Positive COVID-19 cases skyrocket in Manchester
For a few weeks in October, it appeared the current COVID wave we are experiencing was coming to an end and that this wave would be the smallest we’ve experienced in Manchester. Unfortunately, things took a turn for the worse in the beginning of November, when cases started rising again, and last week we had […]
Photos: Freedom Over Fear event
On Saturday, November 13th from 10:30 am to 3 pm, a local group behind the protest that led to the viral video showing unmasked students entering the High School building back in September, held a rally in the Manchester Jr./Sr. High School parking lot. Featured speakers included candidate for Michigan Governor, Ryan Kelley, and Manchester […]
Letter to the editor: Response to letter from “Educated Manchester citizens”
November 19, 2021 The letter to the editor from the educated in Manchester might have been persuasive if not for the fact it went off on a political tirade which revealed the true intent of the letter. First of all, has this group done this much research into all vaccines required by schools, employers or […]
Letter to the editor: Disciplinary policy makes students sad
November 21, 2021 Dear Editor, I would like to print my speech to the Manchester Board Of Education I made during public comment last Monday, November 15, 2021. It was cut short and I was not allowed to finish which is a violation of my Freedom of Speech guaranteed to every United States Citizen Under […]
Letter to the editor: The complication of an off-year school election
November 21. 2021 To the Editor: As Manchester township residents in the Columbia School District, we each had somewhat different experiences in trying to vote on November 2 on the Columbia millage proposal. None of us received written notice of the change in polling location, as pointed out by our neighbor, Dennis Kwapis, in the […]
5 million Michiganders are vaccinated and COVID is surging. Here’s why
By Mike Wilkinson (Bridge Michigan) A year ago, Michigan was averaging nearly 7,000 new COVID-19 cases a day and more than 3,700 people were hospitalized with the disease. “We are in the worst moment of this pandemic to date,” Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Nov. 15, 2020, before ordering sweeping restrictions in an attempt to stem […]
Child care as economic development? You bet. $1.4B in aid coming to Michigan
By Mike Wilkinson (Bridge Michigan) CHARLOTTE — Public policy advocates have argued for years that Michigan should do more to help provide child care to allow more people to work. That equation is clear in Eaton County, where workers have found fewer choices as they scramble to find safe, affordable child care that would allow […]
No thanks: 45 conservative Michigan towns decline federal stimulus money
By Jonathan Oosting (Bridge Michigan) LANSING — Small towns in Michigan have plenty of needs — from water infrastructure to broadband access — but officials in 45 communities are saying no thanks to federal stimulus funds intended to help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Rural and conservative, townships like Cambria in south Michigan, Broomfield in Isabella […]
Manchester Thespian Society to present “An Evening with Poe”
After a year and a half of cancellations and virtual performances, the high school drama club known as the Manchester Thespian Society presents “An Evening with Poe” live on the stage with an in-person audience! Thespian Society president, Miranda Buck, explained that an Evening with Poe is made up of plays based on two Edgar […]
