Ann Arbor News - Monday, April 17

Morning Ann Arbor! Over the weekend, I found myself in the weird, but wonderful world of Ann Arbor dashboards. A few of my favorites:

• Street Sweeper Map

• Snow Plow Tracker (bookmark for Winter)

• Memorial Bench Finder

• Deer Tracker (hasn't been updated since 2020)

Have a box of tissues ready if you click the memorial benches dashboard. You're one hyperlink away from being in your feels.

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ANN ARBORITES SHOULD KNOW

🍺  Mothfire Brewing's New Taproom: Local Ann Arbor brewery, Mothfire Brewing Co., is leaving its Industrial Highway location to build a new, state-of-the-art taphouse off West Ellsworth. The new, 6,000 sqft space is expected to open this June.

🚨  Homicide Investigation: The Ann Arbor Police Department has opened a homicide investigation into the death of a former police oversight commissioner. Jude Walton, the former head of the Independent Community Police Oversight Commission, was found deceased in her home on Thursday.

🥪  Canceling School Lunch Debt: End The Cycle, a student org. at U of M, raised over $5,000 this semester to completely pay off lunch debt at two local elementary schools. As Ann Arbor Public Schools do not have enough low-income students to qualify for free lunches, lunch debt (which accumulates through a student’s K-12 years) is a burden on kids and schools. End The Cycle raised the funds through grants, sticker sales, and individual contributions.

🚲  Abandoned Bikes: Starting May 15, U of M’s Ground Services staff will begin removing abandoned bikes across campus. The program, which marks bikes with brightly-colored tags before removing them, started in 2016 to free up racks around campus. Removed bikes are refurbished and donated to Michigan schools.

MICHIGANDERS SHOULD KNOW

🦒  Zoo Brew: On May 19 the Detroit Zoo will host Zoo Brew, an after-hours event for adults to enjoy the zoo with alcoholic beverages. 2023’s Zoo Brew will feature live entertainment, life-size games, and over 100 Michigan-made brews. Tickets are $50 and include admission to the zoo and six 5-ounce beer pours.

🔋  Pushing for Clean Energy: Michigan Senate Democrats announced the “Clean Energy Future Plan”, a package of proposed bills to ween the state off fossil fuels. The bills would force utility providers to stop burning coal by 2030 and deliver 100% carbon-free power by 2035. With control of the House, Senate, and Governorship, Michigan Democrats are seizing an opportunity to push energy reform throughout the state.

📜  New Gun Reform Laws: Last week two gun reform bills were signed into law. A new universal background check law closes a “loophole” that allowed rifles and shotguns to be privately purchased without a background check and a new safe storage law requires gun owners in homes with minors to keep weapons in locked containers. The bills were signed inside Spartan Stadium at MSU, two months to the day after the on-campus shooting.

🥚  Emergency Egg Hunt Alert: Flint Mayor Sheldon Neely is being criticized for using the city's new emergency alert system to invite residents to an Easter Egg Hunt at city hall. Alert Flint, the emergency alert system, was designed to warn residents about active shooters, natural disasters, missing children, evacuations, road maintenance, and boil water advisories.

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That's all for now! See ya on Thursday

- Andrew

P. S. - A Michigan couple got married at Lowe's