WCSO — March 2022 report of police services in the village
submitted by Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office During the month of March, there were 215 calls for service. During this time 130 traffic stops were made, resulting in 14 citations. Noteworthy events in Manchester Village during last month include: On March 7, a Collaboration Deputy was dispatched to the 600 block of Parr Street for a […]
Road commission continues work in Bridgewater, Sharon Townships
Submitted by Washtenaw County Road Comission The Washtenaw County Road Commission (WCRC) is continuing work in two areas of Southwestern Washtenaw County where there will be road closures over the coming weeks. Residents in those neighborhoods should be prepared to consider alternate routes. In Sharon Township, Pleasant Lake Road between Sharon Hollow Rd and Smythe […]
St Joseph Mercy Chelsea becomes Chelsea Hospital as part of rebrand
submitted by Trinity Health Michigan Trinity Health Michigan will rebrand eight hospitals and hundreds of care sites in Michigan to build recognition, trust, and pride under the shared identity of Trinity Health. Mercy Health and Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, along with their employed medical groups IHA and Mercy Health Physician Partners, will adopt the […]
Michigan’s Medicaid ballooned during COVID. It’s about to be pared back.
By Robin Erb (Bridge Michigan) Nearly 3 million Michiganders now receiving Medicaid may have to prove they remain eligible starting as early as this summer. And if all doesn’t go well, hundreds of thousands could risk losing health coverage. The Biden administration on Tuesday extended the pandemic public health emergency to mid-July, and with it several protections for lower-income […]
Soaring signature costs may bar some candidates from making Michigan ballot
By Yue Stella Yu (Bridge Michigan) LANSING—Michigan candidates have until Tuesday to submit enough signatures to appear on the ballot. Many haven’t. It’s not because they are unpopular. Rather, the soaring cost of gathering signatures is slowing them down. Largely indistinguishable from volunteers to the general public, paid circulators hired to collect signatures to get candidates and […]
Bacon, labor, materials: Inflation pounds Michigan businesses
by Paula Gardner (Bridge Michigan) Nelson Sanchez grappled with wage and supply cost increases in 2021 at RoMan Manufacturing in west Michigan, expenses that were rarely mentioned in the national dialog about inflation. Instead, many economists and political leaders assured Americans that the pressures leading to price jumps — like supply shortages and a smaller workforce — were transitory […]
Parks clean up has a successful day
“The weather really wasn’t bad at all,” said Village President Pat Vailliencourt. “It was not raining or snowing and not too cold.” Perhaps Vailliencourt’s memory was slightly more thawed out by late Saturday afternoon, but a small and intrepid group of volunteers did a great job of making short work of the Parks Cleanup Day […]
Joyce Stein — a small town girl who enjoyed a huge taste of the big city
Joyce Lentz was born in 1926, raised in Manchester and graduated with the MHS class of 1945. While the world was still at war, she and most of her classmates wondered what the future would hold. Everyone, of course, wanted to be helpful to the war effort. What would that look like for the female […]
The Digital Dislocators are going to states!
submitted by Andy Galicki After an absolute rollercoaster of a weekend, the high school robotics team finished their Week 6 competition at Woodhaven High School ranked 13th out of 41 teams, with a qualification record of 8 wins and 4 losses. Upon advancing to the playoffs, they were chosen as the first pick of the […]
Girls’s varsity soccer now 1-0-1 for the season following tie with Bulldogs
Submitted by Scott Somerville The Manchester Girls Varsity Soccer Team played their second match of the season on Saturday April 9 at home vs. The Bulldogs of Chelsea High School. This was the first meeting between the two teams since 2017 when Chelsea prevailed, at home, 1-0. On a “feels like” 31 degree Fahrenheit day […]
