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Ann Arbor developer Dan Ketelaar is making revisions to his plans for a new apartment building on South Main Street as he looks to break ground in October.

Ketelaar has submitted a formal request to the city's planning department, seeking administrative approval for a roughly 4,500-square-foot increase in usable building space.

A Family Dollar store is the long-awaited first development planned for Ypsilanti’s Water Street property.

As such, planners and City Council are eager to set the design standard for subsequent development on the 38-acre site.

Lorrie Shaw | ContributorKnowing that there are many fun-loving pets living in and outside of our area, we're anxious to see what they've been up to.

Have you captured your pet taking advantage of all that the outdoors has to offer? Why not submit a favorite photo of your pet?

Flickr photo by Anders.BachmannThis is been a year of change for a lot of people in my midst who share life with animal companions.

For most of them, they knew that the inevitable was coming: an aged pet gracefully navigating their twilight time with the accompanying bumps along the way.

John Seibert, Naz Edwards and Mitchell Koory in Performance Network's production of "My Name is Asher Lev."courtesy of Performance Network

Saline resident and U-M grad Sean Panikkar, along with fellow Forte singers

A 20-year-old Bloomfield Township man died when he was struck by a semi truck while reportedly walking across Interstate 94 in Van Buren Township Monday around 10:30 p.m., the Belleville View reports.

Police investigate at a Superior Township residence where an 18-year-old woman was stabbed in the leg Tuesday.Patrick Record | AnnArbor.com

Lincoln will open its 2013 football season Friday.Daniel Brenner | AnnArbor.com

Beware of bolts and boomers in Washtenaw County Tuesday night.