Parks Commission to hold clean-up day April 9
Would you like to do your part to help make Manchester a little more beautiful this spring? The Manchester Village Parks Commission is planning a Parks Clean Up Day from 10 am to noon this coming Saturday, April 9. Each of the village parks will be ready for trash pick up, brush clean-up, and any […]
Obituary: Elva Lee Heslip
Elva Lee Heslip, 93, of Manchester, passed away peacefully Monday, April 4, 2022. Elva’s family will hold a private graveside service. Elva was born on December 22, 1928, in Detroit, Michigan to Scott and Ida (Brown) Cannon. Elva married the love of her life, James Heslip, on September 2, 1950 in Angola, Indiana. She will […]
Kick-off to Earth Day 2022 – First annual climate change forum
submitted by League of Women Voters The League of Women Voters Lake Michigan Region invites the public to attend their first annual Climate Change forum, “Developments in Climate Change Science and Policy: “Code Red” in the Great Lakes and Beyond” on Saturday, April 16, 2022, from 2-4 pm, at Venue Six 10, 610 S. Michigan […]
League of Women Voters present Juvenile Justice study group
submitted by League of Women Voters of Washtenaw County The public is invited to join a Juvenile Justice presentation by Carolyn Madden, (LWV-WC Board, and Friends of Restorative Justice), and Mary Lynn Stevens (Friends of Restorative Justice, and Safe & Just MI) for a discussion of restorative justice. This presentation of restorative justice will be […]
Michigan unemployment agency seeks bids to replace troubled computer system
By Paula Gardner (Bridge Michigan) Michigan this month initiated the bidding process to replace its long-troubled computer system in the state’s Unemployment Insurance Agency, planning to spend at least $45 million on a new “customer-centered” approach that should be finalized by fall. The state outlined requirements that it wants to see in the replacement system on […]
Central Michigan University blames ‘complacency’ for enrollment dive
by Isabel Lohman, Mike Wilkinson (Bridge Michigan) Blaming more than a decade of sagging enrollment on administrative complacency, Central Michigan University is aggressively ratcheting up marketing efforts to woo more students for the fall. In an email to faculty and staff last week that comes after CMU announced plans to temporarily close three dormitories in mid-March, Jennifer […]
Two Michigan educators work to keep new teachers in classrooms after COVID
By Isabel Lohman (Bridge Michigan) Michigan teachers Anthony Barnes and Brittney Tylenda want young teachers to stay and grow in their profession. Barnes, who is in his seventh year, teaches special education at Hillside Middle School in Kalamazoo. Tylenda, in her sixth year, teaches third grade in Manor Elementary at Monroe Public Schools. Along with […]
Obituary: Douglas Edward Bowers
Douglas Edward Bowers, 58, of Saline, Michigan passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at the University of Michigan Hospital, with his family by his side. Doug was born July 8, 1963 to the late Laurence and Verna (Kothe) Bowers. On March 31, 2007 he married Sandra Kay (Ford) Bowers. In addition to his […]
Varsity girls’ soccer kicks off 2022 season
Submitted by Scott Somerville The Manchester Lady Dutch Varsity Soccer Team kicked off the 2022 season with their first match on March 25 vs. the Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central Kestrels. On a cold spring evening, the visiting Kestrels looked to avenge last year’s divisional semi-final playoff loss to the Lady Dutch. During the first […]
DeRossett earns “Top Producer” award for 2021
For 48 years, Gene DeRossett has worked hard at what he knows best — marketing real estate and building relationships. This “delicate balance” of skills has landed him in the top 10 percent of more than 1.6 million Realtors in the nation, and special recognition from his peers at Real Estate One, Michigan’s largest Real […]
