Riverside senior luncheon follows 45 years of tradition
It was an open house honoring some of Manchester’s most honorable citizens — its senior citizens. As the students have since around 1975, first at Klager Elementary School and now at Riverside Elementary School, they welcomed the senior citizens of our community to the school for a meal and some great entertainment. Vocal music by […]
Letter to the Editor: Thank You!
December 11, 2022 To the Editor: A light snow overnight — a good reason to stay in bed a little longer. But the alarm went off at 7am and soon after we were on our way to the Riverside School Cafeteria for our annual Lions Kids’ Christmas, which has enveloped our every waking minute of […]
U-M hospital system to acquire Sparrow Health in latest Michigan merger
by Robin Erb (Bridge Michigan) Lansing-based Sparrow Health System is to be absorbed into Michigan Medicine by next summer — a move that hospital leaders say will expand access to specialty medicine in mid-Michigan and put Sparrow on better financial footing, the health systems announced Friday. The deal is “expected to be completed in the first […]
Senate may vote on long-awaited recycling reform. Which one is unclear.
by Kelly House (Bridge Michigan) After years of bipartisan work on a bill package that would reform Michigan’s solid waste laws to boost recycling and composting, lawmakers are gearing up for a potential Senate vote on the bills Wednesday. A tentative Senate agenda for Wednesday specifies intent to see the bills through “all the way […]
How should Michigan fund school transportation? A new report offers a blueprint.
by Koby Levin, Chalkbeat Detroit (for Bridge Michigan) Rudyard Area Schools, a district in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, has just one school building to serve its entire K-12 enrollment of 627 students. And that building is about a 23-mile bus ride away from Trout Lake, a town of 330 people on the other side of the […]
Senior Citizens’ luncheon set for Wednesday at 11 am
by Marsha Chartrand For many years, the third and fourth graders at Manchester Community Schools have served the senior citizens of Manchester a delicious holiday dinner between Thanksgiving and Christmas. What was once baked turkeys, assisted by (themselves senior citizens) Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kuyda of Freedom Township and much of the food cooked by […]
Is Santa on your mailing list this year?
by Marsha Chartrand Good children (all children!) of Manchester are welcomed to write to Santa Claus once again this year, and leave their letters in the special mailbox provided on Main Street by the Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce. No postage is required to use this magical mailbox that has direct delivery to Santa and […]
Obituary: Gladys Vivian Uphaus
Gladys Uphaus of Manchester passed away at Henry Ford Hospice Home on Monday, November 28, 2022, surrounded by her family. She is survived by her children, Elaine (Rob) Schaffer and DeAnn (David) Jose; siblings, Clifford (Pat Richards) Moore, Ross Moore, Marcella (John) Lucas, and C.J. (Faye) Moore; grandchildren, Derick (Ashley) Hanewald, Dara (Rick) Casey, and […]
Caregivers need help. Michigan is slowly finding a way
by Sarah Rahal, The Detroit News & Hayley Harding, The Detroit News (for Bridge Michigan). Jim Mangi never thought he’d be living out the later parts of the plot of Nicholas Sparks’ fictional “The Notebook,” but he is grateful he can stay a block from the Saline dementia treatment center near his wife, Kathleen, who is struggling […]
Michigan State condenses teacher preparation program from five years to four
by Tracie Mauriello, Chalbeat Detroit (for Bridge Michigan) Michigan State University will shorten its teacher preparation program from five to four years, saving education majors $16,700 in tuition and awarding them a credential more quickly. The change alleviates a financial burden on students and addresses an educator shortage by getting teachers in classrooms faster, said Tonya Bartell, […]
