Letter to the Editor: Thank you to a good Samaritan
July 23, 2019 I lost my change purse last week and some one found it and turned it into the township office. I am so thankful for this. It is the nicest thing a person could do. Thank you! Elsie O’Dell
Rural Michigan needs doctors. Paying their debts may be an answer
by Robin Erb (Bridge) Student loans opened the door to his career in medicine, but Brett Stacer’s $700 monthly bill to repay them landed him in a town he’d never heard of: Grant, Michigan. Population: fewer than 1,000 residents. The 29-year-old physician assistant had assumed he’d work in a large facility in Grand Rapids after graduating […]
As Michigan schools struggle, Democrats and Republicans try…talking
by Ron French (Bridge) Sheryl Kennedy and Brad Paquette loved working in Michigan schools. Each left their jobs to run for the Michigan Legislature, motivated by the belief that they could help fix the state’s struggling education system. When they arrived in Lansing, though, they walked into separate rooms on the second floor of the […]
It’s not just Flint: Poverty is bad for your health in Michigan, study finds
by Ted Roelofs, Jim Malewitz (Bridge) Five years after regulatory blunders exposed Flint residents to lead-tainted water, a University of Michigan study has flagged “hot spots of environmental injustice” across the state where residents are most vulnerable to pollution. Those include neighborhoods in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Flint, Saginaw, Lansing and Kalamazoo, where mostly low-income people of […]
Blanchard rehired as full-time MCS athletic director
In April, the board of education took action to lay off three Manchester Community Schools administrative positions effective June 30th, one of these was the high school assistant principal/athletic director, LaVell Blanchard. These layoffs were in the ongoing effort to “rightsize the district” to reflect the much smaller upcoming younger classes as the larger classes […]
2019 Chicken Broil raises $20,000 for High School’s Agriculture Program
With another very hot Chicken Broil in books, co-chairman Michael Tindall reflected back on this year’s event. Tindall stated: I would like to thank all of the volunteers that came out on one of the hottest days of the year and worked together to make our broil a successful day. Gary Bross and I both […]
Village Council to hold Q&A on cityhood
The Manchester Village Council discussed cityhood at their regularly scheduled board meeting, Monday, July 15th. Based on the recommendation of the citizen’s committee to pursue cityhood, the Village Council decided to hold a question and answer session for village residents as their next step. They are setting aside a portion of their next regularly scheduled […]
Support Acorn Market’s Design Phase Today
By Megan DeLeeuw, Board Chairperson, Acorn Farmers’ Market and Cafe Since the closure of the Manchester Market, a team of volunteers has been laying the groundwork for a non-profit market and café that will sell local farm products and host a range of food-related educational activities for the whole community, six days a week. To […]
Manchester Boys Basketball 2019 Summer Camps a success!
Manchester Basketball Youth Camps just wrapped up for the summer. The camp held July 9th – July 11th for 6th to 8th graders and July 16th – July 18th for 4th and 5th graders was held in Riverside Intermediate School’s Gymnasium and had a total of 26 participants. Camps focused on defense and offense fundamental […]
Update on Ford Village Industries Tour – Sunday July 28
submitted by Ray Berg, Manchester Area Historical Society Just a reminder that the Ford Village industries Tour will occur Sunday, July 28, from 1:00 – 4:00 PM. This “come-and-go as you please” tour will examine the impact of Henry Ford’s creation of small town, village industries at former mill sites in Manchester and Sharon Mills. […]
