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Rylee Barnsdale
Monday, May 5, 2025
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Rylee Barnsdale is a Michigan native and longtime Washtenaw County resident. She wants to use her journalistic experience from her time at Eastern Michigan University writing for the Eastern Echo to tell the stories of Washtenaw County residents that need to be heard.
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Arts and Culture
Riverside Arts Center bolsters public art in Ypsi with new sculpture and mural by local artists
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025
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Ypsi teacher covers school walls with her paintings
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Thursday, January 23, 2025
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Nonprofit seeks to empower young people in Ypsi Township's West Willow neighborhood
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
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Ypsi country-rock band's lyrics deal with monsters, both fictional and real-life
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
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Program encouraging EMU community to support Ypsi businesses marks successful third year
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Wednesday, January 8, 2025
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Bourbon festival set to return to Ypsi
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Wednesday, January 8, 2025
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Ann Arbor plans cookbook to advance carbon neutrality goals
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024
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Free mental health care available to young Black men through new program in Ypsi Township
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024
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Pop-up holiday market series returns to Ypsi for second year
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Wednesday, December 11, 2024
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U-M report finds promising results for state pilot program supporting new parents
Rylee Barnsdale
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Feature Story
Arts and Culture
Ann Arbor meeting between physicists Fermi and Heisenberg dramatized in new original play
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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Innovation News
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Ann Arbor, Ypsi artists to welcome buyers into their studios as part of seven-city Midwest event
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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
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Equity
EMU LGBT Resource Center celebrates 30th anniversary with look back at center's historical impact
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024
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U-M to continue research on vacant land reuse in Flint with federal funding renewal
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024
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EMU to offer drive-through Thanksgiving meal giveaway for third year
Rylee Barnsdale
Thursday, November 14, 2024
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New nonprofit aims to build unity among Ann Arbor's business districts
Rylee Barnsdale
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
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Community center coming to site of former Ypsi Township school
Rylee Barnsdale
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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Local company hopes to "preserve the spirit" of downtown Ypsi with Michigan Ave. acquisition
Rylee Barnsdale
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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Visual artists of Michigan's music scene to be featured in upcoming festival
Rylee Barnsdale
Monday, November 4, 2024
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Returning citizens find jobs, support, occupational therapy through Ypsi nonprofit
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Wednesday, October 30, 2024
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