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Cherry Republic Opens Expanded Storefront and Wine Bar On Main

Cherry Republic Opens Expanded Storefront and Wine Bar On Main

October 21, 2024

Morning, Ann Arbor! You don’t need a second cup of coffee, you read that right. It’ll be in the 80s today. Hope your Halloween costume has short sleeves.

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🍒 More Cherries: After 2 years of planning and construction, Cherry Republic (223 S Main St) has completed its expanded store and wine bar at 221 S Main Street. The location has sat empty since Anneke's Downtown Hair & Co. left in April 2022.

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🇮🇳 Second Madras Masala: A year after moving from Maynard Street to Packard Street, Madras Masala has opened a second location at 1143 Broadway St. The popular South Indian and Indo-Chinese restaurant is closed on Mondays and open Tuesday through Sunday from 11:30 am to 9:30 pm (except from the hours 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm on weekdays and 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm on weekends).

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🌊 Gallup Park Bridge: After years of planning and months of construction, the Gallup Park Bridge is now open to pedestrians and cyclists and will be accessible to cars after this Thursday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new bridge replaces an older bridge from 1975 that was demolished due to structural concerns. Additionally, the new bridge has twice as much space for pedestrians and cyclists.

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🎤 Halloween Concert: A University of Michigan tradition, the annual Halloween Concert brings together the University Symphony and University Philharmonia Orchestras for a celebration of the spookiest time of year that is fun for all ages. Graduate student conductors lead musicians decked out in costumes in a one-hour concert, featuring thrilling, popular, and spine-tingling symphonic Halloween favorites.

Enjoy a discount of 10% off ticket price when you purchase 4 or more tickets.

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🚘️ More Parking: Last week, U of M announced plans to build a 570-space parking structure on Zina Pitcher Place. The structure will replace a 50-space lot and the soon-to-be-demolished Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute building at 205 Zina Pitcher Place. Construction is expected to be complete by winter 2026.

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👻 Ghostwriting Comments: DTE Energy has been accused of (and hasn’t denied) ghostwriting supportive public comments for its $456.4 million rate hike. The Michigan Public Service Commission identified 16 suspicious public documents from businesses in favor of the rate hike and found that a DTE spokesperson wrote at least four of the public comments and many more had irregular writing patterns. By viewing the metadata associated with the PDF comments, the commission proved four of the documents were created from the same source, despite being submitted by different Michigan businesses.

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🏈 Michigan Football Tracker: Week 9 of 13

Current Record: 4-3
Current Rank: Unranked (down from #24 from last week)
Last Saturday: Michigan lost 21-7 to #22 Illinois.
This Saturday: Michigan plays a 7:30 PM home game against MSU (4-3). The Wolverines are 5.5-point favorites.