss my friend.
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Fee Parking
Prices for U-M football parking keep going up, up, up. Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/fee-parking/
Prices for U-M football parking keep going up, up, up. Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/fee-parking/
Fee Parking - Ann Arbor Observer
Prices for driveways for the October 4 Wisconsin game ranged from $40 to $50; at the golf course, it was $55.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Fee Parking
Prices for U-M football parking keep going up, up, up. Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/fee-parking/
Prices for U-M football parking keep going up, up, up. Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/fee-parking/
Trade Off
Career and Technical Education programs help kids decide their paths and prepare them for the workforce. But should they be funded by another property tax increase? Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/trade-off/
Career and Technical Education programs help kids decide their paths and prepare them for the workforce. But should they be funded by another property tax increase? Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/trade-off/
Trade Off - Ann Arbor Observer
The debate over the ballot question isn’t so much about support for or opposition to CTE as it is whether a new tax ought to pay for it.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Trade Off
Career and Technical Education programs help kids decide their paths and prepare them for the workforce. But should they be funded by another property tax increase? Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/trade-off/
Career and Technical Education programs help kids decide their paths and prepare them for the workforce. But should they be funded by another property tax increase? Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/trade-off/
We want to hear from YOU... share your thoughts about Main Street with this quick poll:
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November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We want to hear from YOU... share your thoughts about Main Street with this quick poll:
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Park #163
Introducing Broadway Park West. Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/park-163/
Introducing Broadway Park West. Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/park-163/
Park #163 - Ann Arbor Observer
“To give back twelve hundred linear feet of riverfront in the heart of Ann Arbor—it really is remarkable,” says Stacy Fox.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Park #163
Introducing Broadway Park West. Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/park-163/
Introducing Broadway Park West. Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/park-163/
Target: Public Health
The Washtenaw County Health Department relies in part on information from federal experts to do its work. Shake-ups in the federal department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are calling the accuracy... Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/target-publi...
The Washtenaw County Health Department relies in part on information from federal experts to do its work. Shake-ups in the federal department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are calling the accuracy... Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/target-publi...
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Target: Public Health
The Washtenaw County Health Department relies in part on information from federal experts to do its work. Shake-ups in the federal department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are calling the accuracy... Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/target-publi...
The Washtenaw County Health Department relies in part on information from federal experts to do its work. Shake-ups in the federal department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are calling the accuracy... Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/target-publi...
Grab a copy of the December Ann Arbor Observer Thanksgiving week and don’t miss a thing
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Grab a copy of the December Ann Arbor Observer Thanksgiving week and don’t miss a thing
The New Dorms
Clearing the blocks south of Madison kicked off Phase 2 of the U-M’s Central Campus Residential Development. Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/the-new-dorms/
Clearing the blocks south of Madison kicked off Phase 2 of the U-M’s Central Campus Residential Development. Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/the-new-dorms/
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The New Dorms
Clearing the blocks south of Madison kicked off Phase 2 of the U-M’s Central Campus Residential Development. Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/the-new-dorms/
Clearing the blocks south of Madison kicked off Phase 2 of the U-M’s Central Campus Residential Development. Read the full story here: annarborobserver.com/the-new-dorms/
Play It Again Sports Comes to Saline
The athletic equipment resale franchise will open in late October. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/play-it-agai...
The athletic equipment resale franchise will open in late October. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/play-it-agai...
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Play It Again Sports Comes to Saline
The athletic equipment resale franchise will open in late October. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/play-it-agai...
The athletic equipment resale franchise will open in late October. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/play-it-agai...
Have you been to the new Hazel Coffee Co.? If so, what did you think?
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Have you been to the new Hazel Coffee Co.? If so, what did you think?
Have you been to the new Hazel Coffee Co.? If so, what did you think?
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Have you been to the new Hazel Coffee Co.? If so, what did you think?
Exploring Matthaei Botanical Gardens and trails. Open until 8pm on Wednesdays
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Exploring Matthaei Botanical Gardens and trails. Open until 8pm on Wednesdays
Exploring Matthaei Botanical Gardens and trails. Open until 8pm on Wednesdays
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Exploring Matthaei Botanical Gardens and trails. Open until 8pm on Wednesdays
Have you voted today?
Polls are open from 7am to 8pm
Visit Michigan.gov/Vote to find your polling place, view a sample ballot, and more.
Polls are open from 7am to 8pm
Visit Michigan.gov/Vote to find your polling place, view a sample ballot, and more.
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Have you voted today?
Polls are open from 7am to 8pm
Visit Michigan.gov/Vote to find your polling place, view a sample ballot, and more.
Polls are open from 7am to 8pm
Visit Michigan.gov/Vote to find your polling place, view a sample ballot, and more.
If you celebrate, have a fun and safe Halloween 👻🎃
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you celebrate, have a fun and safe Halloween 👻🎃
Explore Furstenberg Nature Area with us
October 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Explore Furstenberg Nature Area with us
Sign of the Times
Ann Arbor’s pioneering queer politicians return for an overdue commemoration. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/sign-of-the-...
Ann Arbor’s pioneering queer politicians return for an overdue commemoration. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/sign-of-the-...
Sign of the Times - Ann Arbor Observer
The September ceremony featured speeches both lofty and bitterly political.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Sign of the Times
Ann Arbor’s pioneering queer politicians return for an overdue commemoration. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/sign-of-the-...
Ann Arbor’s pioneering queer politicians return for an overdue commemoration. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/sign-of-the-...
Hometown Clickbait
Joan’s “Ann Arbor” shop has clones around the country. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/hometown-cli...
Joan’s “Ann Arbor” shop has clones around the country. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/hometown-cli...
Hometown Clickbait - Ann Arbor Observer
How far will newspapers go to earn online revenue? Pretty far, judging from the ads that follow articles on MLive.com.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Hometown Clickbait
Joan’s “Ann Arbor” shop has clones around the country. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/hometown-cli...
Joan’s “Ann Arbor” shop has clones around the country. Read the full story here annarborobserver.com/hometown-cli...
Zingerman’s Tailgate at EMU to benefit Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels
A winning combination: enjoy delicious food from Zingerman’s, support seniors in our community, and cheer on the Eastern Eagles! For more info and tickets:
www.gofevo.com/event/Ypsila...
A winning combination: enjoy delicious food from Zingerman’s, support seniors in our community, and cheer on the Eastern Eagles! For more info and tickets:
www.gofevo.com/event/Ypsila...
October 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Zingerman’s Tailgate at EMU to benefit Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels
A winning combination: enjoy delicious food from Zingerman’s, support seniors in our community, and cheer on the Eastern Eagles! For more info and tickets:
www.gofevo.com/event/Ypsila...
A winning combination: enjoy delicious food from Zingerman’s, support seniors in our community, and cheer on the Eastern Eagles! For more info and tickets:
www.gofevo.com/event/Ypsila...