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ANN ARBOR – 2020 is history.
It will no doubt go down as one of the most unusual years in our city’s – and our country’s – history. Never content to simply be along for the ride, Ann Arbor has taken on every issue that the year presented in its own unique way.
From the eerily quiet streets that characterized the early peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March and April to the fever pitch of a tumultuous election year, from the isolation of self-quarantine to the vibrant culture that emerged again as we learned new ways to connect through the year, Ann Arbor’s story was written in moments big and small.
Scroll through the gallery above or the photos below for slices of life from a year unlike any other
Sofia Becker, 12, pets her dog Charlie as she participates in an online synchronous class for her seventh-grade online curriculum for Ann Arbor Open School at the family home in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2020. On any given day, all four of the Becker family members – parents and UM lecturers Udo Becker and Michela Arnaboldi, Sofia and her brother Luca, 14 – participate in online learning or teaching. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Eastern Michigan University nursing students volunteer at an IHA Covid-19 testing site in Ypsilanti on Saturday, March 28, 2020. The drive-thru testing was available by appointment only. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Jazlynn Browning, 8, and Jamario Browning march through the streets of Ann Arbor on Juneteenth in Ann Arbor on Friday June 19, 2020. “I just want her to get the experience and protest peacefully, for her to know not everything that she reads or watches on the internet is true,” Browning said. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Colleen Neilson puts on her mask before taking her weekly walk dressed in a Winnie-the-Pooh costume in Hamburg Township on Wednesday, May 20, 2020. Neilson walked around her neighborhood in homemade costumes each week to bring a smile to her neighbors faces. “I thought if I could make other people smile, it would make me smile,” said Neilson. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Democratic candidate for the nomination U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-VT, held a rally ahead of the upcoming primary election at the Diag on Michigan’s campus on Sunday, March 8, 2020. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, joined Sanders for the rally. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
The Michigan Theater marquee reads “Good Health to All” as Ann Arbor residents practice social distancing during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday, March 19, 2020. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Students show up for school at Bach Elementary School on Friday, March 13, 2020. That day, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered all K-12 schools be closed for the following three weeks as the COVID-19 pandemic worsened. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Henry Herskovitz, an anti-Israel protestor, helps Anne Scherney, a pro-Israel protestor as she finds a spot to sit outside of Beth Israel Congregation in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Children sled down the hill at Memorial Park in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Members of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity gather around a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. for a selfie before a commemorative march near Eastern Michigan University’s campus in Ypsilanti on Martin Luther King Day, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Student protesters hold a sign reading “System change not climate change” on the second level of the indoor courtyard during the celebration ceremony for the reopening of the Michigan Union in Ann Arbor on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Zachary Storey poses at RoosRoast Liberty, 117 E Liberty St. in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
9-year-old Bentley Booth smiles after signing a letter of intent for the Eastern Michigan University baseball team on his birthday on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. EMU’s baseball team partnered with Team IMPACT to sign Bentley to the team, giving him his own jersey and even a locker in the locker room. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Parishioners and county officials march in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Ann Arbor on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. Parishioners marched from the Washtenaw County Courthouse to New Hope Baptist Church. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Kamari Ronfeldt, 11, and Sonny Chobanian, 11, jump their sled off a snow ramp they made on a hill at Hunt Park in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. The February snow marked the only major snowfall of the 2019-2020 winter. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Alex Everard throws snowballs for his pitbull-lab mix Athena at Wurster Park in Ann Arbor on Friday, April 17, 2020. Southern Michigan was forecast to get 1-4 inches of snow throughout the day. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Fredda Clisham reads the program in her dressing room for the Burns Park Players annual community theater production of Mary Poppins at the Power Center for Performing Arts in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Clisham, who is now 100 years old, played the role of Queen Victoria in this year’s play. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Molly Dobson, poses for a portrait at of United Way of Washtenaw County in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Treasure Mart owners Elaine and Carl Johns work in the office of their store in Kerrytown on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. The Johns are selling the store since Elaine was diagnosed with ALS in the fall. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Students gather for a vigil held by the Sexual Assault Victims Alliance on the University of Michigan Diag on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. 100 candles were placed on the stand representing the 5,000 victims of sexual assault on Michigan’s campus according to a 2019 campus climate survey conducted by UM. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Students walk through the University of Michigan Campus in Ann Arbor on Thursday, March 12, 2020, the day University of Michigan announced they were canceling their spring 2020 commencement ceremony. On this day, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in wake of the coronavirus pandemic and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer passed an executive order banning gatherings of more than 250 people. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Residents stock up on groceries amid concern over the coronavirus pandemic at Costco 771 Airport Blvd. in Pittsfield Township on Thursday, March 12, 2020. The World Health Organization declared a global pandemic earlier that week, resulting in canceled events and school closings across the country. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Susan Schmidt poses at her home on South Ashley Street in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Schmidt, who campaigned for the Michigan House of Representatives in 2012, had the idea to order and distribute the signs after passing the University of Michigan Hospital on her way back from a bicycle ride at the Arb. ”As I was riding back a helicopter was taking off, and I’m always moved by that because you know it’s serious,” Schmidt said. “And right in front of the cancer center I saw the workers coming out and I wanted to yell ‘Thank You!’ When I got home I thought ‘How can I tell them that?'” Schmidt worked with the art department at Scarlett Elementary, where she once taught, and Sawicki and Sons, the sign company she used when campaigning. She put out the word on Nextdoor and has handed out more than 230 of her initial 250 signs – asking only for a $3.50 donation to cover the cost – and hopes to order about 500 more when the sign shop reopens. ”Demand’s been constant,” Schmidt said. “One person wants 200.” (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Global Education Excellence provides food distribution to families during coronavirus pandemic from Central Academy in Ann Arbor on Friday, March 20, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Kaden Hamilton hoists bagged lunches as volunteers hand out food to parents and families of Ypsilanti Community Schools students and residents at Parkridge Community Center, 591 Armstrong Drive in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. YCS offered a week’s worth of breakfast and lunch in lieu of school lunches after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered all Michigan Public Schools to close until April 6. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Rooms are lit up in The Graduate Hotel in downtown Ann Arbor to display a heart on Thursday, April 2, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Health Care workers stand outside before being honored in a festival of lights silent parade in Ann Arbor on Wednesday April, 8, 2020. More than 50 public safety agencies throughout Washtenaw County lit up the night to honor area healthcare workers. The “Parade of Lights,” organized by Ann Arbor Fire Department Chief Mike Kennedy, involved firetrucks and police cars turning on their lights and driving past the Michigan Medicine and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital emergency rooms. “All we wanted to do was show up in force with our healthcare allies,” Kennedy said. The route started at Michigan Medicine’s Kellogg Eye Center and ended at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital nurse practitioners are given cloth masks that were donated to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Superior Township on Wednesday May 13, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
A school bus sits parked outside a Central Academy classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ann Arbor on Friday, July 17, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Jordan Dorfman, Freshman at University of Michigan studying Bio Psychology Cognition and Neuroscience, packs up to return home to Armonk, New York from Ann Arbor on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Dorfman voiced concern that she had no options but to return to her hometown not far from a New Rochelle, New York, a major COVID hotspot. ”I’m worried because the town that has the national guard in it, New Rochelle is the hot spot in the country right now,” Dorfman said,”It becomes realer and scarier when once people you know have been affected by it,” Dorfman said she isn’t concerned about contracting the virus or spreading it because she is going to be practicing social distancing. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Attendees of a mock presidential caucus hosted by Indivisible Dexter hold up which presidential candidate is their first choice at Jolly Pumpkin Artist Ales in Dexter on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
A Washtenaw County Sheriff’s deputy speaks to Trisché Duckworth as she and other protesters gather inside the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office Service Center in Pittsfield Township on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Duckworth’s organization, Survivors Speak, gathered days after a deputy was recorded punching Sha’Teina Grady-El, who is Black, in the head multiple times during an arrest. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Protesters gather at the Washtenaw Sheriff’s Department Service Center in Pittsfield Township on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. After a demonstration outside the building some members of the group walked to block off an Ann Arbor intersection at Washtenaw Avenue and Carpenter Road to protest the department’s use of force in the arrest of Sha’Teina Grady-El. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
A family member of Sha’Teina Grady-El begins to weep and is comforted during a protest for Sha’Teina Grady-El, an Ypsilanti woman who was punched repeatedly in the head by a Washtenaw County Sheriff’s deputy during an arrest, in Ann Arbor on Thursday May 28, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
A demonstrator holds an American flag with corporate logos in place of stars upside down during a police brutality protest in downtown Ypsilanti on Saturday, June 6, 2020. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Protesters lay a printed list that they cite as examples of racism by mayor Beth Bashert in front of her home as they call for her resignation in Ypsilanti on Saturday, June 20, 2020. After acknowledging racist comments made during a video call in the presence of city council, Bashert resigned on Tuesday, June 23. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Elisandra Rosario holds a sign in the air as she marches down Washtenaw Avenue as part of a police brutality protest in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. The protest, organized by Survivors Speak, marched from the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office to Arborland Center. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Around 100 protesters drive through downtown Ann Arbor as part of a rally to “Demand Protections for Undocumented Essential Workers During the Coronavius Pandemic” on Friday May, 1, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
University of Michigan’s Mike Morris holds up one of the shirts distributed to UM football players before marching with other college athletes during a Black Lives Matter protest through the University of Michigan Diag and downtown Ann Arbor on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Daisha Jackson particpates in a 2.23 mile walk in memory of Ahmaud Arbery on Friday May, 8, 2020. It was a symbolic gesture in memory of Arbery, who is Black, who was shot and killed by a group of white men while jogging in Brunswick, Georgia on February 23, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Students march from the Michigan Union to Mother-Jordan Hall in protest of the University of Michigan’s COVID-19 policies in Ann Arbor on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. Students Demand Representation organized the rally in partnership with the Graduate Employees Organization. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Rob Cortis, the Livonia-based creator of the Trump Unity Bridge, raises metal cutouts spelling out “2020” atop the float as supporters of President Donald Trump demonstrate outside Dana Incorporated, 28201 Van Dyke Ave. in Warren, Mich on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. Trump visited with workers at the plant to celebrate Wednesday’s signing of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
A protester holds up a sign calling for charges to be dropped against James Willey outside the Federal Building, 200 E. Liberty St. in Ann Arbor during a rally in protest of arrests by federal agents in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, July 25, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Protesters kneel for 8 minutes and 46 seconds at the intersection of Liberty and Division streets in Ann Arbor in protest of arrests by federal agents in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, July 25, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Protesters and cars participating in a concurrent “Parade of Patriots” trade chants, shouts and gestures outside the City of Chelsea Police Department, 311 S. Main St. in Chelsea on Friday, July 31 2020. The march and police department sit-in was organized by Anti-Racist Chelsea Youth. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Members of Graduate Employees’ Organization 3550 honk their horns as they drive past the university president’s house in a car rally in protest of the University of Michigan’s policies on wages, sexual misconduct, climate change and more in Ann Arbor on Friday, April 10, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
A pedestrian crosses an empty Washington Street in downtown Ann Arbor on Tuesday April 28, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
A demonstrator lays a sign on the ground in memory of Aura Rosser who was shot and killed by Ann Arbor police in 2014 during a police brutality protest in Ann Arbor on Thursday, June 4, 2020. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor holds a virtual council meeting from his home’s sunroom in Ann Arbor on Monday April, 6, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Nicole Myint sits in her window while djing for fans on her instagram and practicing social distancing at her home in Ann Arbor on Wednesday March, 25, 2020. Lately, Myint said, life has been a whirlwind. ”My mother had a stroke so giving her 24/7 care at this time made me realize how important it was to not be djing in big crowds since her health is very poor. I have been isolated since I came home from travels March 10th,” Myint said. That same week after returning home from traveling for work in Puerto Rico, COVID-19 was declared a national emergency and Myint said she had $8,000 worth of events cancel in 48 hours. ”Across the world people are dealing with so much more than the impact I’ve taken,” Myint said, “It’s been great therapy to be able to connect to my music through this unpredictable and sad time in the World. I know this will make everyone stronger in the end.” (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Anthony Massey plays his guitar in the window of Varsity Barber Shop on Liberty street in downtown Ann Arbor on Thursday, March 19, 2020. Massey has been working at the barber shop for 11 years. The barber shop was empty as residents began to practice social distancing due to growing concerns about coronavirus. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
The Rev. Tony Smela holds a drive-thru confession at St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Parish in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Apr. 2, 2020. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Kelly Schwartz, left, and Kristin Johnson help collect donations for the UM Hospitals at the North Campus Research Complex on Saturday, March 21, 2020. UM Hospitals asked for donations of medical supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
A Ann Arbor Area Transit Authority bus driver wipes down her steering wheel with disinfecting wipes before continuing on her route through Ann Arbor Monday, March 23, 2020. All Michigan residents and most businesses were required to stay in their homes under an executive order issued by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to slow the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
University of Michigan students pop champagne and spray Lysol while taking senior portraits together on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Craig Teschendorf speaks with a group protesting his eviction outside his apartment in Ann Arbor on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. The Ann Arbor Tenants Union organized a rally and successfully delayed Teschendorf’s impending eviction. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
In a double exposure, protesters are pictured raising their fists in solidarity on the University of Michigan Diag in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
A poll worker sets out “I Voted” stickers behind protective plexiglas at the Ward 5 Precinct 2 polling place inside Bach Elementary School, 600 W. Jefferson St. in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
A student votes in a polling place at the University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.
Members of the Absentee Voter Count Board count absentee ballots for the August primary election in the City Council chambers at Ann Arbor Larcom City Hall, 301 E. Huron St. in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Aug. 4 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Washtenaw County Election Certification Board member Dan Smith certifies election results in the basement of the Washtenaw County Executive Building, 200 N. Main St. in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
An inflatable shaped like a bottle of Corona beer stands next to a woman as she watches live election coverage on television from a home near UM campus in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Trent Ivey, a mover with John’s Pack and Ship, helps incoming freshman Sam Wittenberg move in to West Quad dormitory on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Abbas Al Abduladl fills out a health and wellness form at Eastern Michigan University’s Mark Jefferson Science Complex in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. EMU resumed classes for its summer semester both online and with limited in-person attendance. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Abbott Elementary student Elijah Marshall, 10, participates in a remote learning session at Peace Neighborhood Center, 1111 N. Maple Rd. in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. The center operates multiple “learning pods” in partnership with AAPS to help students safely study and socialize during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Teachers and students have socially-distant one-on-one meetings in the hallway at Pleasant Ridge Elementary in Saline on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Michigan players stand and kneel together during the national anthem in front of empty stands before Michigan’s game against Bowling Green at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Only athletes, staff and media were allowed to attend the season opener due to COVID-19. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
An assistant coach sanitizes pads as the Dexter football team practices at Dexter High School in Dexter on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Chelsea fans watch from outside the field as the team celebrates after winning their season opener against Dexter at Chelsea High School on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. Only parents, players, staff and media were allowed inside the stadium for the first game of the season. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Pioneer’s Steven Oliverio and Dexter’s Dylan Lorincz wrestle during the Division 1 district final at Dexter High School on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Michigan forward Emily Kiser (33) grips on to the ball during the game against Northwestern at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Saline players celebrate winning their regional semifinal over Wayne Memorial in the locker room at Dexter High School on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Skyline coach Chris Cristian celebrates with players after their district semifinal win over Saline at Dexter High School on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Owen Hale, 8, plays “Hail to the Victors” on his trumpet for friends outside Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. The season opener against rival Michigan State University did not allow in-person attendance due to COVID-19. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Tony Golin stands to haul in his raft and sort through the debris he removed from the Huron River in Dexter on Wednesday, July 16, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
A pair of cyclists rides down a flooded path at Barton Dam in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. The Huron River reached 15.95 feet, cresting at a historic high for May 19 and reaching one of the ten highest levels on record. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Gary Horton works on a mural next door to Circ Bar, 210 S. 1st St. in Ann Arbor on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. The mural was one of several throughout downtown commissioned by the Ann Arbor Art Commission. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Jaleesa Rosario Turner poses with graphic designs that she plans to print on T-Shirts and more in Ypsilanti on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. Turner expanded her graphic design business and started a social media solidarity project after a racist incident in which men harassed her on a street in Ann Arbor’s Kerrytown neighborhood. “They started saying ‘n-word walking, Trump 2020’ and just violent quotes…talking about making fun of me being Black and saying things that are derogatory and things that insinuate sexual violence,” Turner said. In response to the trauma of that incident, Turner started a social media project to promote artistic works of marginalized communities and plans a tie-dye project featuring shirts with her own designs that read phrases like “Say her name” and “Black Lives Matter.” (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Emma Brundrett and Brendan Sanders pet Monroe, a domestic shorthair cat up for adoption at Humane Society of Huron Valley, 3100 Cherry Hill Rd. in Ann Arbor on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Brushmonkeys artists Lavinia Hanachiuc, right, and Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong paint windows outside Clarkson Eyecare, 117 S. Main St. in Ann Arbor on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Deana Hair is surprised by family and friends as she is discharged from Michigan Medicine University Hospital in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Hair, 67, was released from the hospital after 195 days in treatment for COVID-19 and nearly two months on a ventilator. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
AAPS technical specialist Mike Morris helps parents and teachers pick up and drop off tech devices at the Ann Arbor Public Schools Balas Administration Building, 2555 S. State St. in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Principal Ryan Johnson calms a nervous student during the first day of school at Estabrook Elementary in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Dennis Albers wears a hand-made “social distancing guideline” during Milan Moments on First Street in Milan on Thursday, March 26, 2020. Milan residents, including Mayor Dominic Hamden, have committed to spending 15 minutes per day outside interacting while maintaining six foot distances. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Michigan Medicine volunteers Patty Bebee, Patty Harvey, and Monica Orians help a visitor unload donations at Dock 90 of the University of Michigan North Campus Research Complex, 2800 Plymouth Rd. in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Carol Kappus talks about her passion for playing the harp at her home in Dexer. Kappus grew up in Detroit in a family of musicians, she now owns 11 harps. “I try to build a show where the emotion the involvement of the audience grows and grows with the show,” Kappus said, “I hope that when people join in with us and hear the songs they will feel moved in their heart.” (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Kevin Bohannon rides his bike on Lutz Street in Ann Arbor on Thursday, July 2, 2020. Bohannon biked every street in Ann Arbor in 2020 and believes he’s the first to do so. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
D’Real Graham stocks the free pantry that he helped establish on the porch of a home owned by a friend at 315 N. River St, in Ypsilanti on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton/MLive.com
Ann Arbor resident Brian Donovan and his son, Teddy Donovan, head to the canoe launch at Argo Livery in Ann Arbor on Saturday, May 30, 2020. (Mikayla Carter | MLive.com)Mikayla Carter | MLive.com
Hans Masing prepares to fly across country to deliver PPE to other hospitals to during COVID-19 Pandemic from Ann Arbor Municipal Airport on Friday April, 3, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Graduate throw their caps after completing their socially-distant graduation ceremony on the football field at Saline High School on Saturday, June 20, 2020. (Mikayla Carter | MLive.com0Mikayla Carter | MLive.com
Supporters of President Donald Trump and counter protesters clash before Trump’s visit to the Ford Rawsonville Plant in Ypsilanti Township on Thursday May 21, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Larry Clark delivers mail in Ann Arbor on Friday, April 10, 2020. Clark has been a mail carrier with the United States Postal Service for 15 years and said he’s “never seen it like this.” By Clark’s estimate, letter mail had dramatically decreased since the coronavirus pandemic began. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Duke Donahee of Donahee Farms prepares a customer’s preorder at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market on Saturday, May 9, 2020. The farmer’s market reopened May 9 after the market was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Customers were limited to curbside and walk-in pickups of preorders. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Elizabeth Ricketts, 10, poses on her family’s porch with gifts bound for nine families she found through the Salvation Army at her home in Brighton on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. Ricketts, who turned 10 on December 6th, made it her birthday wish to organize the donations on behalf of families at her school, Brighton Virtual Academy. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Ypsilanti Lincoln’s Emoni Bates (21) jokes with his teammates by the locker room before taking the court to play Pinckney at Ypsilanti Lincoln on Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. Starting this season, the school took extra measure to accommodate the large crowds who attend the games, including added security and extra seating. Many of the fans attend to see Bates, ranked number one player in the 2022 recruit class. (Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News)Jenna Kieser | The Ann Arbor News
Lydia Pomana and Josh Wahlstrom cart their tree home with their son Oscar Wahlstrom, 2, and daughter Olivia Wahlstrom, 4, at Urquhart’s Tree Farm, 10050 Jerusalem Road in Lima Township on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
University of Michigan students pop champagne and spray Lysol while taking senior portraits together on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. (Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News)Nicole Hester | The Ann Arbor News
Activists march to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake down William Street in Ann Arbor on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020. The protest, organized by Survivors Speak, started on the University of Michigan Diag and proceeded through Downtown Ann Arbor. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
Kristy Smyth, a registered nurse with Michigan Medicine, injects Joseph Mazzola, an employee of C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in the Jack Roth Clubhouse at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. Michigan Medicine opened up the COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Big House on New Years Eve, Dec. 31, 2020 with a goal of distributing 2,000 vaccines to Phase 1A recipients – mostly those who work in medicine with close contact to infectious materials – in their first round. (Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News)Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News
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