WCRC roadwork in Manchester & Bridgewater Twp
Starting Monday, May 22, Washtenaw County Road Commission will be performing roadwork in Bridgewater and Manchester Townships. In Bridgewater, Hogan Road, between Old Pit Entrance, 3,168 feet north of Allen Road, and Logan Road, will have intermittent lane closures for limestone resurfacing. Likewise, Hack Road between Neblo Road and the Saline Township Line will have […]
Kettering’s Nashif, Belmont’s Stockard receive honors
submitted by Merit Pages News Upsilon Pi Epsilon inducted William Nashif on May 11. Nashif, of Manchester, is majoring in Computer Science and is a member of the class of 2025. Upsilon Pi Epsilon is the computer science honor society. To qualify, members must be seniors in the top 33% of computer science majors in […]
WCSO: April 2023 report of police services in the village
as reported by Lt. Alan Hunt, WCSO During the month of April 2023 there were 140 calls for service. During this time there were 81 traffic stops made, resulting in 39 citations. Noteworthy events in Manchester Village during the month of April include: On April 1, a Collaboration Deputy responded to the 400 block of […]
Census: Michigan cities lost population in 2022. See how your town fared.
by Mike Wilkinson (Bridge Michigan) Detroit and many other Michigan cities continued to lose population in 2022, according to population estimates released by the U.S. Census. Michigan’s biggest city lost nearly 1% of its population, about 7,791 people to 620,376, falling to 29th in the nation, with fewer residents than Memphis or Louisville, according to […]
Book bans move from sex to war, as west Michigan school removes ‘Jarhead’
by Isabel Lohman (Bridge Michigan Michigan’s culture war over library books has moved to a book about actual war, as a west Michigan district has removed “Jarhead” from its high school library. In what the author of the memoir calls an unprecedented action, the Board of Education for Hudsonville Public Schools in Ottawa County this week […]
Bill aims to allow backyard wildlife feeding, but critics fear deer disease
by Ashley Zhou (Bridge Michigan) A northern Michigan lawmaker is taking another shot at legislation that would allow residents to feed birds and other small wildlife near their homes. A similar bill was vetoed in 2021 by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who echoed the concerns of conservation groups that allowing people to spread feed in their […]
Let us never forget …
by Marsha Chartrand It’s been nearly 105 years since Emil Jacob died in service to his country during World War I. Emil, the only soldier from Manchester who died during The Great War, as it was then known, grew up in Lenawee County but moved with his family to Sharon Township when he was 16. […]
SRSLY Manchester initiative offers mental health tips from teens to teens
submitted by Alexandra Duranczyk, SRSLY Manchester On May 3, 2023, SRSLY Manchester asked students to answer three questions about mental health. These questions were answered by 7th – 12th grade Manchester Junior and Senior High School Students. The goal of asking the questions was so that their peers could see the answers and apply the […]
Desserts through the decades — the 1970s coming up next!
submitted by Laura Wohlgemuth On May 10, in part five of the eight part series of Desserts through the Decades, Chef Keegan from The Lakehouse Bakery shared the story of the Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest 17 in 1966 in which Ella Helfrich from Houston, Texas mysteriously baked a “tunnel of fudge” filling in her cake. It […]
Senior fraud prevention workshop to be hosted by Manchester UMC
by Marsha Chartrand A senior fraud prevention workshop has been set for Saturday, June 17, from 10am to noon, hosted at the Manchester Senior Center located at 410 City Rd, Room 108, in Manchester. The event is co-hosted by Manchester United Methodist Church. For more information, contact the church at 734-428-8495 or email dburns@manchesterumchurch.org You […]
