Ann Arbor's first city administrator, Guy C. Larcom Jr. was credited for a lot of things, not the least of which was running city government for 17 years through a period of tremendous growth. But with the passage of time comes change, and the large metal letters spelling out Guy Larcom's name have been peeled from city hall's brick facade.
Halloween is less than three weeks away, and I still don't know what I'm going to be. This is a serious dilemma. I am turning to the best sources I have: Internet quizzes, Google image search, and a poll of my friends.
A veteran Ann Arbor journalist, Geoff Larcom isn’t used to seeing his name in a press release.But today, Larcom was the newsmaker himself as Eastern Michigan University named him executive director of media relations. “It certainly is different. I’m usually reading press releases or deciphering press releases,” he said. “But ...
It’s the Ann Arbor Answer Man, here to respond to the persistent questions that vex us during our otherwise carefree and orderly lives in this city. Question: We love Zingerman’s Â- its food, service, ambiance and setting. But why does a sandwich cost so much? I just bought a Reuben ...
It had been a dreamy three months, the kind of time Michigan music legend Kid Rock recalls in his recent hit tune, “All Summer Long.” My elder son had just left his job of three summers at an old-fashioned vacation resort in Leelanau County, where he’d worked with his best ...
It’s almost as intense as the question of who will start at quarterback for the University of Michigan this season. It’s the great tailgate debate at The Ann Arbor Golf & Outing Club. You might not know of the club, but you’ve seen it. It’s a nine-hole, private tract located ...
They are precious stories, and they are slipping away from us as the gallant men and women who lived the remarkable details of World War II leave us one by one. With pride and love, family members savored and recalled the life of Fred Atkinson, a former Manchester resident who ...
I sat in on some orientation sessions for incoming freshman at the University of Michigan last week, and I can tell you this: This is not your parents’ university any more. Heck, if you are over 30, it’s not yours any longer, either. Technology is changing so fast, and students ...
Goodbye - and hello. Yeah, I’m back, and very grateful for the chance to write a column for AnnArbor.com. Grateful because it gives me the chance to communicate with you. Grateful because I still get to write about our fun, fascinating and sometimes maddening town.
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