Gov. Gretchen Whitmer opens up more Michigan farmland to solar power
By Jim Malewitz (Bridge) LANSING — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced a policy change Monday that would allow solar energy development on up to 3.4 million acres of farmland. Landowners in Michigan’s Farmland and Open Space Preservation program — which offers tax credits to those who keep land under contract for agricultural use for decades […]
She’s in a good place at Manchester Eye Care
Growing up in Grass Lake, Dr. Michelle Danko always dreamed of working in health care. “I was never afraid of dentists, doctor visits, or the eye doctor,” she says. “I always enjoyed it. That’s kind of weird, I know.” And she always knew she wanted to be able to work with children. At first, she […]
Chicken Broil announces 2019 sponsors
Something new at the 66th annual Manchester Chicken Broil will be the addition of corporate sponsorships, so the broil can give even more money back to the Manchester community. Although co-chair Michael Tindall says that he received approval almost 10 years ago from the board to pursue this idea, he had felt ambivalent about it. […]
Five village streets to be re-paved this summer
At the May 20 Village Council meeting, DPW supervisor Brent Jones made a recommendation for asphalt overlay work on five streets within the village this summer. Work is scheduled to be complete before the beginning of the school year in September. The streets that will receive new overlay include South Macomb, from Territorial to Wager; […]
Attention MHS Class of 1969
submitted by Paul Heinrich Many of the invitations sent out by the MHS Alumni Association regarding the Annual Alumni Banquet scheduled for June 15 at the High School Commons, have been returned due to the fact they do not contain a PO Box number. We have left copies of the letter and registration form at […]
Bortmas named to Dean’s List
Emily Bortmas, a 2015 graduate of Manchester High School, has been named to the Dean’s List of the College and Arts and Sciences at Western Michigan University for the semester ending Spring, 2019. If you have a student who made the Dean’s List at their college or university, let us know; we’d like to run […]
Report: Michiganders divided on road funding options, just like Lansing
By Lindsay VanHulle (Bridge) Michigan residents agree with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and infrastructure experts who say Michigan’s roads are in bad shape, and will get worse if the state doesn’t invest to fix them. But there is little consensus on solutions, from the amount of extra money Michigan policymakers should set aside to the source […]
High blood pressure is rampant in Michigan. Better data may lead to a cure.
By Robin Erb (Bridge) They call it the silent killer because of its ability to lurk undetected – hardening arteries, stiffening heart muscles, depriving blood from the brain and damaging kidneys and retinas. Now, high blood pressure may be losing a bit of its ability to hide. A new color-coded, data-driven mapping tool developed at Wayne State […]
Michigan lobbyist for polluter wrote law easing toxic cleanups, emails show
By Jim Malewitz, Craig Mauger (Bridge) LANSING — In a single year, a self-described “lawyer-lobbyist” went from working on behalf of a company accused of poisoning groundwater to writing a law that could weaken Michigan’s standards for pollution cleanups. A joint investigation by Bridge Magazine and the Michigan Campaign Finance Network found that attorney Troy Cumings last year […]
Conflict looms for Whitmer, Nessel as Enbridge accelerates Line 5 tunnel plan
By Lindsay VanHulle, Bridge MACKINAC ISLAND — Canadian energy giant Enbridge Inc. on Thursday announced it can finish a tunnel to house the controversial Line 5 oil pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac by 2024 at the earliest, shaving years off previous estimates. Enbridge said in a statement that construction could start as soon as 2021, […]
