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AADL Talks To: Patricia Garcia and John Hilton, Ann Arbor Observer Co-Owners

Patricia Garcia and John Hilton, Ann Arbor Observer Co-Owners
Patricia Garcia and John Hilton

In this episode AADL Talks To John Hilton and Patricia Garcia. John and Patricia co-own the Ann Arbor Observer, where Patricia is Publisher and John is Editor. John and Patricia talk about how they were selected for ownership, how the community has changed in their almost 40 years of covering it, and how they weathered the changes in the media industry and the pandemic.

Westgate Kroger Employees Dress For Halloween, October 1984 Photographer: Robert Chase

Westgate Kroger Employees Dress For Halloween, October 1984 image
Year:
1984
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 29, 1984
Caption:
HAPPY HALLOWEEN - Workers at the Kroger's store in Westgate donned seasonal attire last week to celebrate trick-or-treat day. Pictured here are Alice Manley, the witch behind the cash register; Scott Stutzman, the chicken, and Frank Glacken, the clown, packing groceries; and a fuzzy blue Cookie Monster, known to her co-workers as Merry Hilner.

Food Plentiful As Strike Enters Sixth Day

Food Plentiful As Strike Enters Sixth Day image
Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
February
Year
1983
Copyright
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Kroger store at the corner of Ann and Main Streets, where the old post office once stood, October 1952

Kroger store at the corner of Ann and Main Streets, where the old post office once stood, October 1952 image
Year:
1952
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 31, 1952
Caption:
(The following caption refers to this photo, as well as an additional old photo that accompanied it in the October 31, 1952 edition of the Ann Arbor News.) For several decades, until the present post office was first built in 1908-09, the grand, old Beal Block on the northeast corner of Ann St. and N. Main St. was rented by the government for that purpose (shown in the picture at top). From 1909 until it was torn down about 15 years ago to become the site of a store, it housed a wide variety of businesses. At the extreme left in the picture below can be seen a corner of the present post office building which has undergone frequent remodelings -- three of them since 1922. In the old days the Beal Block was much more than a post office. It was the most popular, informal social center of Ann Arbor. Daily, and more particularly on Sundays, hundreds of townspeople, faculty and students gathered to pick up their mail and pass the time of day with their friends.

Local Man Dies At Naval Base

Local Man Dies At Naval Base image
Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
October
Year
1961
Copyright
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