Michigan’s lousy infrastructure has many begging: Fix the damn noisy roads
by Lauren Gibbons (Bridge Michigan) ANN ARBOR — Deborah Orlowski doesn’t need Siri to tell her what traffic is like on the M-14. She can hear it from inside her house. A small thicket of bushes and trees separates her property from the M-14, a state freeway that stretches from Interstate 94 in Washtenaw County […]
MSU shooting update: University to ask state for more security money
by Ron French (Bridge Michigan) Michigan State University will ask the Legislature for funds to help enhance campus security in the wake of a Feb. 13 shooting that left three students dead and another five critically wounded. “We’ve gone from a one- to five-year (security enhancement) plan to a one- to six-month plan,” MSU Board […]
Environmental incentives to conservation easements: Residents learn about land management & preservation
by Sara Swanson While “natural areas” can be hard to pin a definition to, a perennial topic of discussion is how to preserve them. Along with agricultural land, our natural areas are what give the Manchester area its rural character. What can you do? Preventing pollution, erosion, and loss of habitat (to name a few […]
Community comes together to provide adaptive toys for Early Childhood Special Ed class
submitted by Theresa Herron, speech-language pathologist, Manchester Community Schools I knew there are options out there, we just needed to brainstorm a way to get them! Some kids need extra support to help them access toys — they have fine motor delays, or social communication deficits caused by autism, or other developmental delays that make […]
The Shakespeare Club greets the New Year
submitted by Joan Gaughan, The Shakespeare Club The Shakespeare Club’s first meeting of 2023 on January 10 featured a PowerPoint presentation by Betty Cummings on Michigan’s seventeenth governor, Charles Croswell. He was born in Newburgh, New York, in 1825, orphaned at the age of 7, and, with his uncle, moved to Adrian, Michigan, in 1837, […]
Community Connection Night at Riverside
by Sara Swanson Have you wondered how you can help the school district move past the turmoil of last year? Manchester Community Schools, along with C.A.R.E. in Schools, school improvement consultants, invites employees and district families as well as the wider community to a Community Connection Night at Riverside Intermediate School, located at 710 E […]
Obituary: Webb Douglas Seegert
Webb Douglas Seegert, age 86, died Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at his home. He was born May 24, 1936 in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Theodore Peter and Phyllis Lou (Wadsworth) Seegert. Webb graduated from Petersburg (Summerfield) High School in 1954. He worked at Chrysler for 34 years in Vehicle Impact and was a member […]
144th Alumni Banquet announced for June!
submitted by Julie Trolz Ashley, Class of 1973 The Manchester High School Alumni Association is excited to announce the 144th Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday, June 17, at Manchester High School. The banquet is a memorable occasion for Alumni and guests to socialize and reminisce along with special recognition to the classes of 1943, […]
Guest editorial: Preserving Manchester’s rural character
Guest editorials are by local leaders or experts with specific knowledge of a topic and may contain opinions. Views expressed in any editorial are always exclusively those of the author. by Sybil Kolon Last Thursday I gave the introduction at a meeting held at Manchester Township Hall presented by the Washtenaw Conservation District and others […]
Michigan State shootings: MSU to pay victims’ hospital bills, funeral costs
by Ron French (Bridge Michigan) EAST LANSING – Michigan State University will pay the hospital bills of five students wounded in the Feb. 13 shooting spree on campus, along with the funeral expenses of the three students who died. Interim President Teresa Woodruff made the announcement at a news conference Sunday afternoon that focused primarily […]
