Giving Tree returns at Old National Bank
As it has for many years, Old National Bank will be supporting Manchester Family Services again this year with its annual Giving Tree. Due to the recent rise in COVID cases the bank lobby has returned to appointment only, which makes the normal process of selecting a child from the tree a bit more challenging. […]
Men’s Club Christmas Tree sale starts Sunday
Ready or not, it’s time for the Manchester Men’s Club annual Christmas Tree sale! On Sunday, November 29, members of the club will leave early in the morning to retrieve 180 trees from Arend’s Tree Farm in Grass Lake. They expect to have their site at Chi-Bro Park set up by noon, and ready to […]
St. Joe Chelsea to host a community forum Tuesday
With COVID-19 cases rising around the state and in our community, St. Joe’s Chelsea will host a live virtual community forum on Tuesday, November 24 at noon. There will an opportunity to submit questions beforehand. An invitation link also will be posted to the hospital’s Facebook page. The hospital looks forward to sharing the latest […]
Alternative outdoor seating comes just in time at Klager
Students in Ms. Melissa Yekulis’ kindergarten class were the recipients of some “comfy, squishy, and good” chairs to use outdoors when the weather is right as a special learning incentive. The project was funded by local donations to Donors Choose, an online “wish list” for teachers to fund-raise for special projects. At least eight local […]
County offers new COVID-19 testing site to provide saliva testing
The Washtenaw County Health Department has announced, in conjunction with LynxDx and the 2|42 Community Center, that they are offering a new drive-thru COVID-19 testing site in Ann Arbor which opened on Wednesday, November 18. This new site offers contactless saliva testing and will be open to all Michigan residents, with or without insurance. As […]
Roll up your sleeve and get a flu shot–protect yourself and your family
With the holidays coming up, everyone is worried about protecting loved ones from COVID-19. But flu season is also here. Did you get your influenza (flu) shot yet? It’s not too late, but it does take two weeks for the flu vaccine to start working. Influenza is a contagious illness caused by viruses that infect […]
Stories of Wil: What they can’t tell you.
Submitted By Christie Taylor Wil is a 13-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 officials say no to big Thanksgiving gatherings. Who will listen?
By Robin Erb (Bridge) Hospital leaders have pleaded. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has warned. Health officials have mandated, inspected and threatened fines. And a statistical model developed by Harvard researchers predicts nearly 1,000 COVID deaths a day in Michigan by year’s end if we can’t change the arc of the virus. But even as hospitalizations and deaths […]
Michigan hospital workers weary as public support fades, COVID cases rise
by Dustin Dwyer, Michigan Radio, Kate Wells, Michigan Radio (Bridge) Eric Kumor’s been a nurse for 10 years. But the last few weeks he finds himself having to gear up emotionally just to walk in the door to work. “And within 30 minutes, like two of our nurses are already just in tears,” he says. Sparrow […]
Michigan upholds Nestlé permit to withdraw 576K gallons of groundwater daily
by Kelly House (Bridge) Michigan environmental regulators will not reconsider their decision to let Nestlé Waters North America increase groundwater withdrawals to support the company’s Ice Mountain bottling operation in Stanwood, state officials announced Friday. Instead, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) has dismissed a complaint challenging the 2018 permit that […]
