Daylight saving 2023 arrives Sunday. Not every Michigander is happy
by Janelle D. James (Bridge Michigan) Get your clocks ready to “spring forward” for daylight saving time. In the early hours Sunday morning everyone will set their clocks an hour ahead, if their digital clock doesn’t do so automatically. Then in November, clocks will once again “fall back” an hour to standard time. It’s a […]
MHS’s Digital Dislocators are Week One champions!
submitted by Caiden Kippnick and Luke Somerville, Manchester High School’s Digital Dislocators Manchester High School’s robotics team, also known as Team 6081, Digital Dislocators, traveled to Grand Rapids this past weekend to compete in their first event of the season at Calvin University. This year’s game, Charged Up℠, is a 3v3 game where robots work […]
The Shakespeare Club encounters Mother Nature
submitted by Joan Gaughan, Shakespeare Club Although the February 14 meeting began with a discussion of possibly attending one of the productions at the Canton Michigan Shakespeare Festival this summer, weather seemed the appropriate matter for discussion this month as the members considered landscapes and shipwrecks. The Thought for the Day was from Patricia Seligman, […]
March 2023 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill That weather was fun, huh?! Well, no, it wasn’t, actually. I hope everyone came out of it in generally good shape — that your power has been restored, your house didn’t sustain any damage from falling tree branches or limbs, and that you didn’t lose too much of the […]
Senior Newsletter THE TRUMPETER — March 2023
The March 2023 edition of Manchester’s Newsletter for Seniors, THE TRUMPETER, is now available. Download it here: 3. MAR 2023 Trumpeter S.E and the calendar here: 3. MAR 2023 Cal pg 5
Public notice: Manchester Township
TOWNSHIP OF MANCHESTER 2023 MARCH BOARD OF REVIEW MEETINGS As required by the General Property Tax Act, public notice is hereby given by the Township of Manchester, that the 2023 March Board of Review will meet on the following days at the Manchester Township Hall located at 275 S Macomb, Manchester, Michigan, for the purpose […]
Michigan’s local road conditions improved slightly, but projections still bleak
by Lauren Gibbons (Bridge Michigan) Michigan’s local roads have improved slightly in the last year, but potholes will persist without additional funding for fixes, a survey of county road agencies found. The survey, conducted by the County Road Association of Michigan, found 6,047 miles of county roads were improved in 2022, meaning they were patched up, repaved […]
Michigan Senate votes to add LGBTQ protections to anti-discrimination law
by Lauren Gibbons (Bridge Michigan) LANSING — LGBTQ people would be explicitly protected by Michigan’s anti-discrimination law under legislation passed in the Michigan Senate on Wednesday. In what supporters called a historic moment, Senate Bill 4 — which would expand the state’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity — passed […]
Michigan House votes to repeal 1931 abortion ban
by Lauren Gibbons (Bridge Michigan) LANSING — The Michigan House voted Thursday to repeal the 1931 ban that supporters argue is no longer constitutional after the passage of Proposal 3 last fall. Getting the law — which criminalized abortions except in life-threatening pregnancies — off the books was a top priority for Michigan Democrats, who control majorities […]
Obituary: Kristy J. Raab
Kristy J. (Kostenbader/Fernandez) Raab, 51, of Manchester Mich., a wife, mother, sister, nurse, friend, grandmother, and so much more, went to join the angels choir on Sunday, March 5, 2023. Kristy was born on November 22, 1971, to Jeanne Ann and Roger Kostenbader in Stroudsburg, Pa. Kristy graduated abroad in Germany in 1991. She worked […]
