St. Mary’s Catholic Church Fish Fry Dinners resume
submitted by Ray Berg St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Manchester announces the return of its annual Lenten Fish Fry dinner event! For 2021, this will be a drive-through, takeout only event at the Parish Center at 108 Madison Street, located behind the Marathon gas station in downtown Manchester. The dates are six Fridays — February […]
Local dairy farm wins Dairyland Seed Yieldmaster Contest
Dairyland Seed announced last week the state level and national winners of their annual Corn and Soybean Yieldmaster Contests. Finkbeiner Dairy Farms of Manchester placed first in the category of Michigan Late Corn Yieldmaster, achieving 283.0 bu/acre with DS-4878Q™. Ruczynski Farms of Richmond, Michigan placed second, achieving 272.0 bu/acre with DS-4440AMXT™. The title of National […]
February 2021 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill and Manchester Community & School Gardens The weather people are still predicting above-normal temperatures and precipitation for this month. They were definitely right about the above-normal temperatures for January, but way off on the above-normal precipitation forecast – including the “big storm!” we were supposed to be getting over the weekend […]
Senior Newsletter THE TRUMPETER – February 2021
The February 2021 edition of Manchester’s Newsletter for Seniors, THE TRUMPETER, is now available. Download it here: 3. Feb 3021 Trumpeter 1-2 Download the calendar here: 4. Feb Cal. 2021
Michigan grants Enbridge key permits to build Line 5 tunnel under Straits
by Kelly House (Bridge Michigan) Enbridge Energy is one step closer to building a tunnel to transport petroleum beneath the Straits of Mackinac, after Michigan environmental regulators approved key permits for the Line 5 project. The decision by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy comes months after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered the […]
Schools outraged that bars can open in Michigan, but not winter sports
By Ron French (Bridge Michigan) Olivet High School boys basketball coach Matt Seidl gathered his team around him at practice Friday to tell them the latest bad news. The season had already been delayed several times by state mandates forbidding close contact for fear of spread of COVID-19. High school winter sports teams were supposed […]
Michigan’s new House speaker: We’ll fight Whitmer until she works with GOP
By Jonathan Oosting (Bridge Michigan) LANSING — New Michigan House Speaker Jason Wentworth says he’s ready to “lock arms and compromise” with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer but is prepared to fight her in an attempt to restore the “checks and balances in government that people want.” Weeks into his new role, Wentworth is leading House Republicans […]
Graduating seniors faced with reduced local scholarships
Usually, graduating Manchester High School seniors can apply for a long list of scholarships provided by the community. Unfortunately, this school year, scholarship funds are one more thing on which COVID-19 has taken a toll. High School counselor, Hollie Kolcz stated, “Over the years, our community has offered an incredible amount of scholarship funds to […]
Tax season begins February 12
The Internal Revenue Service announced that the nation’s tax season will start on Friday, February 12, 2021, when the tax agency will begin accepting and processing 2020 tax year returns. The February 12 start date for individual tax return filers allows the IRS time to do additional programming and testing of IRS systems following the […]
