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Public Notice: City of Manchester

CITY OF MANCHESTER  WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN  ORDINANCE No. 10  AN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW GOLF CART USE IN THE CITY OF MANCHESTER  THE CITY OF MANCHESTER, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, HEREBY ORDAINS:  SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO SEC. 73.01 THRU SEC. 73.04 OF THE MANCHESTER CODE OF ORDINANCES  Sec. 73.01. Operation of Golf Carts on City Streets Definitions.  […]

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Public Notice: City of Manchester

CITY OF MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING April 7, 2025, 7:00 P.M. Notice is hereby given that the City of Manchester’s City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, April 7, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at the Manchester City Hall, 912 City Rd, Manchester, MI 48158. The purpose of the public hearing […]

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Is Michigan’s Trump-fighting attorney general politicizing the office or saving Michiganders?

by Lauren Gibbons (Bridge Michigan) Six years into her tenure as Michigan’s attorney general, Dana Nessel has found herself back where she started — at the center of a flurry of lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s executive actions and policy priorities. Nessel ran and won in 2018 on a progressive policy slate and quickly developed […]

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Six ways Michigan’s Dana Nessel is challenging Donald Trump’s agenda

by Lauren Gibbons (Bridge Michigan) In the two months since Republican President Donald Trump started his second term, Democratic Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed or joined six multistate lawsuits against his administration. The challenges take aim at Trump’s stated goal to reduce government costs and several have resulted in court-ordered pauses or reversals […]

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Groups fight to preserve future of Michigan’s indigenous wild rice

by Jena Brooker (Bridge Michigan) An origin story, a teacher of life, a relative, and a source of crucial nutrition, manoomin now has a new protector. Once covering much of Michigan’s inland lakes and streams, the wild rice (also known as mnoomin or mnomen) is indigenous to the Great Lakes region but has largely disappeared […]

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Manchester Township board meets, discusses CRC funding, late-night policing

by Sybil Kolon All board members were present at the March 11 board meeting except John Seefeld. Also present were fire chief Bill Scully and a few members of the public. The first item of business was a presentation about Manchester’s Community Resource Center (CRC). Dave Tamagne, president of the board, and Carol Wotring, executive […]

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Obituary: Chris Strong

Chris Strong, 69, of Manchester, Michigan, passed away at home on March 19, 2025, surrounded by his loved ones, after a four-year battle with cancer. He was born on June 27, 1955, in Adrian, Michigan, to Ron and Maureen Strong. On July 13, 1984, Chris married the love of his life, Josie Strong, in Toledo, […]

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Mistaken identity photo: Blake Sloan, state champion!

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Photo: Spring in Manchester

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Great Lakes formed a lot earlier than previously thought, study concludes

by Lisa John Rogers (Great Lakes Now, for Bridge Michigan) It is widely known by lovers of the Great Lakes that their unique shape was caused by glaciers melting and receding northward. That was approximately 20,000 years ago. However, new research published in Geophysical Research Letters suggests these treasured lakes started forming hundreds of millions of years ago, long before, by […]

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