WCRC this week in the Manchester Area
by Sara Swanson Washtenaw County Road Commission will be working this week in three Manchester-area townships. In Manchester Township, there will continue to be intermittent lane restrictions on unpaved primary and local roads for dust control beginning through the beginning of this week. In Sharon Township, Meyers Road between Bethel Church Road and Pleasant Lake […]
May 2023 Students of the Month
submitted by Manchester Jr/Sr High School Students at Manchester Junior/Senior High School receive Student of the Month awards for promoting a good way of life; for working and getting along with people; for working up to their capacity; for inspiring respect for adults, peer groups, and people in authority; for promoting good citizenship; for promoting […]
5 Healthy Towns Foundation posts job opening for new Action Team Facilitator
submitted by Matt Pegouskie, 5 Healthy Towns Foundation 5 Healthy Towns Foundation (5HF) is accepting applications for a part-time Action Team Facilitator to support its One Big Thing initiative. This position will serve as the point person for three community Action Teams and will coordinate their work with action team leads from the Foundation, Chelsea Hospital, […]
Public notice: Village of Manchester
NOTICE OF ELECTION TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE PROPOSED CITY OF MANCHESTER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2023 AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF ELECTING CANDIDATES TO THE FOLLOWING OFFICES: Six (6) city council members One (1) city Mayor A question as to whether to adopt the […]
Public notice: Manchester Community Schools
Manchester Community Schools NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 2023–2024 BUDGET PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on June 19, 2023, at 6pm, at Manchester Jr/Sr High School, 20500 Dutch Dr., Manchester, Michigan, the Board of Education of Manchester Community Schools will hold a public hearing to consider the District’s proposed 2023–2024 budget. The Board may […]
Public notice: Manchester Township
MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING The Manchester Township Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed township budgets for fiscal year 2023–24 at the Manchester Township Hall, 275 South Macomb Street, on Monday, June 26, 2023, at 7pm. Possible budget amendments to 2022–23 will also be considered. The property tax millage rate […]
Senior Newsletter THE TRUMPETER — June 2023
The June 2023 edition of Manchester’s Newsletter for Seniors, THE TRUMPETER, is now available. Download it here: 3. JUN 2023 Trumpeter pg 1-3 Download the calendar here: 4. JUN 2023 Trumpeter Cal
Device dating to 234 B.C. may allow Michigan native fish to bypass dams
by Elaine Mallon, Great Lakes Echo (Bridge Michigan) In the course of 11 days, a device dating back to 234 B.C. successfully captured 704 fish and lifted them into a collection basket as part of a project to determine if the method could be used in the future to move fish across dams without injury, […]
Michigan college enrollment decline among worst in the nation
by Isabel Lohman & Mike Wilkinson (Bridge Michigan) Michigan’s colleges and universities suffered enrollment drops four times steeper than the nation as a whole this year, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. And the decline was not a one-year aberration. Since 2019, the year before COVID-19 hit the U.S., only Alaska and Mississippi […]
Inside the Michigan lab where scientists raise killer bugs to save trees
by Ashley Zhou (Bridge Michigan) The squat, green-roofed office building just off the highway in Brighton doesn’t look like much, tucked away in an industrial park next to a dehumidifier company and machine shops. But inside, scientists are hunched over lab tables, studying buzzing wasps that could be saviors for North America’s disappearing ash trees. Staff […]
