http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/Latest Community, Education & Government News, Blogs, Photos & VideosenSat, 21 Nov 2009 05:29:59 PSTMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/News & PoliticsnoLatest Community, Education & Government News, Blogs, Photos & Videoshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/Sdss2vO4VQg/Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:29:59 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3960542 ]]>An undated photo of Chelsea area resident Rob Darrow, who died last Sunday from complications related to the H1N1 flu. Darrow's family remembers how he went out of his way for others.Photo courtesy of the Darrow family. Dexter area residents......http://www.annarbor.com/news/dexter-area-family-of-h1n1-victim-talks-about-loved-one/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/h5b7C8aatzo/Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:59:33 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3959001 ]]>Six people were arrested after police say they broke into a home Wednesday in the 9000 block of MacArthur Boulevard in Superior Township. All were arrested about 9:30 a.m. on outstanding warrants for failing to appear in court on various......http://www.annarbor.com/news/six-arrested-after-breaking-into-home-deputies-say/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/0otd7B_tiuU/Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:48:38 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3958424 ]]>The University of Michigan's Serious Games Expo may have been advertised as a means to prove learning needn't be boring, but its nomenclature was designed to filter out the unserious - those who came more to play games than to learn......http://www.annarbor.com/news/who-says-learning-cant-be-fun/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/VRbS7vzJOzI/Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:16:33 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3958283 ]]>Ypsilanti's City Hall closed today due to a water main break and won't reopen until Monday morning. The city said in a press release that city hall at 1 S. Huron Street closed at 2 p.m. after a water main......http://www.annarbor.com/news/ypsilanti-city-hall-closed-due-to-water-main-break/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/wwrMZuz7OMA/Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:04:46 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3957796 ]]>Ann Arbor officials will have their pick between polar opposites - a new high-rise development or an urban park - when they decide the fate of the Library Lot downtown. Six competing proposals have emerged in response to a request......http://www.annarbor.com/news/library-lot-proposals-will-have-ann-arbor-decide-between-development-and-open-space/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/XhTREm8mLNo/Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:15:54 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3957662 ]]>Come next Halloween, Ypsilanti Township resident Herbert Tackett won't set up his elaborate haunted house for neighborhood children. But that doesn't mean the popular annual event is over - it just may move venues.......http://www.annarbor.com/news/ypsi-township-resolves-haunted-house-issue/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/txfhtGwyZWI/Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:40:52 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3957490 ]]>AnnArbor.com's daily roundup offers you a look at some of the stories on our site today, as well as other content about Ann Arbor around the Web. William Fink, professor and curator director of the Museum of Zoology, opens one......http://www.annarbor.com/about/ann-arbor-news-roundup-nov-20/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/9N3Vtg-DN1c/Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:33:44 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3957091 ]]>(Note: AnnArbor.com's Nathan Bomey is live blogging the economic forecast starting at 9:30 a.m. Log in and share your thoughts and questions.)A severe jobs crisis will continue to haunt Michigan as the state’s unemployment rate tops 15 percent through the......http://www.annarbor.com/business-review/michigans-unemployment-rate-will-top-15-through-2011-economic-forecast-says/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/DSmASjBIC0A/Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:11:58 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3956779 ]]>The theft of nearly $1 million from an Ann Arbor youth hockey league by a former bookkeeper will be featured on an upcoming ESPN broadcast, officials said Thursday. A video crew and reporter from the global sports cable network interviewed......http://www.annarbor.com/news/espn-to-feature-ann-arbor-amateur-hockey-association-embezzlement-case/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/IDhGZW7Kdm0/Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:19:29 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3956490 ]]>Ypsilanti Township officials are asking Washtenaw County to open up the township's police services contract and allow for the layoff of 10 deputies by next month. In the aftermath of a failed police millage increase, Township Supervisor Brenda Stumbo sent......http://www.annarbor.com/news/ypsilanti-township-looking-to-cut-10-deputy-positions/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/xc1wjcaTuHw/Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:34:45 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3956509 ]]>County Commissioner Conan Smith said he has a dream of seeing Washtenaw County become the first carbon-neutral county in the state. "It's pretty significant work that's going to be involved in that," said Smith, D-10th District. "The biggest task for......http://www.annarbor.com/news/washtenaw-county-to-get-25-million-for-energy-efficiency-programs-1/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/7UI4GwVYtko/Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:05:57 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3955554 ]]>Millions of fish, reptile and amphibian specimens preserved in glass jars at the University of Michigan will be carefully boxed up and moved to a new home. The move is one element of an $17.6 million plan to renovate a......http://www.annarbor.com/news/university-of-michigan-regents-finalize-museum-of-zoology-collections-move/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/UFZVyaoQbv4/Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:41:50 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3954937 ]]>In many ways, the presentations of the Ann Arbor school district’s first quarter financial report was a scene setter for what’s to come. That’s because big changes in the revenue the district is getting and the cuts in expenses the......http://www.annarbor.com/news/ann-arbor-school-district-budget-starts-to-show-effects-of-state-aid-cuts/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/lhQns4HA4rU/Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:54:37 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3954779 ]]>The first death of a person with the H1N1 or swine flu virus in Washtenaw County was reported by county public health officials this afternoon. Officials would not release any further information, other than to say the person was an......http://www.annarbor.com/news/health-department-confirms-first-h1n1-flu-related-washtenaw-county-death/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/zaeQ49yOu2U/Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:08:13 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3954607 ]]>Tax records on file with the city of Birmingham show Ann Arbor school board Treasurer Randy Friedman did not file for a primary residential property exemption when he bought a house in the Oakland County city earlier this year. The......http://www.annarbor.com/news/city-records-show-ann-arbor-school-board-treasurer-randy-friedman-doesnt-have-principal-residence-ex/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/WyYOtP6HatQ/Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:06:30 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3954380 ]]>Washtenaw County Road Commission officials say they expect the agency's budget will drop by 25 percent in 2010 - the harsh reality of rapidly declining state and federal revenues.Those revenue losses are coupled with declining land development and associated road......http://www.annarbor.com/news/washtenaw-county-road-project-spending-to-drop-significantly-in-2010/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/H4fnwwMAiQk/Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:18:49 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3954255 ]]>A 32-year-old man was robbed this morning at the intersection of Packard and Henry streets while walking home from downtown, Ann Arbor police said. The victim had been out for drinks and was walking to his Henry Street home about......http://www.annarbor.com/news/man-robbed-at-intersection-of-packard-and-henry-streets/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/3iBqScsycTQ/Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:18:51 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3954257 ]]>The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously in committee Wednesday night to provide $175,000 as part of an emergency response to a growing homelessness crisis in the county. The money will be used to fund 10 year-long housing vouchers......http://www.annarbor.com/news/washtenaw-county-to-chip-in-175000-toward-emergency-response-to-homeless-crisis/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/4IRm7c6zRLY/Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:31:18 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3954082 ]]>Ann Arbor police are looking for a University of Michigan Law School student who was reported missing Nov. 12. Casey Neil McGinnis, 35, of Prospect Street, hasn't contacted family members since Nov. 11. They're concerned for his well-being, police said.......http://www.annarbor.com/news/university-of-michigan-law-school-student-reported-missing/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/annarbornews-mlive/~3/J_vdf2gapzc/Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:58:32 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf//4001.3953962 ]]>President Barack Obama announced this week he wants to send 100,000 students over the next four years to China, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported Wednesday. Here's a look at that promise and other higher education stories drawing interest this......http://www.annarbor.com/news/obama-100000-students-should-study-in-china-in-the-next-4-years/nonadult