http://arborweb.com/ Ann Arbor online: news and reference community resource, with the area's best events calendar, Ann Arbor Observer City Guide, comprehensive information on housing, restaurants, government, education, and more, and free classified ads. en-us 2012 Ann Arbor Observer. All Rights Reserved. http://arborweb.com/articles/swim_for_a_cure.html Six local women plan to swim the Channel this summer. The "A2A3 Relay Team" is the brainchild of local attorney Amanda Mercer, a board member of Ann Arbor Active Against ALS. Local residents Kristin McGuire and Dave Lowenschuss founded the charity after their friend Bob Schoeni, a U-M econom... Kelsey Hargesheimer News http://arborweb.com/articles/sex_on_campus.html Considering all the media coverage about college students "hooking up"--having sex without a relationship--their lack of basic knowledge surprises Terri Conley, U-M assistant professor of psychology and women's studies. Conley, who teaches Psychology of Human Sexuality to a packed lecture hall, says... Shelley Daily Community http://arborweb.com/articles/better_late_than_never.html According to the list of street closings on the city's website, Fifth Ave. between Liberty and William reopened the day after Halloween. The Downtown Development Authority website has it carrying traffic in December. So why are drivers still detoured around construction for the underground parking s... James Leonard News http://arborweb.com/articles/cooking_show_at_sigma_nu_alpha.html We received 155 entries correctly identifying the January Fake Ad for someone to host a cooking show at the Sigma Nu Alpha fraternity (page 38). "I liked this one a lot," wrote Dan Jarrell. "It had the verisimilitude of a bunch of college kids looking for a new way of getting fed, saving money, and... Jay Forstner Community http://arborweb.com/articles/changing_hands.html Two of Ann Arbor's increasingly rare venues for live music quickly changed hands and closed on January 1. Bartender Amanda Leavitt, who worked both Live at PJ's and Goodnite Gracie on New Year's Eve, found out that night. "Everyone was saying 'Sorry you lost your job,' and I was like w... Sally Mitani Marketplace http://arborweb.com/articles/observatory_lodge.html January's I Spy showed Observatory Lodge, at the corner of Observatory and Washington Heights. Louisa Griffes explained our clue: "Built in 1930," she writes, it "was the last of eight ... multistory apartment buildings that were built in the decade before the Great Depression." Pamela Kittel notes... Sally Bjork Culture http://arborweb.com/articles/hit_the_road__jack.html I attended college twice. The first time was at the University of Michigan. The second time was also at the University of Michigan--when my son Jack went there. I got better value the second time, I think. I was in Ann Arbor almost every other month, watching my son perform in shows or gigs. He was... Bert Stratton Community http://arborweb.com/articles/cunningham_s_on_main.html Q. I am looking for information and photos of Cunningham Drug on Main Street. When was it opened, and how long was it there? Also, did that location house another business before the Parthenon restaurant? A. Here's a great photo from the Ann Arbor Street Exhibit collection on the A... Tim Athan Community http://arborweb.com/articles/blue_tractor_and_cafe_habana.html The Blue Tractor is taking over the former Cafe Habana, but what everyone really wants to know is the future location of Cafe Habana. Habana temporarily closed in January, to reopen sometime this summer. Blue Tractor managing partner Dan Glazer wasn't telling, but he was willing to pla... Sally Mitani Marketplace http://arborweb.com/articles/the_legacy_of_renden_lemasters.html In the early hours of June 15, 2004, a couch caught fire on the porch of a house on Oakland Avenue. Fed by the sofa's stuffing, the blaze quickly engulfed the structure, putting two of the U-M football players who lived there into the hospital and injuring three other people, including two firefight... James Leonard News