ANN ARBOR, Mich. Geoff Larcom has covered higher education, written columns and led sports coverage at The Ann Arbor News. His final assignment: the newspaper’s own obituary after 174 years.

The only daily newspaper in this college town — daily circulation 45,000 — rolled off the presses for the last time Thursday and is going out of business. It is being replaced by AnnArbor.com, an online news site that will produce a print edition twice a week, on Thursday and Sunday.

“This will be our last edition. Farewell Ann Arbor. Hugs all around,” said Larcom, 51, when asked what the opening paragraphs of his story are likely to say.

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