Acorn wishes Kenny well
What do you say when you aren’t saying “good-bye?” How about “Thank You and Good Wishes?” It seems appropriate for the vendors, customers, staff and board of Acorn Farmers’ Market & Café to do exactly that for Kenny Frost, who has given so much of himself to this effort over the past 15+ months. So, […]
Angry Up North: scars linger after Michigan school mask mandates end
By Ron French (Bridge Michigan) CHARLEVOIX—Tuesday’s meeting of the Health District of Northwest Michigan board of directors hadn’t started yet, and it was already crowded and overheated. Someone opened a window and a 25-degree breeze swept past about 30 people sitting together wearing facemasks, and wafted toward another group of 30 — mostly on the […]
Ypsilanti’s Haab’s Restaurant ends 87-year run, another institution gone
By Paula Gardner (Bridge Michigan YPSILANTI—The songs of Frank Sinatra still came through the speaker in the lobby of Haab’s Restaurant on Friday afternoon, but this time his crooning about good-byes hit closer to home. Unlike a regular weekday, the inner door was locked. Behind the glass, the counter was empty. And the phone lines kept […]
Michigan Republicans to Whitmer: We dare you to veto income tax cuts
By Jonathan Oosting (Bridge Michigan) LANSING – Michigan’s Republican-led Senate on Thursday gave final approval to a $2.5 billion plan that would cut individual income tax, expand senior relief and create a child tax credit but force unspecified spending cuts in future years. The election-year proposal now heads to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, putting pressure on the […]
Remembering Don Limpert, Manchester’s own “Black Sheep”
“Families don’t build monuments to honor their black sheep. Neither do communities. Regardless of how talented, or how far-reaching their accomplishments, the renegades of society rarely get their just due in terms of public recognition.” — Harry Macomber, from the book, “If … the oft-times colorful life and accomplishments of Manchester’s Don Limpert, […]
Dutch finish their regular season play, head to crossover
The Manchester Flying Dutch varsity played Grass Lake last Monday and suffered a 66-38 loss. “We struggled to shoot once again and Grass Lake really played well,” said coach Zach Neal. “We did get contributions from many different guys in the second half, and that will help us moving forward. We were led offensively by […]
Obituary: Donald E. Limpert
Donald Edwin Limpert, 94, of Manchester, passed away Friday, February 18, 2022, at his home. Don was born on May 7, 1927 in Groveport, Ohio to Frank and Mary Edna (Stambaugh) Limpert. Raised in Sterling Heights, Michigan, as Don recalled to many visitors, allowed him as a young child to see Michigan’s surviving Civil War […]
Obituary: Mark Arnett
Mark Arnett of Brooklyn at age 66 on Saturday, February 26, 2022, went to be with loved ones that have passed before him. Mark’s family and friends will gather from 10 – 11 am, Thursday, March 3, 2022 at Eineder Funeral Homes – Manchester Chapel. His funeral service will be held following visitation at 11:00 […]
Ann Arbor wants more housing and fewer cars. Is ‘unzoning’ the answer?
By Paula Gardner (Bridge Michigan) ANN ARBOR—More than 80,000 commuters enter this college town daily for work, just one sign of the vitality found in Michigan’s fifth largest city. The influx represents two-thirds of the number of people already living in Ann Arbor, a situation that leaves traffic abundant and underscores what city leaders see as […]
One little girl’s death and Michigan’s falling childhood vaccination rates
By Robin Erb (Bridge Michigan) Francesca McNally’s family will gather Thursday evening on what would have been her 10th birthday. They will do as they do every year: share in a birthday cake decorated with butterflies — a sweet-treat celebration the little girl didn’t live to see. Francesca — who was baptized even as she […]
