City News
Photos of the Week 10-9-09
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Notebook: At meeting, City Council gets state budget update, hears State St. tailgating concerns
BY EMILY ORLEY
State Rep. Rebekah Warren (D–Ann Arbor) addressed City Council last night to talk about the bleak status of the state budget and recent legislative progress.
LSA senior makes bid for City Council, stresses door-to-door campaign
- Jed Moch/Daily
BY DYLAN CINTI
Like most students planning to graduate at the end of this term, LSA senior Hatim Elhady is working to finish up his last remaining requirements for his majors in economics and near eastern studies. But unlike most seniors, Elhady isn’t spending his extra time leading student groups, going to the bars or applying for jobs or graduate school. Instead, he’s running his campaign for City Council.
Before You Were Here: Ann Arbor's great alcohol divide
BY BETHANY BIRON
Students today know Division Street as the road that runs parallel to State Street, but not many realize its name used to mean something.
In 1903, the city of Ann Arbor literally divided the town by prohibiting the sale of alcohol in all establishments east of Division Street, and allowing it to the west, according to the Ann Arbor District Library’s website.
Feature photo: Sharing your story
- Marissa McClain/Daily
BY MARISSA MCCLAIN
Recent Eastern Michigan University graduate Brandon Doman (left) sets up shop outside Espresso Royal on State Street to collect personal stories from passersby for his website ehdom.com. Doman goes from town to town around Michigan urging people to share a story with him, like Public Policy junior Hannah Holmberg who shared hers last night.
Controversial reggae artist to perform at the Blind Pig tonight
BY TREVOR CALERO
Despite outcry from both state and campus gay advocacy groups, the Blind Pig has refused to cancel a controversial concert set to hit its stage tonight.
IT company to create 1,000 new jobs in area
BY DYLAN CINTI
A Sacramento-based information technology services company will open the doors to its new Ann Arbor location within the next month and company officials say they’re looking to hire.
Panel of city leaders discusses the upside of a downturn
BY EMILY ORLEY
Last night, at a town hall meeting, a panel of local experts argued that the current economic recession is, in fact, a positive opportunity for Ann Arbor’s future.
Altercation at Good Time Charley's leaves one person in the hospital, another in jail
BY JACOB SMILOVITZ
Just before 1:15 a.m. early Tuesday morning, a fight broke out at Good Time Charley’s that ended with one bystander being sent to the hospital with “superficial” stab wounds and another man in police custody.
Ann Arbor City Council rebuffs state budget draft
- Will Moeller/Daily
BY FIDES ARANETA AND LARA ZADE
The resolution sponsored by Councilmembers Margie Teall (D-Ward 4), Marcia Higgins (D-Ward 4) and Greden, expressed City Council’s dissent over the proposed state budget, which would “slash statutory revenue sharing to Michigan municipalities by 30 percent,” according to the resolution. That cut amounts to a loss of approximately $1,200,000 per year for the City of Ann Arbor, the resolution shows.
Local Arts
School of Music, Theatre & Dance to weave plot and dance in lighthearted 'Crazy for You'
BY REBECCA GODWIN
Choices play an important part in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance’s upcoming production of “Crazy for You,” directed by Associate Professor of Musical Theatre Linda Goodrich and opening on Thursday.
Bobby McFerrin to bring latest vocally indulgent endeavor to University Music Society
BY SHAMIK GANGULY
On Thursday, Bobby McFerrin comes to Hill Auditorium to present his latest project, “spirityouall.” This new endeavor of McFerrin’s seeks to pay homage to African American spirituals and to his father, an operatic baritone who was himself a dedicated performer of these traditional songs.
Ann Arbor-based website MyFab5 uses new ranking system to judge restaurants
BY TYLER BAILEY
The website, created by Engineering junior Nick Ruff and University alumni Omeid Seirafi-pour, Calvin Schemanski and John Gulbronson, utilizes an exclusive restaurant ranking system instead of the typical star rating system used by other similar sites.
- Courtesy of Vincent Peone/CollegeHumor.com
CollegeHumor duo talk comedy, Ann Arbor in advance of live show
BY STEVEN TWEEDIE
As to what the offline version of their show will contain Friday, expect the usual hilarious content of any CollegeHumor production, with a few surprises.
Local teens pick literary favorites for the Best American Nonrequired Reading anthology
BY JOEY STEINBERGER
The texts for the Best American Nonrequired Reading anthology are chosen annually by two groups of high school students, one from Valencia California and the other from Ann Arbor.
