Volunteers prepare for Ypsi PRIDE Day
May. 13, 2010 · 7:09 a.m.
Each year, residents in and around the city of Ypsilanti carry on a tradition started by a group of community members enrolled in a city leadership program, a sort...read more
Bicycles zoom as flowers bloom
Apr. 30, 2010 · 2:11 p.m.
The weather has turned, the trees are budding and the flowers are popping out of the ground; time for a cruise through town. But don’t be so quick to hop in the...read more
Sheriff Clayton visits Ypsilanti Township
Apr. 29, 2010 · 12:59 p.m.
About 50 Ypsilanti Township residents gave the Washtenaw County Sheriff Office their input about law enforcement in the community Tuesday evening.
The information...read more
Local photographer raising funds for Ypsi Project exhibit
Apr. 20, 2010 · 2:20 a.m.
Ypsilanti has many faces, and Erica Hampton wants to share a few of them with you.
Over the past year, Hampton created the The Ypsi Project, a series of portraits...read more
Savoy taking shape as live music venue
Apr. 17, 2010 · 2:38 p.m.
Ypsilanti's newest concert venue is preparing for its grand opening weekend April 23, more than a month after its soft opening March 13.
Formerly Club Divine,...read more
Oldest parade for holiday here in Ypsi
Jul. 6, 2009 · 4:30 a.m.
There were large crowds gathered for the 80th annual Ypsilanti Fourth of July Parade Saturday.
The oldest Independence Day parade in Michigan, event organizer Chad Crabtree estimated more than 2,000 people had gathered to watch the parade along Cross Street.
Organized with by the Ypsilanti Area Jaycees, with help from the American Legion, the parade had nearly 70 groups and organizations walking from the water tower to Depot Town at 11 a.m. He said with all the participants, the parade stretched a half mile long.
The Jaycees handed out four awards amongst the participants. The American Legion won the best veterans' group. St. Paul Lutheran School won best children's group. The Ypsilanti Heritage Foundation won best float. The Lincoln High School Band won best musical group.
Every category had a runner up except the best veterans' group. Boy Scout Troop 290 came behind St. Paul Lutheran School. The Ypsilanti Area Jaycees came behind the Ypsilanti Heritage Foundation. And, Ypsilanti Public Schools came behind the Lincoln High School Band.
Crabtree, community director for the Jaycees, said the parade has been the oldest of its kind in the state for eight years running. It’s a mile and a half long.
The parade took an hour and a half to complete.
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