Derek Brickley named to Lawrence University Dean’s List
Congratulations to Derek Brickley of Manchester for being named to the 2021–22 Dean’s List at Lawrence University. The Dean’s List is an annual honor roll of students demonstrating exemplary academic performance. The list is compiled at the end of the academic year, once all grades have been recorded. Lawrence University, a private liberal arts college […]
Public notice: Village of Manchester
VILLAGE OF MANCHESTER NOTICE OF ADOPTION ORDINANCE No. 308 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, VILLAGE OF MANCHESTER, MICHIGAN BY ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 73 TO ARTICLE VII WHICH NEW SECTION SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS SECTION 73.01 AND SECTION 73.02 TO AUTHORIZE THE OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS ON VILLAGE STREETS PURSUANT TO MCL […]
Challenges aim to keep abortion, voting proposals off Michigan ballot
by Jonathan Oosting (Bridge Michigan) Conservative groups are fighting to keep Michigan voting and abortion rights proposals off the Nov. 8 ballot, arguing a formatting and omission errors should invalidate petitions signed by hundreds of thousands of registered voters. The Promote the Vote 2022 petition, which would allow for nine days of early voting and […]
One year later Afghan refugees in Michigan finding jobs, still seek asylum
by Ted Roelofs (Bridge Michigan) GRAND RAPIDS — Nearly a year after he fled Afghanistan, Mohammad Amin Haidary still lives in two worlds. There’s the new life he’s trying to build in Grand Rapids, as he beamed with pride after landing a job as project engineer with a local landscaping and land survey firm. But […]
Michigan works to expand who hunts and fishes
by Zahra Ahmad (Bridge Michigan) Mounir Awad is counting the days until November, when he and 27 of his Palestinian friends and cousins head Up North for deer camp. Awad, 62, who now lives in Davison, immigrated to Michigan when was 15 years old. He has fond memories of hunting with his father back in […]
Manchester’s Dolly Parton Imagination Library is growing!
submitted by Shannon Brown, Manchester’s Dolly Parton Imagination Library Did you know that any child who lives in the zip code 48158 can receive a book free in the mail until they turn 5? Manchester is part of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library and we have grown since first accepting applications in 2018. This program […]
MUMC Outdoor Movie Night: The Sandlot
This August, Manchester United Methodist Church, located at 501 Ann Arbor St, has been hosting Outdoor Movie Nights. For three weeks, they’ll be showing free family-friendly movies on a big screen in their parking lot, behind the church, next to Klager Elementary. The third and last movie in the series is 20th Century Fox’s The […]
What is “Bridge Michigan” and why is it in the Mirror?
by Sara Swanson The Mirror received a question from a reader last week and based on the rule of thumb that if one reader asks, at least ten others are probably wondering the same thing, we are answering it here! In relation to Bridge Michigan found next to the bylines in the state news section of […]
Michigan’s largest public companies raising prices to fuel earnings growth
by Paula Gardner (Bridge Michigan) Buyers hoping to get in line to order Ford Motor Company’s popular all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup learned this week the price of the base model is going up 17.5 percent. The automaker blames inflation for rising costs, like the extra $4 billion it is spending on commodities like steel and aluminum. […]
CDC loosens COVID rules with new onus on people, not schools, businesses
by Robin Erb , Mike Wilkinson, & Isabel Lohman (Bridge Michigan) The Biden administration further relaxed guidelines Thursday for controlling the spread of COVID, moving away from quarantines, social distancing and other security staples of the pandemic. And in a turn that could have implications for Michigan schools as they begin a new year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
