Free flu shot clinic at Emanuel Church
Michigan Medicine will be holding a free flu shot clinic on Friday, October 29th, from 11 am to 3 pm at Emanuel United Church of Christ located at 324 West Main Street. The vaccine is available for adults, 19 years and older. For more information, contact Community Health Services at (734) 998-2156.
Obituary: Victoria Antionette Curley
Victoria Antionette Curley, 76, of Bartlett, TN (formerly of Manchester, MI) passed away peacefully, Wednesday, October 13, 2021, at Ave Maria Nursing Home in Bartlett, Tennessee. Vickie’s family and friends will gather Thursday, October 21, 2021 from 4 pm – 7 pm with rosary service to begin at 7 pm at Eineder Funeral Homes – Manchester […]
Letter to the editor: Requiring masks is as constitutional as requiring clothes
October 15, 2021 As I had lived in the Manchester school district and substitute taught in the Manchester Schools, I am still keenly interested in the lovely community. Consequently, the opposition to mask mandates in the schools concerns and baffles me. The usual complaint, as voiced by one mother on a Detroit TV broadcast, is […]
Public notice: Village of Manchester
Public Announcement-Lead Action Level Exceedance The Village of Manchester conducts periodic testing of tap water in homes for lead and copper. We recently collected samples from 19 homes. The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy evaluates compliance with the Action Level based on the 90th percentile of lead and copper results collected in each […]
Michigan ER patients left on stretchers, then recliners, in swamped wards
By Kate Wells, Michigan Radio (For Bridge Michigan) Just looking at all the patients laying on the stretchers in emergency department hallways makes Tiffani Dusang physically uncomfortable. It’s like she vibrates, a sort of perpetual small bounce on the soles of her practical shoes. “It’s hard to watch,” said Dusang, the director of emergency and […]
Lawmaker: ‘We’re going to fix’ Michigan’s broken public records request law
By Jonathan Oosting LANSING — Big bills, baffling redactions, and years-long delays. Michigan transparency advocates, journalists and citizen activists on Thursday shared horror stories of trying to navigate the state’s public records request law that they say is broken. Loopholes, exceptions and vague language in Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act allow the state and local governments […]
Michigan redistricting drafts could make state Senate a toss-up
By Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, Mike Wilkinson LANSING — The Michigan Senate could become more competitive next year, under three draft district maps approved Monday by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission. Republicans now control the Senate 20-16 with two vacant seats that favor the GOP. According to the group’s analysis of the past 13 state elections, two […]
Twenty-one staff members assert Manchester High School has become a hostile work environment
Disruptive and defiant students, threats from parents, and rampant destruction of school property are just some of the factors listed by staff members as making Manchester High School a hostile working environment for them and a hostile learning environment for the students. Last Monday after school, a letter signed by twenty-one junior/senior high school staff […]
Washtenaw County Farm Bureau trick-or-treat event
Washtenaw County Farm Bureau is hosting a FREE Trick-or-Treat style event on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 from 6 to 7:30 pm at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds — Building D, located at 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. in Ann Arbor. Enjoy Michigan Agriculture Products instead of traditional Trick-or-Treat candy. Families and kids 12 and under are […]
September 2021 Senior Student of the Month: Elise Tackett
submitted by Manchester High School Our September 2021 Manchester Community Schools Foundation Student of the Month for Manchester High School is Elise Tackett. Elise is the daughter of Shannon and Kenneth Tackett. Elise has been a member of the Key Club for four years. While serving in the Key Club she was co-Vice President for […]
