Chelsea Adult Learners Institute (ALI) to offer COVID vaccine class
submitted by Joan Gaughan, Chelsea ALI In the United States alone, COVID-19 has killed more than 300,000 people, and infected at least 15 million more, including many in our own communities. Fortunately, several vaccines have now become available to combat the virus. Nonetheless, despite assurances by the CDC and other medical experts of their safety […]
Editorial: 2020 was rough; be each other’s light
Last year at this time, none of us knew what lay ahead. Even those who might have heard via news reports that a pandemic was beginning to spread across the other side of the world, likely could not have been able to imagine the devastating reality of more than 312,000 Americans dead from it a […]
What Jennifer Granholm’s appointment as energy secretary means for Michigan
By Kelly House (Bridge) University of Michigan professor Barry Rabe opens his environmental politics and policy class each semester by displaying a photo featuring former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm. In it, Granholm stands with then-President Barack Obama, then-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, then-Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, and then-Vice President Joe Biden. They are commemorating Obama’s agreement […]
Michigan may have missed COVID Thanksgiving surge sweeping nation
By Mike Wilkinson (Bridge) Michigan appears to have passed its first big holiday coronavirus test. Travel fell substantially over Thanksgiving, following warnings to avoid large gatherings, and state health officials say a slow but steady decline in new coronavirus cases may indicate Michigan has missed a feared surge. “We’re holding our breath, biting our fingernails right […]
With Line 5 closure, a ‘game of chicken’ over how to heat Upper Peninsula
By Kelly House (Bridge) If the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline shuts down next spring, Michigan has a matter of months to find a new way to deliver propane to Upper Peninsula residents who collectively use tens of millions of gallons from the pipeline annually to heat their homes. But one month after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced […]
Women’s giving circle is seeking Manchester members and charities
submitted by April Gasbarre, 100 Women Who Care-Chelsea Area 100 Women Who Care-Chelsea Area is seeking members interested in supporting charitable efforts in Manchester, Chelsea, Dexter, Grass Lake, Stockbridge and adjacent townships. With the minimal time commitment of only three hours a year, members can make a major impact in their community by participating in […]
Public notice: Manchester Township
Public Notice, Township of Manchester, 2020 December Board of Review The Township of Manchester will hold the 2020 December Board of Review on Tuesday, December 15th, at 9:00 a.m. via Tele-Conference to correct Homestead Affidavits, mutual mistake of fact, clerical errors, and poverty/veterans’ exemptions. To attend remotely call 313-209-3070 and use access code 558390. […]
Lots of unknowns as Michigan hospitals await first COVID-19 vaccine shipments
Editors note: Pfizer was granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for its vaccine on Friday. by Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press (Bridge) The massive coronavirus vaccination effort to immunize Michigan’s roughly 600,000 health care workers — and eventually the entire population — is in high gear as Pfizer’s vaccine candidate undergoes a federal hearing Thursday […]
Michigan moves to limit ‘mandatory minimum’ sentences and license suspensions
by Jonathan Oosting (Bridge) LANSING — Michigan lawmakers are nearing completion on a series of reforms to keep people out of jail by eliminating “mandatory minimum” sentences for some low-level crimes and limiting automatic driver’s license suspensions. House legislation approved by the Senate on Thursday would give judges discretion to shorten or suspend jail sentences […]
For COVID long-haulers, trouble lingers long after ‘recovery’
by Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press (Bridge) Gloria Vettese of Warren is haunted by the terror she felt in late March and early April, when she lay awake night after night, waiting and wondering whether COVID-19 would kill her and make her only child an orphan. She managed to survive the virus, and is […]
