Brooke Black

Canterbury

South Canterbury Editor at Stuff.co.nz

Newshound. South Island roamer. Opinions are all my own

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Robert Moore (Bob) Oneal

1 week ago | annarborobserver.com | Brooke Black

Robert Moore (Bob) Oneal, plastic surgeon and clinical professor of surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School, died peacefully on April 22 at Trinity Health Ann Arbor Hospital, where he was chief of staff in 1988 and 1989. He was 92 years old. Bob's career spanned a period of great innovation in the field of plastic surgery. He was an early member of the team led by Reed O.
Kiwi musician Kaylee Bell talks about collaboration on Matariki song NZ ‘needs right now’

1 week ago | stuff.co.nz | Brooke Black

Matariki Hunga Nui - Calling Me HomeIt’s catchy, the lyrics have meaning, the timing of its release is impeccable, and in the words of Kiwi musician Troy Kingi, a new collaboration between him and fellow musicians Kaylee Bell and Rob Ruha, feels like “it’s going to be a banger”. The new waiata/song titled Matariki Hunga Nui - Calling me Home was released this week, just in time for Matariki.
Tourist rear-ends grit truck on closed road

1 week ago | stuff.co.nz | Brooke Black

Twizel-based police reported three ice-related incidents on roads in the area last week, including one vehicle rolling on ice and another rear-ending a grit truck on a closed road. A police spokesperson said a visitor from China was issued with a warning for careless driving after they rear-ended a grit truck on State Highway 8 (Tekapo-Twizel Rd) near Lake Tekapo Airport. The road was closed at the time of the low-impact crash with snow and ice blanketing much of the Mackenzie District.
YMX Closes Its Doors, but Diggers Remains

1 month ago | annarborobserver.com | Brooke Black

Your Media Exchange announced its closure, effective May 25, due to flagging sales. It bought, sold, and traded movies, music, books, and video games for nearly three years at 319 S. Main. Toledoan Broc Curry retains another YMX there, and his Diggers used media store, where all items are $1.50, will continue in Kerrytown Market…Subscribe Now This content is for subscribers only. Already a member? Log in here
JD Sports - Ann Arbor Observer

1 month ago | annarborobserver.com | Brooke Black

Upbeat music was pumping inside Briarwood Mall’s JD Sports store as employees busily stocked shoes and clothes in preparation for a late May opening. Romulus-based district manager Greg Gambrell agreed to step out for a quick chat in a quieter space, the mall’s main corridor across from the Apple store. Subscribe Now This content is for subscribers only. Already a member? Log in here
Inty Muenala Returns to Briarwood

1 month ago | annarborobserver.com | Brooke Black

NTVES, featuring handcrafted indigenous clothing, accessories, and gifts, is back at Briarwood, along with gallery space for the artwork of founder Inty Muenala and others. Subscribe Now This content is for subscribers only. Already a member? Log in here
Five Guys Arrives at Jackson and Zeeb

1 month ago | annarborobserver.com | Brooke Black

Just a decade ago, the land surrounding the Meijer store at Jackson and Zeeb was mostly parking and potential. Those out-lots now host everything from an urgent-care center to a tobacco shop, along with quick-service food and drink options galore. Subscribe Now This content is for subscribers only. Already a member? Log in here
Skechers Steps In

1 month ago | annarborobserver.com | Brooke Black

Skechers has found its first foothold in Washtenaw County: the shoe chain opened May 10 in the Arborland storefront that has seen only temporary Halloween City tenancy since Arhaus moved up Washtenaw Ave. to Arbor Hills Crossing in 2013. Subscribe Now This content is for subscribers only. Already a member? Log in here
Wage War - Ann Arbor Observer

1 month ago | annarborobserver.com | Brooke Black

The wage war began in 2018, when One Fair Wage, a national coalition of activists, workers and organizations fighting for a higher minimum wage for tipped employees, gathered 370,690 signatures to put the decision up to voters. If the measure had passed, the wage paid to tipped workers, then set at $3.84, would gradually be increased to match the statewide hourly minimum wage—which the same proposal would increase to $12 by 2022 and thereafter index to inflation.
Small Town / Big City

1 month ago | annarborobserver.com | Brooke Black

Supporters argue that the city needs that “densification” to allow more people who work in the city to live here, to bolster the property tax base eroded by the U-M’s expansion, and repair economic and racial inequities caused by past “exclusionary zoning.” Opponents question whether growth on that scale is necessary or even likely. But if it does come to pass, they predict, it will be at the expense of the city’s neighborhoods, as apartments and condos crowd out single-family homes.