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FAMILY REUNITES, now fights to stay together
Editor Sadeepa Munasinghe sat in her living room laughing that same, balloon-pop kind of laugh. First, it’s a shrieky surprise. But then, you realize that it’s pure joy. Not just any joy – it’s the kind of joy that makes your cheeks hurt and your eyes water. |
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Homecoming sweet music to new VP
NICOLE BEDNARSKI Features Editor With a background in the media and a lifelong interest in pop culture, it’s difficult to even imagine what could end up on Stuart T. Blacklaw’s iPod. In fact, it even surprises his wife of six years, Cindy, sometimes. |
| Students wait to buy books, save money
MATT THOMPSON Managing Editor Have you ever bought a book before class only to have it unused? You’re not alone. |
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WCC playwright takes ‘Which Way is Up?’ all the way to top
QUINN DAVIS Editor A more primitive world lies not far away. Washtenaw Community College graphic arts major RonSher Brooks’ play “Which Way is Up?” required her actors to perform as if they were all connected through various, complicated ties. |
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Coddle Me by Frances Ross
FRANCES ROSS Contributor Check out the first installment of Coddle Me, a 17 part graphic novella by Voice contributor Frances Ross. |
Community
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Making a movie in Ann Arbor is a real ‘Scream’
WENDY OCHOA Contributor Growing up in the ’40’s with a father who had a movie-rental business in Grand Rapids, Burns Park resident Julie Carroll was familiar with movies – changing the reels, splicing film and transporting projectors. But for the month of August, she has experienced Hollywood in a different way as Scream 4 filmed in the two houses across from her Lincoln Avenue home. |
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Ann Arbor Artisans Celebrating the arts for 51 years
Photos by Robert ConradiOver five decades, the original Ann Arbor Art Fair has expanded to four simultaneous fairs spread across the downtown area. |
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A Thinking Man’s Legacy
WENDY OCHOA Contributor The chalkboard hanging on the fence outside the new Ahern Peace Library on Miller Avenue in Ann Arbor states, “Reading is a prerequisite for Freedom.” And if Rich Ahern, the benefactor of the more than 5,000 books in the library, could have seen the sign, he would surely agree. |
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Growing futures among cucumbers
NICOLE BEDNARSKI Features Editor The newcomer stood in his dress slacks and shoes, obviously out of place and uncomfortable among the dozen or so other volunteers already elbow deep in vegetable plants. |
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MEET YOUR WATERLOO
BOB CONRADI Photo Editor A more primitive world lies not far away. Waterloo State Recreation Area is located halfway between Ann Arbor and Jackson, Mich. At 20,000 acres, it is the largest state park this side of the bridge. |
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New ‘Cottage Food Law’ means more dough for some
BRIAN STEINBERG Contributor A more primitive world lies not far away. Michigan’s new Cottage Food Law allows individuals to produce, store and sell certain types of non-potentially hazardous foods in their home kitchen without requiring inspection. This means that with little more than a sheet pan, a cookie recipe, some ingredients, and an oven, anyone in Michigan can legally start a bakery/food products business out of their home kitchen. |
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