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The Ann Arbor News covered the big stories for 174 years
News file photoA peace rally draws anti-Vietnam War supporters at the Diag on the U-M campus on Sept. 20, 1969.For 174 years, The Ann Arbor News and its predecessors have covered the top stories in Washtenaw County. A sampling of...
Geoff Larcom: We loved our town, we loved the news, and we loved bringing it to you every day
News file photoGeoff Larcom works on stories in a makeshift newsroom at The News' printing plant during the blackout of August 2003. We didn't do it for the money or the fame or the job security. We did it for...
Employees embarking on varied endeavors after News closing
Leisa Thompson, The Ann Arbor NewsGraphic artist Sonia Gottfried says goodbye to her good friend Tammy Graves before Gottfried leaves The Ann Arbor News for the last time Thursday. Gottfried came in to get out the local pages before she...
Farewell Ann Arbor: News closing ends decades-long tradition of daily newspaper publishing
Alan Warren, The Ann Arbor NewsThe iconic Albert Kahn-designed Ann Arbor News building will be put up for sale after today's final edition. A publishing tradition that began in 1835, when an optimistic pioneer printer named Earl P. Gardiner started...
Ypsilanti City Council passes ordinance allowing backyard chickens on unanimous vote
By a unanimous vote, the Ypsilanti City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday allowing residents to keep up to four chickens in their backyards....
Readers lament the end of their daily paper; some say they understand forces behind closing
In past years, local author Loren Estleman would always save his weekday Ann Arbor News to read the next morning. The newspaper would take him two cups of coffee to get through, and then he would go upstairs to begin...
Camp a place for kids suffering from cancer to get away
Cancer is about the most abnormal and traumatic experience a youngster can have, but an area summer camp offers a chance for sick children and their siblings to just be kids again....
Six teens rescued after boat overturns on Joslin Lake near Chelsea
Six teenagers were rescued and escaped serious injury after their ski boat overturned early Sunday morning on Joslin Lake in northwestern Washtenaw County, authorities said....
Sounds, dances, games bring out Scottish flavor at Saline Celtic Festival
Rain washed out a morning parade Saturday, but the sun smiled on Saline Saturday afternoon, bringing out crowds for the annual Celtic Festival.
Police search for 16-year-old boy who ran away from his Pittsfield Township home
Pittsfield Township police are asking anyone who may have any information about the whereabouts of a runaway teenager to contact them. Nathaniel Alan Furey, 16, left a note and disappeared from his house early this morning, authorities said....
Ann Arbor Business Review closing; brand to continue on AnnArbor.com
Ann Arbor Business Review, a weekly publication that covers the area business community, will cease publication Aug. 13, and two of its employees will join AnnArbor.com, the new, web-driven media company that will launch later this month. The Business Review...
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