Tick and mosquito surveillance program launches in Washtenaw County
submitted by Washtenaw County Health Department The Washtenaw County Health Department is participating in the Vector-Borne Disease Surveillance Program in partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The Health Department will collect and identify mosquitoes and ticks to help understand local disease risk and contribute data to the statewide tracking system. […]
Guest editorial: Economic Justice Unit helps Washtenaw residents recover money
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 Eli Savit, Washtenaw County Prosecutor Economic harm is a major issue in the United States — and one that harms countless Michiganders. Take, for […]
Public notice: Manchester Township
MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP SOLAR INFORMATION MEETING Please join the Manchester Township Board in attending a Solar Information town hall meeting on Thursday, June 23, 2022, starting at 7pm at the Manchester Township Hall located at 275 S Macomb St, Manchester, Mich. A panel has been assembled to give a short slide presentation and then answer questions from […]
Public notice: Manchester Township
MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Manchester Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at the Manchester Junior/Senior High School Auditorium,* located at 20500 Dutch Dr, Manchester, MI 48158 on July 7th, 2022, at 7pm for the purpose of receiving public comment on a proposed large-scale solar facility […]
Public notice: Manchester Township
MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING UTILITY-SCALE SES MORATORIUM Ordinance No. 96 Notice of Adoption Please take notice that on June 14, 2022, the Township Board of Manchester Township adopted Ordinance No. 96, which imposes a one-year moratorium on the permitting, consideration, approval, location, erection, construction, and/or installation of the Utility-Scale SES land use […]
Michigan deer hunters decline as pandemic boost in hunting wanes
by Zahra Ahmad (Bridge Michigan) With life getting back to normal after the pandemic, Michigan’s deer hunting participation is simmering down from a boom the sport experienced two years ago. The state’s deer hunting license sales were down almost 4% in 2021 from 2020, the Department of Natural Resources reported Thursday to the Natural Resources […]
How one firm in a ‘Wild West’ industry upended the Michigan GOP governor race
by Yue Stella Yu, Mike Wilkinson, & Joel Kurth (Bridge Michigan) LANSING — Stephen Tinnin Jr. was at a smoothie shop in Ferndale when a stranger asked him a question: Have you ever gathered signatures for political candidates? No, he told Shawn Wilmoth, owner of First Choice Contracting, he had not, Tinnin recalled to Bridge Michigan. Tinnin […]
Michigan GOP rejects LGBT Pride resolution, wants ‘lifestyle‘ disclaimer
by Jonathan Oosting & Lauren Gibbons (Bridge Michigan) LANSING — Republican leadership in the Michigan Senate on Tuesday refused to take up a Pride Month resolution adopted in identical form last year, drawing protests from Democrats who accused the majority of sowing election-year divisions. The resolution would have recognized June 2022 as “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, […]
Obituary: Delores Gebhardt
Delores “Hossy” Gebhardt, 79, of Manchester, passed away June 19, 2022. Delores’s family and friends will gather Thursday, June 23, 2022, from 10am to 11am at Manchester United Methodist Church, 501 Ann Arbor St. Her funeral service will be held following visitation at 11am. Burial to follow at Oak Grove Cemetery, Manchester. Reverend Larry Wik […]
The Primary election is coming up! Who is running in our area?
by Anne Adams The 2022 Michigan State Primary election is August 3 and campaigns are in progress. After a 2020 Census delay, Michigan’s newly redrawn congressional and legislative district boundaries (as created by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Committee) were legalized in March of 2022. The finalized district maps can be explored at https://www.michigan.gov/micrc. Michigan […]
