Acorn Vendor of the Week: Rocky Oak Farms
The Manchester Mirror is running a series of articles to introduce the many vendors at Acorn Farmers’ Market & Café to the community. Each week a different vendor will be featured, to highlight the wide variety of offerings at our local Market, both now and in the future. Watch for this regular feature to learn […]
Manchester Township to review fire penalties, seasonal road work
submitted by Sybil Kolon The April 13 township board meeting was held in person. All board members were present, except Trustee Lisa Moutihno. Also in attendance were two members of the Manchester Fire Department. Captain Shawn Booth of the Manchester Fire Department provided the monthly report. March was a very busy month. There were 63 […]
WCSO: March 2021 report of police activity in Village of Manchester
During the month of March 2021 there were 133 calls for service; 69 traffic stops were made, resulting in five citations. Noteworthy events in Manchester Village during March include: On March 7, a collaboration deputy was dispatched to the 500 block of Granger Street for a malicious destruction of property report. The complainant reported that […]
Stories of Wil: With chocolate chips on top
submitted by Christie Taylor Wil is a 14-year-old boy with Down syndrome. He is the little brother, by 20 months, to twin sisters, Katherine and Elizabeth. Wil’s mom, Christie, knew very little about Down syndrome when Wil was diagnosed shortly after his birth. It didn’t take long for Christie to realize how enriching life with […]
Michigan at ‘record high’ for COVID-19 hospitalizations of children
by Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press (Bridge Michigan) Children aren’t immune to COVID-19. They can get sick, just like adults do. They can be hospitalized, the same as adults. And rarely, they can even die. That’s the message doctors at several of Michigan’s children’s hospitals want people to hear as […]
A big fight in Lansing over fishing rules on the Great Lakes
by Kelly House (Bridge Michigan) Dana Serafin still hauls in 20,000-pound boatloads of whitefish to supply regional restaurants and markets, but in recent years, the Saginaw Bay fisherman has found it more difficult to fill his orders. Native whitefish, the main livelihood for Serafin and other Great Lakes commercial fishers, have been in decline for […]
Survey: More than 8 in 10 Michigan teachers are fully vaccinated for COVID
by Ron French (Bridge Michigan) More than eight in 10 Michigan public school educators are fully vaccinated from COVID-19, almost triple the rate of the state’s adults as a whole, according to a survey released last Thursday by the Michigan Education Association, the state’s largest teacher union. The high immunization rate among teachers and other […]
Feds fine former Midland dams owner $15 million over safety violations
by Kelly House (Bridge Michigan) Federal regulators have fined the former owner of the failed Midland area dams $15 million for safety violations tied to the disaster, but it’s unclear whether the agency will ever see a cent. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which regulates the country’s hydropower-generating dams, announced Thursday it assessed the penalty […]
Local conservation groups collaborate with bike shop to inform the community
Maybe you’ve noticed a table not far from the window in the newly-opened Sharon Valley Bicycle Shoppe at 108 E. Main Street. The bike shop owners, Christina Mersereau and Mike Vedejs, are letting the Grand-Raisin Conservation Community have a table and use of the wall to display literature and posters from its many partners. “There […]
Side Door Kitchen brings a Cajun vibe to Napoleon
A few years back, Manchester’s Chef Chris Sirvinskis decided to close the doors of his popular “Boogie Woogie BBQ” restaurant that he’d owned for 12 years in Pinckney, thinking that he “might want to retire and try a few other things.” “I philandered around,” he says, “and focused on my music again. But I just […]
