Last call to enter the Manchester Fairy Garden Contest
submitted by Laura Wohlgemuth, Acorn Farmers’ Market & Café Board Last call to enter your garden in The Manchester Fairy Garden Contest hosted by Acorn! How to enter: 1. Participants create a fairy garden that is displayed in their front yard to contribute towards The Manchester Fairy Garden Tour for the Manchester community. 2. Once […]
AAACF Youth Council seeks member from Manchester
The Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation’s Youth Council is a group of 25 high school students living in Washtenaw County who are invested in philanthropy and making a greater impact in the community. Each year they award more than $85,000 in grants to support youth programs and services throughout Washtenaw County. The Youth Council has […]
Kleinschmidt & Nichols named to SNHU President’s List
Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) announced their Winter 2021 President’s List last week and two Manchester students, Shanel Kleinschmidt and Stefanie Nichols, made the list. Full-time students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above are named to the President’s List. Full-time status is achieved by earning 12 credits; undergraduate day students […]
Matson named to Olivet Nazarene University dean’s list
Carren Matson of Manchester, MI was named to the dean’s list at Olivet Nazarene University during the recently completed spring 2021 semester. To qualify for inclusion on the dean’s list, a student must have been enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student and must have attained a semester grade point average of 3.50 or higher on […]
Public notice: Village of Manchester
ATTENTION VILLAGE OF MANCHESTER RESIDENTS NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing has been scheduled for June 7th, 2021 at the regular Council Meeting at 7:00 PM at the Manchester Village Hall in Council Chambers, 912 City Road, Manchester, Michigan for the purpose of discussing adoption of the 2021/2022 Budget. A copy of the budget is […]
An end in sight? Michigan experts say COVID finally ‘winding down’
Maybe — probably, but not definitely — the COVID-19 pandemic is finally coming to a close, according to those on the front lines of Michigan’s greatest public health battle in more than a century. In Ingham County health officer Linda Vail’s view, the virus linked to 18,815 deaths in Michigan and more than 3.4 million […]
Questions, answers about Michigan’s changing COVID restrictions
by Mike Wilkinson, Jonathan Oosting (Bridge Michigan) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced plans to end restrictions on masks, curfews and businesses Thursday, more than 14 months after the COVID-19 pandemic sidelined Michigan and the nation. Her announcement — made as she spoke, maskless, from a minor league ballpark in Midland — calls for almost immediate changes: […]
Whitmer, Michigan GOP make peace, will negotiate billions in federal stimulus
by Jonathan Oosting (Bridge Michigan) Hours after Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced plans to end COVID-19 restrictions by July 1, she and Republican lawmakers on Thursday agreed to end a stalemate and begin negotiating billions of dollars in federal aid. As part of the deal, Whitmer will withdraw proposed rules from April that would have […]
More than 20,000 Michiganders have applied for federal rent aid since March
by Nushrat Rahman (Bridge Michigan) More than 20,000 Michiganders have applied for help to pay their rent through a federally-funded rent aid program that launched two months ago, reflecting an ongoing need for housing assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rent remains one of the top pandemic-related reasons people call the United Way’s 211 service, right […]
