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Lansing could break 'Promise,' put end to scholarship program

By Krista Gjestland · Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009

Thousands of Michigan college students may soon have to say goodbye to the Michigan Promise Scholarship if proposed budget cuts get the final approval from state lawmakers this week.

'Talk' program aims to fill community center

By Christine Laughren · Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009

The idea is, if you show up on a Monday or Wednesday with $5 in your pocket there is going to be something for you to do. It’s the Talk of the Neighborhood, a new brand of programming at the Recreation Park Community Center. The brain-child of Ypsilanti resident Georgie Pachella, Talk of the Neighborhood is a play on the name of National Public Radio’s daily program Talk of the Nation.

Erika Kennedy, who went missing late Saturday night.

Ypsi teen missing since Saturday

By Christine Laughren · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009

A 17-year-old Ypsilanti Township resident is believed to be missing after the teenager allegedly took off Saturday evening with a man she met on the Internet. Erica Kennedy was last seen getting into a blue truck at approximately 11 p.m.

CEC gets $15 million grant

By Christine Laughren · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009

Phones have been ringing off the hook at Ypsilanti’s Clean Energy Coalition since it was awarded a $15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The Ypsilanti non-profit, committed to promoting clean energy technologies, won the grant for its Michigan Green Fleets project.

City Council passes language to require permits for filming

By Dan DuChene · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009

Ypsilanti City Council unanimously passed an ordinance on first reading last Tuesday night that would help regulate the film industry in Ypsilanti. If adopted by Council on its second reading, the ordinance would require people wishing to film within the city to obtain a permit from City Hall.

Ypsilanti Jamboree successful in first year

By Christine Laughren · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009

Labor Day Weekend may not have been the best weekend to have an outdoor music festival, but organizers of The Jamboree in Ypsilanti said the event was “first-class.”

EMU shuttle to move again

By Dan DuChene · Friday, Sept. 4, 2009

The bus stop for Eastern Michigan’s shuttle will be moving a few feet south on Adams Street, taking up five metered parking spaces. The move was unanimously approved by City Council Tuesday night.

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