Ladies Society hosts successful co-op interest group
On Saturday afternoon, the Manchester Ladies Society welcomed a crowd of more than 20 people interested in forming a food co-op as an alternative to the soon-to-close Manchester Market. Among those in attendance was MSU Economist Bill Knudson, who helps with food co-op start up in southeast Michigan, as well as Joe and Heather McDougall, coordinators […]
Farm Market Stop in Manchester?
submitted by Ruth VanBogelen, Manchester Farmers Market Committee A Farm Market Stop is a store open 7 days a week. It looks like the produce, meat and dairy section of a traditional grocery store. Customers come to the Farm Market Stop frequently (maybe even daily) to purchase food for healthy meals and snacks. The food […]
Phoenix Waters is MHSAA state wrestling runner-up
Manchester High School sophomore Phoenix Waters, 15, competed on Sunday at MHSAA Girls State tournament, held at Adrian College’s Merillat Sport and Fitness Center. Phoenix earned runner-up status with all of her bouts throughout the tournament ending in pins, until the final where she lost to a senior by a close decision of 4-6. In a […]
Sportsman Club prepares for Chili Cook-off
The Manchester Sportsman Club will host a Chili Cook-off on Saturday, February 23, at the Sportsman Club headquarters, 8501 Grossman Road. Doors open at 4:30 pm, with tasting beginning at 5 pm. There is a $10 per person cover charge, which includes tasting from all contestants. Soft drinks and dessert will be available to purchase, […]
Michigan’s energy vulnerability exposed by natural gas scare, bitter cold
by Jim Malewitz (Bridge) LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants Michigan to learn from this week’s natural gas crisis that highlighted vulnerabilities in the state’s energy grid during bone-chilling weather. Whitmer, a Democrat, on Thursday called on the state Public Service Commission to investigate the state’s supply — and deliverability — of natural gas, electricity […]
Legal marijuana didn’t end black market elsewhere. What can Michigan learn?
by Riley Beggin (Bridge) Out of the darkness and into the light. That’s how Michigan marijuana proponents framed the state’s transition to legalized pot — a regulated system they promised would bring new tax revenues, expand access for medical patients and protect public safety by making it unnecessary for consumers to buy from underground pot dealers. But […]
In Flint, trust is lost. And bottled water supplies are running low.
by Jim Malewitz (Bridge) FLINT — On a freezing Tuesday morning, Jim Carnes rolled his shopping cart across the parking lot of Asbury United Methodist Church. Wearing winter gear and the confidence of a man who has been here before, the retired truck driver approached a table piled high with grocery bags full of green beans, […]
Bipartisan bills: New year, new chance for Michigan asset forfeiture reform
by Riley Beggin (Bridge) If police in Michigan believe you’re involved with a crime, they can take your cash, guns, cars or home if they can connect it to the alleged crime — even if you’re never actually charged or convicted. That property winds up in civil court and you have to fight to get it […]
Correction
In the January 14 online edition and the January 16 print edition of The Manchester Mirror, former grocery store owner J. Neil “Jay” Lantis was mis-identified as the A&B Grocery’s “long time manager.” It was also Lantis who conceived and built the current location of what is now known as the Manchester Market.
A vision of healing and peace
A simple and unassuming new building has joined the landscape of Sharon Township, with a wide-ranging vision for the future. The Emerald Temple Healing Center, located on Sharon Hollow Road between Sharon Mills County Park and Sharon Valley Road, is the culmination of Trudi Cooper’s dream to create a space where her husband, Eric, could do his […]
