Shared-use trail progressing
Work on the shared-use trail that eventually will extend east-to-west through the village has been seeing a lot of activity over the past two weeks. Excavation is nearly complete and layers of crushed limestone have been placed on much of the surface from the River Ridge condos east of Hibbard Street, and extending west to […]
Graduating senior offers advice to young students
By Mitchell Ernst “What Do You Want To Tell Younger Students?” In 15 years of schooling, including preschool, this is the hardest question that I have ever had to answer. But, after taking two weeks to finally come up with a response, I found out that it could be summed up in one word. I […]
June events at Manchester District Library
Submitted by Tamara Denby, MDL Summer is just around the corner, and the staff of the Manchester District Library has a great month planned for you! Our new Writer’s Support Group will hold their first meeting on Wed. June 5 at 5pm. The meeting is open to the public and anyone interested in writing is encouraged […]
First Annual Native Plant Expo & Marketplace and Fish Distribution set for June 1
The Washtenaw County Conservation District (WCCD) will host the First Annual Native Plant Expo & Marketplace on June 1 at the Farm Council Grounds (5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd) from 9 am- 2 pm. The Native Plant Expo & Marketplace offers landowners one convenient location to shop for Michigan native plants from several Michigan native plant growers, […]
Varsity Dutchmen split doubleheader
The Manchester Flying Dutchmen varsity baseball team, coached by Nick Niehaus, split a doubleheader against Adrian Madison last Monday, May 21. Sophomore Jacob Messman pitched well the first game with zero earned runs, but unfortunately didn’t have his team backing him up. Five errors in the field caused the Dutch to lose this game, 3-7. […]
Bipartisan Michigan auto insurance deal reached between Whitmer, Republicans
Riley Beggin, Lindsay VanHulle (Bridge) State lawmakers announced Friday they had reached a deal on a Michigan auto insurance reform that they promise will lower costs while also barring insurance companies from using non-driving factors to set rates. They said they intended to vote on the bill before the end of the day, and send it […]
What the no-fault auto reform deal means for Michigan drivers
Riley Beggin (Bridge) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican leaders agreed to a landmark deal Friday that dramatically changes the state’s no-fault auto insurance system by allowing drivers to choose their level of personal injury protection coverage, among other things. The governor and Republicans say the plan, once signed into law, will bring much-needed financial relief to residents […]
Michigan’s abortion rate among nation’s highest. What you need to know.
Robin Erb (Bridge) The number of abortions in Michigan and nationwide has fallen dramatically in the past 25 years, but the state still has one of the highest abortion rates in the United States. Nearly 1 in 5 pregnancies, excluding miscarriages, in Michigan ended in abortion in 2015, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease […]
Michigan is investing heavily in early reading. So far, it’s not working.
Ron French (Bridge) Despite at least $80 million spent on improving early literacy and one of the largest expansions of state-funded pre-K in the nation, reading skills remain stagnant or declining across most of Michigan. Half of Michigan third-graders were proficient in English Language Arts on the state’s standardized assessment, the M-STEP, in 2014-15. Three years later, […]
She often arrived drunk at Ann Arbor ERs. Today, she serves others.
Ted Roelofs (Bridge) Lynne Ponder had just about nowhere to go but up. Living alone in Washtenaw County, she was virtually homeless as she bounced from motel to motel, haunted by severe anxiety, depression and bouts of heavy drinking she undertook to quiet her terror. Panic attacks were all but paralyzing. “It was the worst […]
