Obituary: Ronald James Walter
Ronald James Walter, 80, of South Lyon, formerly from Manchester, passed away peacefully, Thursday, January 6, 2022 at home, with his family by his side. A private graveside service was held. Ron’s family and friends will gather Saturday, June 11, 2022, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, with Funeral Mass at 12:00 pm, St. Mary Roman […]
Samantha Stockard named to Dean’s List at Belmont University
Samantha Stockard of Manchester qualified for the Spring 2022 Dean’s List at Belmont University. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C. Approximately 45 percent of Belmont’s 6,792 undergraduate students qualified for the Spring 2022 Dean’s List. Belmont […]
Editorial: The future of Manchester’s Canoe/Kayak Race — an opinion
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 When you say “canoe race” around Manchester there is no doubt you are talking about the third Sunday in May, rain or […]
Public notice: Village of Manchester
2021 Water Quality Report for The Village of Manchester Water Supply Serial Number: 04020 This report covers the drinking water quality for the Village of Manchester for the 2021 calendar year. This information is a snapshot of the quality of the water that we provided to you in 2021. Included are details about where your […]
Legal notice: name change
Maegan Louise Dennis, will be having a Zoom court meeting on June 14th at 9am with judge Julia B. Owdziej regarding changing their name to Skyler Louis Dennis
Public notice: Manchester Community Schools
NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOARD MEETING BUDGET HEARING Please take note that there will be a meeting of the Board of Education of Manchester Community Schools, Manchester, MI Date/Place of Meeting: Monday, June 20th, 2022 In-person Jr/Sr High School-Auditorium 20500 Dutch Drive. Manchester, MI 48158 Hour of Meeting: 6:00PM Telephone number of the principal office of […]
Rent or buy? No easy answers amid high Michigan home prices
by Paula Gardner (Bridge Michigan) A $200 monthly rental increase started Tracy Dewease thinking about leaving the townhouse southeast of Grand Rapids where she and her son had been happy for a decade. But what got her moving was the additional $300 per month scheduled to start the following year when she would have had […]
Board denies Craig, Johnson, others spots on Michigan ballot. Lawsuits next.
by Jonathan Oosting (Bridge Michigan) LANSING — Republican gubernatorial hopefuls James Craig, Perry Johnson and three others were denied a spot on the August primary ballot Thursday in a series of deadlocked, party-line, votes by the Board of State Canvassers. The split decisions followed allegations that a ring of fraudulent circulators submitted a combined 68,000 forged […]
Michigan senators seek summer pause on gas taxes. Whitmer ‘encouraged’
by Lauren Gibbons (Bridge Michigan) LANSING — Michigan senators reached a bipartisan agreement to press pause on gas taxes Thursday, citing sky-high prices at the pump in recent weeks. A set of bills that collectively would temporarily suspend both the 27-cents-per-gallon gas tax and the 6 percent sales and use taxes on gas purchase for the […]
Canoe/Kayak Race a great success!
submitted by Sybil Kolon for the Canoe/Kayak Race Committee The 56th Annual Manchester River Raisin Canoe/Kayak Race is in the books. This year, the weather on the third Sunday in May was awesome. The river was not too high or too low. Eighty-two canoes and kayaks completed the course. The best time was 34:12 by […]
