Manchester’s school bond, fire millage renewal, and city charter proposals all pass!
by Marsha Chartrand and Sara Swanson The Village of Manchester is no more as residents voted on Tuesday in an off-year election to become Michigan’s newest city! With a 35.88% turnout, 680 voters weighed in on cityhood. When all of the votes were counted, 62.65% voted yes and 37.35% voted no. Village voters also selected […]
Changes at the Manchester Hardware
by Marsha Chartrand “Good morning, Manchester … (long pause) … ACE Hardware,” said the voice on the phone Thursday morning when we called the familiar number. The confusion was not surprising. After 34 years of answering as True Value Hardware, Brenda Ries was entitled to take a moment to orient herself on their first day […]
Klager sets Vets Day recognition
Join the Klager Kids on Friday morning in their annual event honoring Manchester’s veterans! All are welcome.
Chelsea area giving circle donates $10,000+ to North Star Reach
submitted by 100 Women Who Care — Chelsea Area 100 Women Who Care — Chelsea Area membership is expected to donate $10,805 to North Star Reach from their October Impact Award meeting on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. The meeting was held at Chelsea State Bank and kicked off with an interactive networking hour, where members […]
Worth Repeating to honor veterans
submitted by Worth Repeating Worth Repeating would like to honor local Manchester Veterans by displaying their photos (in uniform) in our store window and throughout the store. Please bring photos to the store this week and they will be displayed. All veterans are eligible for a 50% discount off one item in the store this […]
How Michigan schools are trying to attract 1,000 or more new bus drivers
by Isabel Lohman (Bridge Michigan) Michigan school districts are getting creative with how to get students to school even when there aren’t enough school bus drivers to drive big yellow buses. In Lansing, the district is giving out gas cards and public transportation passes. In the Detroit area, some districts are contracting with a ridesharing […]
Shortage of new RSV shots could endanger Michigan babies
by Robin Erb (Bridge Michigan) A national shortage of a new shot that protects against a deadly respiratory virus could put Michigan babies at risk. Public health officials had cheered the arrival of the new nirsevimab shot, a monoclonal antibody immunization, when it was approved in July, for babies up to 8 months old. The […]
Drunk driving penalties in Michigan vary depending on where you live
by Mike Wilkinson (Bridge Michigan) Two courtrooms on opposite sides of Michigan look the same — seven chairs, desks for defendants and black-robed judges deciding punishments for drunk drivers. But the district courts in Westland in Wayne County and Grand Haven in Ottawa County are home to considerably different outcomes for those who stand before the […]
A canine of influence
by Marsha Chartrand The name just seemed to come to him naturally, says his owner. “My last dog was Buddy, and that was a pretty routine name for a dog,” Ryan Brinkman explained. “So when I got him as a pup, I wanted something that wasn’t so common. Someone suggested ‘Dude,’ and it seemed to […]
Village plants more trees with Consumers Energy grant
by Marsha Chartrand For the third year in a row, the Village of Manchester has been awarded a $3,000 grant as part of the Consumers Energy Community Street and Boulevard Tree Planting Grant Program. This funding was used in addition to already-budgeted funds for annual tree planting, removal, and maintenance to plant 15 young trees […]
