Community “sends off” seniors with a car parade
On Sunday afternoon, community members lined Main Street and waved, clapped, shouted congratulations to, and even confetti-ed Manchester High School seniors who rode in decorated cars and trucks through the Village. Some seniors wore their caps and gowns, while others just enjoyed the ride. The event was organized by parents and not an official school […]
Ice cream cones and cool summer treats!
DD (formerly Manchester’s Dairy Queen) posted on May 4th on social media that they would not be opening this season, citing as reasons both lacking an occupancy permit and the increased expenses that would be involved with operating during a pandemic. Residents looking at spending a whole summer with no local ice cream options began […]
Manchester residents protest racism
Manchester residents joined protesters across the country Saturday afternoon protesting on Main Street and Ann Arbor Hill (M-52), the murder of George Floyd, police brutality and systemic racism. The organizer, a local mother, did not want to go on record except to say that those protesting are people who believe racism is wrong, and that […]
Meet our intern, Claire Pajka
This summer, University of Michigan student Claire Pajka will be interning with the Manchester Mirror! An Ohio native, she grew up near Cuyahoga Valley National Park and has spent previous summers working in the Natural Resources Department of the local park system. She was previously a writer and editor for the Watershed Volunteer Program eNews […]
How weak regulations failed to prevent catastrophe at notorious Midland dam
by Kelly House, Riley Beggin (Bridge) Over nearly three decades and several owners, government regulators warned the Edenville Dam near Midland was at risk of failing in a flood, with dire consequences for downstream communities. But the 96-year-old dam’s structural deficiencies were never corrected before it and the downstream Sanford Dam failed last week following heavy […]
Pain, strength and agitation underlie Detroit protests against police brutality
by Louis Aguilar (Bridge) The death of George Floyd, the beating of Sha’Teina Grady El in Washtenaw County, mass incarceration, and rampant coronavirus infection in prisons brought thousands to Detroit on Friday evening to underscore the value of black life and protest police brutality. Throughout the night and early Saturday morning, the heart of Detroit […]
Michigan continues to stumble in tracking coronavirus in nursing homes
by Robin Erb, Jonathan Oosting, Ted Roelofs (Bridge) A confusing and incomplete picture of COVID-19 deaths in Michigan nursing homes emerged Friday after the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services listed — for the first time — the total number of nursing home coronavirus cases by county and nursing home. According to numbers posted to the […]
Feds back Michigan businesses in suit against Whitmer’s coronavirus orders
by Jonathan Oosting (Bridge) The U.S. Department of Justice announced late Friday that it is backing a lawsuit against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, arguing she “imposed arbitrary and irrational limits” on businesses to fight COVID-19. The move comes one month after U.S. Attorney General William Barr directed federal prosecutors to review state and local policies “to ensure […]
Washtenaw County Broadband Task Force releases survey information
The Washtenaw County Broadband Task Force, a group convened by the Board of Commissioners to achieve broadband equity in the entirety of the county by 2022 has released preliminary findings from their 15-township coverage survey. This survey, a 3-way partnership between the Merit Network, Michigan State University’s Quello Center and Washtenaw County, was intended to […]
Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners appoints two new members to County Road Commission
submitted by the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners At their meeting on Wednesday May 20, The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners appointed two (2) new members to the Washtenaw County Road Commission. The move comes after the Board passed a resolution in March to expand the Road Commission from three (3) to five (5) members. […]
