Grant to provide innovative play opportunities along shared use trails
The Manchester Village Parks Commission was the recipient of a unique grant that is designed to provide “free play” opportunities that will engage kids and adults as they traverse the shared use trail system through the village. The KaBOOM! Grant, funded in part by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, will provide $41,000 to […]
Manchester Alumni Association plans 2020 banquet
The Manchester Alumni Association is proud to announce its 143rd annual Alumni Banquet. The dinner will be held on Saturday, June 20th, 2020 at Manchester High School which is located at 20500 Dutch Drive. Social hour will begin at 5 pm with dinner being served at 6:30 pm. The classes of 1950, 1960. 1970, and […]
Kindergarten information night set
Kindergarten Information Night will be held this Thursday, February 6th at 6:30 pm in the Synergy Center at Luther C. Klager Elementary School, 405 Ann Arbor Street. This is an opportunity for parents to learn about kindergarten, how to enroll their child for class in the fall of 2020, and why Manchester Community Schools is […]
Men’s Club hosts “skating” party
Although the weather didn’t cooperate for great ice skating, all those who attended the Men’s Club annual ice skating party at Wurster Park on Jan. 25 had a great time. There were hot dogs, cocoa, a bonfire, and lots of snowball fights, according to Men’s Club member Terris Ahrens. “The ice wasn’t great due to […]
Pictures: Innovation Hour at Klager Elementary
The Manchester Mirror visited Ms. Melissa Yekulis’ “Innovation Hour” for aspiring journalists interested in learning more about what is involved in creating a newspaper! Mirror staff member Marsha Chartrand spent time answering questions written by the first and second-grade students and explaining how the community’s weekly news source is put together. The students were all […]
For state address in 2020, Michigan Gov. Whitmer still working on 2019 goals
by Jonathan Oosting (Bridge) LANSING — As Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer prepares to deliver her 2020 State of the State Address, a review by Bridge Magazine shows the first-term Democrat is still working to complete most of the goals she outlined in her 2019 speech. Bold plans to fix crumbling roads, resolve an education funding […]
Michigan offers little help for child care. That may change in 2020
by Ron French (Bridge) Michigan helps families less with child care costs than almost any other state. Leaders from across Michigan have been meeting for six months in search of solutions to the complex policy issue, increasingly acknowledged to be an educational and economic drag on the state. The group, hosted by the Grand Rapids […]
3 coronavirus tests ruled ‘negative’ in Michigan; new case investigated
by Robin Erb (Bridge) U.S. labs have ruled out the potentially deadly new coronavirus in three of four suspected cases in Michigan, the state’s health department said Monday. On Friday, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services had announced that three people — two from Washtenaw and another from Macomb — had “presented with […]
Gov. Whitmer launching effort to undercut Michigan’s third-grade reading law
by Ron French (Bridge) Undercutting Michigan’s controversial third-grade reading law, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will unveil in her State of the State address Wednesday an initiative to help struggling readers avoid flunking and advance to fourth grade. The administration will partner with several philanthropic foundations to help educate parents about the exemptions to retention available to […]
Highways win, local streets left ‘in the dust’ by Whitmer’s $3.5B roads plan
by Jonathan Oosting (Bridge) LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is scaling back her plan to “fix the damn roads,” unveiling a $3.5 billion bond proposal that would help rebuild Michigan highways without a tax increase but saddle the state with decades of new debt. The first-term Democrat announced her latest plan Wednesday night in her […]
