Public notice: Manchester Township
Help Wanted Do you live in Manchester Township? Are you interested in helping to shape the future of our community? Work well with others? Have a few free hours per month? Let’s talk! Manchester Township is currently seeking appointees for the following: Planning Commission — meets the first Thursday of the month, 8pm One, 3-year […]
Michigan hospitals at COVID-induced capacities, as moods turn angrier
by Robin Erb, Mike Wilkinson (Bridge Michigan) Nearly one-in-four Michigan hospital patients has a confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19, packing the state’s health systems to unprecedented levels Friday. Some hospitals said they’ve flown past near capacity levels and are now “beyond capacity” in some units. The number of daily COVID-19 deaths in Michigan’s hospitals has […]
The case against the parents of Oxford shooting suspect: Gun was Xmas present
by Jonathan Oosting (Bridge Michigan) LANSING — The parents of a 15-year-old accused of killing four classmates at Oxford High School bought the gun for him days earlier and failed to keep it secure despite alarming behavior by their son, according to Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald. McDonald on Friday charged James and Jennifer Crumbley […]
15-year-old suspect in Oxford school shooting recorded threat to kill classmates
by Jonathan Oosting (Bridge Michigan) A 15-year-old accused of murdering four classmates at Oxford High School Tuesday recorded a video the night before the shooting “wherein he talked about killing students the next day,” an investigator said Wednesday. Ethan Crumbley, the suspected shooter, on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to various terrorism and murder charges but […]
Will COVID vaccines protect Michigan from the omicron variant?
by Robin Erb, Ted Roelofs (Bridge Michigan) As Michiganders tucked into turkey or cheered football last week, a new coronavirus variant sent shudders through the science and health communities around the globe. The World Health Organization Friday classified the omicron variant as a “variant of concern,” because of several mutations that may make it more transmissible than earlier […]
Guide to 2021 Christmas in the Village
Manchester Christmas in the Village 2021 Schedule of Events Friday December 3rd Residential Lighting Contest goes live for voting Where: Residences in the Manchester area Description: Find the list and map of the 13 participating residences at https://bit.ly/2021ManchesterLightingEntries and vote for the community favorite at https://www.facebook.com/manchestermichristmas. Voting will be open through Saturday. $100 Prize to […]
Nessel: Michigan redistricting panel must release memos; panel doubles down, won’t budge on secret memos
by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán (Bridge Michigan) LANSING— Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Monday that the state’s redistricting panel “must” disclose two voting rights memos used to draw districts in Detroit. In a 14-page legal opinion, Nessel also wrote that a closed-door meeting among redistricting commissioners on Oct. 27 about the memos “should have been held […]
Michigan wildlife official cries wolf. Gray wolf advocates want him gone.
by Kelly House (Bridge Michigan) If a dog disappears from a U.P. porch and nobody finds a body, is it fair to claim wolves killed it? That’s the question at the center of the latest volley in Michigan’s wolf wars, after a member of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission this month resurfaced a decade-old case […]
COVID school outbreaks skyrocket; more Michigan schools close
by Ron French (Bridge Michigan) Nearly three dozen Michigan school districts have shuttered classrooms early in what was already a short holiday week, in hopes that a longer Thanksgiving break will tamp down COVID outbreaks and relieve staff shortages. The closures come as COVID-19 outbreaks and infections in Michigan schools rise sharply. There were 140 […]
Geocaching: Now you can treasure hunt in Sharon Hills Preserve!
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Legacy Land Conservancy’s November 2021 Legacy E-News and is republished with permission. By Pete Sandretto, Legacy Land Conservancy volunteer When I wrote a Legacy newsletter article about Geocaching on Legacy’s Preserves in 2014, there were about 1.6 million geocaches in the world. Now there are over 3 million! […]
