DDA Beautification Award presented to Manchester Eye Care Center
submitted by Manchester Downtown Development Authority When Dr. Julie purchased Manchester Eye Care Center in 1993, it was located at 227 E Main Street; however it was moved to 110 Riverside Drive in 1996. Prior to her purchasing the current building, it had been a home and it was then converted to become an office. […]
SRSLY on Manchester students making tough decisions
submitted by Michaela Buckhannon, SRSLY Manchester Two thirds of Manchester Middle School and High School students have a best friend who is committed to being drug free. ~ Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth Survey (MiPHY 2018) Being drug free is only one of the many tough decisions teens face. Did you know there is a […]
WCRC road work this week
The Washtenaw County Road Commission will be gravel-resurfacing Arkona Rd in Bridgewater Township between US-12 and Abel Rd this coming week from October 28th through November 1st. This will result in daytime road closures.
Public Notice: Village of Manchester
VILLAGE OF MANCHESTER NOTICE OF ADOPTION WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE No. 301 PLANNING COMMISSION AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE VILLAGE PLANNING COMMISSION ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NO. 277 OF 2011, AS IT IS INCORPORATED IN THE VILLAGE OF MANCHESTER CODE OF ORDINANCES, TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION, CHAPTER 31: VILLAGE ORGANIZATIONS, SECTION 31.02: ESTABLISHMENT, BY AMENDING THE NUMBER OF […]
Senior Newsletter THE TRUMPETER – November 2019
The November 2019 edition of Manchester’s Newsletter for Seniors, THE TRUMPETER, is now available. Download it here: 11 November 2019 Trumpeter Page 1-3 pdf (2) Download November’s Trumpeter calendar here: NOV 2019 Trumpeter _ Calendar pdf
U.S. high court kills Michigan gerrymandering case ordering new districts
by Riley Beggin (Bridge) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday formally put to bed a lower court’s order for Michigan lawmakers to redraw gerrymandered state and congressional political district lines. The ruling was no surprise: The Supreme Court decided this summer that federal courts had no place deciding partisan gerrymandering cases, leaving the job to […]
Pure Michigan gets reprieve, but its future is cloudy amid budget showdown
by Jonathan Oosting (Bridge) LANSING – The Pure Michigan tourism advertising campaign will continue through the end of the year – and the brand will live on even longer – despite a funding veto Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued amid an ongoing budget dispute with the Republican-led Legislature. The Michigan Strategic Fund, which Whitmer reshaped […]
Anti-gerrymandering group may team with GOP to tackle term limits
by Riley Beggin, Jonathan Oosting (Bridge) LANSING – Efforts to reform Michigan’s decades-old term limits law may produce strange political bedfellows. Voters Not Politicians, the citizen group behind last year’s successful ballot measure to end political gerrymandering, may team with GOP leaders whose party has benefited from some of the most gerrymandered districts in the […]
Is literacy a constitutional right? A Detroit legal case could decide
by Mike Wilkinson (Bridge) The conditions inside some Detroit public schools were horrific: Five textbooks for 28 students in one class. Thirty-seven chairs for 52 students in another. Schools where a third of the teachers were not state-certified to teach. U.S. District Judge Stephen J. Murphy III was appalled. In 2018, he called the allegations […]
MAHS still has vendor spots available for Christmas in the Village
submitted by Liz Polk, MAHS The Manchester Area Historical Society Museum and Gift Shop are going to be open during Christmas in the Village, December 7th, and has decided at this late date to include vendors. We are looking for crafters! We will supply 8 foot tables, available for $10/day. You must be commit to […]
