Fairy Festival at Acorn’s outdoor market is this Thursday
submitted by Laura Wohlgemuth Don’t miss this week’s special events at the Acorn Farmers‘ Market & Café Outdoor Market this Thursday, June 2, from 3-6 pm. The highlight of this month’s event is, of course, the Fairy Festival. A variety of special guests are expected, including Dance With Heart Studios, the Adiska Tooth Fairy, Horning […]
Free plants for participating in the Fairy Garden Contest
submitted by Manchester Farmers Market The Manchester Farmers Market is offering 10 FREE PLANTS (while supplies last) to anyone who enters their address in The Manchester Fairy Garden Contest. These plants are offered courtesy of the Manchester High School Greenhouse Sale and Acorn Farmers’ Market & Café. Email farmersmarket48158@gmail.com if you’d like to claim your 10 […]
The bird flu: Clean your bird feeder right now
by Genevieve Fox (Great Lakes Echo/Bridge Michigan) If you have backyard birds in your yard, take down your bird feeder, said Louise Sagaert, director of Wildside Rehabilitation Center, a nonprofit organization in Eaton Rapids, Michigan. Federal officials early this year detected highly contagious influenza in wild birds in over 30 U.S. states, the biggest avian […]
Michigan baby formula maker plans for profits after rival’s factory shutdown
by Paula Gardner (Bridge Michigan) A west Michigan company is running its U.S. infant formula production around the clock in response to a national crisis caused by a rival’s factory shutdown and recall. Perrigo Co., based in Allegan, is among three U.S. formula manufacturers rushing to fill store shelves. In Perrigo’s case, that means store brands […]
More Michigan third-graders could be held back under read-or-flunk law
by Tracie Mauriello (Bridge Michigan) Parents of nearly 5,700 Michigan students are getting unwelcome news: Their third-graders could be held back from moving to the fourth grade because of low reading scores. The number of struggling young readers is up 60 percent from total last year as being eligible to be retained, though that increase […]
Consumers Energy announces site work at M-52 station
by Marsha Chartrand Consumers Energy will be doing work on its Reg Station at 10951 M-52 starting May 23 and going through the week of July 22. During this time, there will be construction vehicles and workers on-site. In addition, on May 27, the company will be venting odorized gas from the station. “During this […]
Legion Auxiliary seeks support
by Marsha Chartrand Once a year, the American Legion Auxiliary seeks donations from its friends for poppies, the memorial flower of the American Legion and Auxiliary. In years past, the Legion and Auxiliary members stood at various locations throughout the village and asked for donations. For the past two years, due to Covid concerns, they […]
Parks Commission updates Carr Park sign
by Marsha Chartrand; photos courtesy Pat Vailliencourt The beautiful sign at Carr Park was faded and weathered after seeing many years of the Michigan elements, and citizen Dwayne Vailliencourt decided to do something about it. Last fall, the sign was removed from its posts, and Vailliencourt spent the winter repainting and refurbishing the sign that […]
Memorial Service announced for Kain Popkey
With a heavy heart we announce the passing of our Daddy, Son, Brother and Grandson, Kain William-Robert Popkey. Born June 28, 1983, Kain departed on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 to join his maternal grandpa, Pledger Chapman and his paternal grandpa, Robert Popkey. Kain leaves behind his four young children, Kaylin, Mya, Carter, Brayden, their mother, […]
Michigan farmers pinched by rising fertilizer prices. Consumers may be next.
by Kelly House (Bridge Michigan) Between last fall’s harvest and this spring’s planting season, Matt Schwab’s corn crop got a whole lot more expensive to grow. Prices for the commercial fertilizers Schwab and other Michigan farmers apply to their crops have doubled in the past year as a result of the Russia-Ukraine war, shifting trade […]
