Public notice: Village of Manchester
VILLAGE OF MANCHESTER NOTICE OF ADOPTION ORDINANCE No. 318 CHANGE OF USE PERMIT AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE VILLAGE ZONING ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NO. 239 OF 2001, AS IT IS INCORPORATED IN THE VILLAGE OF MANCHESTER CODE OF ORDINANCES, TITLE XV: LAND USAGE, CHAPTER 151: ZONING CODE, ADDING SECTION 151.028: PERMITS OF CHANGE OF USE OF […]
Michigan student loan forgiveness: What to know as Supreme Court steps in
by Isabel Lohman (Bridge Michigan) The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday on the future of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. Student loan borrowers are waiting to see how justices on the conservative-tilting court will view Biden’s effort to clear college debt for millions of people, a plan halted by lower courts before […]
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, […]
