Sara Swanson

Chelsea Adult Learners Institute Announces Fall Classes

submitted by Joan Gaughan, Adult Learning Institute Autumn in Michigan is football, raking leaves, storing the fishing poles, kayaks, and baseball gloves … and new classes from the Chelsea Adult Learners Institute (ALI). Once again, its fall session provides several alternatives to touchdowns and field goals. If faraway places intrigue you, ALI offers splendid tours. […]

 Sara Swanson

2019 Run Manchester results

Even with no street festival to follow, the 11th Annual Run Manchester had a good turnout with 130 runners total in the 5K, 10K and fun run. Top finishers in the 5K and 10K: 5K Men/Boys 1 Billy Brinker 17:19 Devin Mackenzie 18:47 Caden Zbikowski 20:15 5K Women/Girls Molly Latimer 21:27 Stephanie Johnson 23:30 Emma […]

 Sara Swanson

Youth Football registration is open

Manchester Youth Football 2019 fall season is open for registration. Kindergarteners through sixth graders can participate. Kindergartners through second graders play flag football and registration costs $40, third and fourth graders play flag football and registration costs $50, fifth and sixth graders play tackle football and registration costs $75. Games and practice will be held […]

 Sara Swanson

Manchester student graduates from UW

The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the four students from Michigan at the completion of the 2019 spring semester; one of the students was Hanna Mae Fox from Manchester. She received a Bachelor of Arts. Congratulations, Hanna! If you have a student who recently graduated, let us know; we’d like to run it in […]

 Sara Swanson

Being poor on rich U-M campus still a struggle as school broadens reach

by Alex Harring & Sammy Sussman (Bridge) Classes hadn’t even begun her freshman year when Lauren Schandevel learned her place in the economic pecking order at the University of Michigan. “My orientation roommate was from New York City,” said Schandevel, of Warren. “And the first thing she said to me was ‘I lost my iPhone in […]

 Sara Swanson

U-M study finds surprising abusers of opioids: new mothers. The fix is easy.

Even as the opioid crisis ravaged the nation, more than 1 in 100 women who were prescribed powerful painkillers for childbirth had become persistent users just months after baby arrived, according to new research by the University of Michigan. It’s a grim statistic in a nation reeling from the epidemic, especially since many of the 3.8 million women […]

 Sara Swanson

How Michigan can prepare for the coming Alzheimer’s crisis

by Ted Roelofs (Bridge) Michigan’s graying population is rapidly leading to a crisis in care for the state’s Alzheimer’s population, a trend expected to accelerate over the next years and decades.  With associated costs of care estimated to rise above $15 billion annually, Michigan leaders and advocates face a host of challenges planning for the […]

 Sara Swanson

Alzheimer’s in Michigan: The coming storm

by Ted Roelofs (Bridge) KENTWOOD—Just about every morning and evening, Wayne Goates makes his way to visit the woman he fell hard for in college. From all outward signs, she has no idea who he is. “The commitment and the romance is still there,” Goates says of his wife, Kristie, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s […]

 Sara Swanson

Village Industries Tour highlights Manchester’s place in automotive manufacturing history

Sunday, July 28th, Washtenaw County Parks partnered with the Manchester Area Historical Society (MAHS) to hold a Henry Ford Village Industries Tour with four Ford-related stops in the Manchester area. Participants could visit the stops in any order between 1 and 4 pm, and there was no charge.  MAHS’ Ray Berg explained the intent of […]

 Sara Swanson

Jake Buono to compete in national motocross championship

Manchester’s Jake Buono is getting ready to enter 11th grade at the high school this fall but he has something to do first. This week he’s on his way to Loretta Lynn’s Amateur Motocross National Championship. Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The motocross championship named after the […]