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Featured project: Ann Arbor Coronavirus Response, including aid, local businesses to support, closures
Stores & Services
Stores: Books, Antiques, Groceries, Hardware, Resale, Buying essentials locally; Services: Banks, Shoe repair, Plumbers, Roofing, Other Services
Where to eat?
Donuts; Ice cream; Find a restaurant by nationality, style..., or see Menus, Bars, Local Food
Or find Deals: Lunch under 5 dollars, Birthday Deals, Breakfast, Best food under 10 dollars, Bright lights, little city: places for dinner during winter's gloom
Local Media
Papers
Daily: The Michigan Daily,
Twice-Weekly: Ann Arbor News (print; online is daily)
Weekly: Washtenaw Now (replaces Chelsea Standard, Dexter Leader, Saline Reporter, Ypsilanti Courier), The Ann Arbor Crier, Metro Times
Bi-Weekly: The Washtenaw Voice
Monthly: Current, Ann Arbor Observer, Critical Moment, Ann Arbor Masonic News, Groundcover, The Bohemian, The Communicator, The Ann, Purple Walrus Press
Irregular: Every Three Weekly
Historic: Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor Sun, Ypsilanti Citizen, Peninsular Courier, AnnArbor.com, Ann Arbor Chronicle, Ann Arbor Journal
Satire: News of Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Newshawks, The Onion
Radio
FM: WCBN 88.3, WEMU 89.1, WUOM 91.7, WWWW 102.9, WQKL 107.1
AM: WDEO 990, WTKA 1050, WLBY 1290, WSDS 1480, WAAM 1600, WYPS-LP 1700
Online: Ann Arbor Alive, Michigan Radio
Public safety: Police scanner, SKYWARN. NOAA All Hazards Radio
Historic: WPAG, WIQB
Online
An overview | Ann Arbor blogs | Ann Arbor forums | Ann Arbor twitter | Ann Arbor mailing lists | Reddit Ann Arbor
Transportation
Navigate the Streets of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti by bus (AAATA or U-M), bike, bike-sharing (ArborBike), car-sharing (ZipCar), car (driving/parking), or taxi.
Things to do
free things on your birthday, with kids, for teens, cool projects, or on a date night;
Things to do in the winter: events by month - December, January, February
Things to do in the spring: events by month - March, April, May
Things to do in the summer: events by month - June, July, August
Things to do in the fall; events by month - September - October - November - December
Emergencies
Have an After-hours emergency? Did your basement flood?
Government and Politics
Government and Politics: Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor, Ann Arbor City Council, Washtenaw County & Neighborhoods
Relaxing
City Parks, Recreation, Gardening, Music Instruction, Indoor Pools, Book Clubs
Issues: The Giant Hole, Parking, A2D2, the Greenbelt, Trees, Perceptions of Ypsilanti.
Ask us questions!
Nonprofits: Food Gatherers, Growing Hope, Volunteer opportunities for youth and teens, more...
Spiritual: Synagogues, Temples, Meditation, Churches, Mosques
Housing
[To be updated]
Education
Michigan: Students | Academics | Administration
Dormitories & housing | Things that are Free for Michigan students.
Colleges
Cleary University, Concordia University, Eastern Michigan University, Washtenaw Community College, The University of Michigan
Schools
Ann Arbor Public Schools, Emerson School, Greenhills, Rudolph Steiner School, St. Francis School, Summers-Knoll School, Ypsilanti Public School District, Saline Area Schools, Willow Run Community Schools, Lincoln Consolidated School, Logan Elementary School, Huron High School, Pioneer High School
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