Obituary: Melissa Revill
Melissa Ann (Hamilton) Revill, age 53, of Manchester, passed away at Michigan Medicine on September 18, 2020, surrounded by her family. She was born on January 3, 1967, daughter of Douglas and Cheryl (Werner) Hamilton. On May 16, 1998, Melissa married Jeffery A. Revill, and he survives her. Melissa lived in the Manchester area her entire […]
Sharon United Methodist to host drive-through dinner
Sharon United Methodist Church will host a drive thru "Brats, Dogs, and Sloppy Joe" dinner on Friday, September 25, from 4:30 to 7 pm. The drive-through will be held at the Sharon UMC Fellowship hall parking lot, 19980 Pleasant Lake Road at the corner of M-52. Please enter off M-52 and exit onto Pleasant Lake […]
Fall Events at the Clinton Township Public Library
In addition to using the Manchester District Library, Manchester and Bridgewater Township residents can get a library card for free to check out materials from the Clinton Township Library. Additionally, Manchester and Bridgewater residents are welcome to attend all library events at the Clinton Township Library. The Clinton Township Library is located at 100 Brown […]
How do Michigan universities compare on COVID outbreaks? Hard to tell
by Sammy Sussman (Bridge) ANN ARBOR—The University of Michigan’s COVID-19 Data webpage is sleek, interactive and fashioned in the school colors of maize and blue. On the site, students, parents and the public can see the number of coronavirus cases reported on campus each week since March, COVID tests given per week and positivity rates […]
Michigan’s unemployed to get $900 more. System glitches remain
by Paula Gardner (Bridge) A second round of $300 in additional weekly jobless benefits should reach laid-off Michigan workers before the end of month, while the state continues to fix glitches in its unemployment system and investigate fraud. Michigan has been approved for three more weeks of funding through the federal Lost Wages Assistance benefit […]
Michigan officials have dwindling faith in an accurate census count
by Bisma Parvez (Bridge) The 2020 Census has had all the cards stacked against it: a pandemic that has caused confusion on where to respond and stopped most in-person events, a shortened timeline, an executive order calling for the exclusion of undocumented residents, an increased mistrust of government, and so much more. So it should […]
Militias, far-right groups recast selves as mainstream at Lansing gun rally
by Jonathan Oosting (Bridge) LANSING — Michigan militia members say they are trying to take their movement mainstream, fashioning themselves as a private security force willing to defend against protests over racial injustice and police brutality that have turned violent in some parts of the state and country. Dozens of armed members from various militias, […]
Coronavirus kept us home, igniting real estate frenzy in northern Michigan
by Paula Gardner (Bridge) Tad Randolph remembers the first time he saw his house near Grayling. He’d rounded a bend in the Manistee River, looked 30 feet up the bank and told his son, “Wouldn’t it be nice to have a house like that?” A few years later, he and Bonnie, his wife, were ready […]
Voting activists get twin victories in Michigan with transport, ballot cases
by Riley Beggin, Jonathan Oosting (Bridge) Two judges granted victories to voting-rights advocates in Michigan, allowing absentee ballots postmarked before the general election to be counted and blocking a law that barred groups from hiring drivers to take voters to the polls. The separate rulings, which came Thursday and Friday in closely watched lawsuits fought […]
