Shawn told me about this - "I hope you keep this up. Those are the six little words Karen Simpson had always dreamed of saying as a teacher. On a recent Saturday, her wish came true. Simpson, along with Debbie Taylor, completed a four-week Creative Writing Workshop series at the Ann Arbor Community Center (628 N. Main Street)."

February doldrums got you down? Are you feeling overwhelmed by stress and cabin fever? Need some help shaking the mid-winter blues?

Butzel Long attorney and shareholder Bethany Steffke Sweeny was elected to the board of directors of SafeHouse Center in Ann Arbor.

Josephine wrote:

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"A water main break has been repaired after it occurred just after 4 p.m. Thursday on South State Street at West Ellsworth Road."

"A miniature, battery-free, wireless, cardiac implant being developed by a University of Michigan researcher and the Ann Arbor company Integrated Sensing Systems Inc. has received important funding that could get it to patients more quickly."

Amber wrote:

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"Congratulations, dean Jennifer Hein tells students as they hand in their applications. You are now in the lottery to enter Community High School."

I found this article and thought I would pass it along.

"A slice of Ann Arbor past has been brought back to life through the efforts of a local man and a local business called Priceless Photo Preservation."

Con-way Inc. said Thursday that its fourth-quarter net income rose nearly tenfold on higher freight revenue and the settlement of a dispute over an acquisition.The Ann Arbor-based company earned $23 million, ...

Joan wrote:

I came across this post Friday.

"ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --? Humantech , Inc. has announced the 2012 schedule of its popular series of ergonomics seminars.? The Applied Industrial Ergonomics seminar will be held in ..."

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"ANN ARBOR, MI-- - Arotech Corporation , a provider of quality defense and security products for the military, law enforcement and security markets, announced today that since the end of the third quarter ..."