Sara Swanson

Fire Department at Farmers Market for Fire Safety Week!

It is Fire Safety Week at The Manchester Farmers Market this Thursday, October 11 from 3:30-7 pm at Chi-Bro Park. The Manchester Township Fire Department will be there with a fire truck and some giveaway items including plastic helmets for the kids, pencils, and more! The Manchester Fire Department will also be holding their open house this Sunday, […]

 Sara Swanson

CRC has appointments available for Medicare & Health Insurance Marketplace enrollment

The Community Resource Center will be hosting the St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea insurance specialist here in its Manchester  office during the open enrollment periods for both Medicare and Marketplace. They will be scheduling application and enrollment assistance appointments on the following dates. For Medicare (over 65 years of age) Open Enrollment appointments are on Thursday, October 18, Thursday, […]

 Sara Swanson

Obituary: Wanda King

Her Legacy… Wanda King, Age 97, passed away September 28, 2018.  She was born on March 11, 1921 in Alma, Michigan to Frank and Alma (Noffziger) Hicks.  Wanda married the love of her life, Jay King on January 23, 1943 in Martin, Florida. Wanda worked in accounting as a bookkeeper during WWII at University of […]

 Sara Swanson

Photos: 2018 Buddy Walk

 Sara Swanson

Librarian’s corner: Author Josh Malerman

The Manchester District Library will be highlighting a different author or topic each week.  by Amelia Herron, Manchester District Library Josh Malerman is both an author and a musician from Ferndale, Michigan. He started out as a member of the band, The High Strung, and wrote many novels and short stories for himself. But, once […]

 Sara Swanson

WCRC road work in Freedom Township this week

In Freedom Township, Washtenaw County Road Commission will be gravel-resurfacing Ellsworth Road between Parker Road and Steinbach Road on October 10th. Pleasant Lake Road will have intermittent lane closure 1976 feet East of Schneider Road for guardrail installation starting on October 10th with an estimated completion date of October 19th. 

 Sara Swanson

Letter to the Editor: Time for a Change

October 7, 2018 I’ve wondered for some time, what are Representative Tim Walberg’s positions on a number of topics? I asked him for clarification but have yet to receive more than form letters that avoid answering my questions. So, I ask again: What are Representative Walberg’s positions on the following … Separation of immigrant children […]

 Sara Swanson

Public Notices: Bridgewater

BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING SYNOPSIS 4-Oct-18 The regular monthly meeting of the Bridgewater Township Board of Trustees was called to order by Supervisor Fromhart at 7:00 p.m. All five Board members were present (quorum) with 9 citizens in attendance. Board heard citizen participation. Board approved the 6-Sep-18 meeting minutes as amended. Board approved […]

 Sara Swanson

CRC’s Seyfried travels to DC to represent food pantries in Michigan

A few weeks ago, Manchester had the honor of having a very special representative in Washington DC for 24 hours. On Wednesday, September 12, Laura Seyfried, director of the Community Resource Center was one of seven food pantry representatives from the state of Michigan invited to fly out to DC for a Farm Bill Fly-In […]

 Sara Swanson

4 pieces of Mill art donated to CRC to be auctioned off

Correction, October 15, 2018: This article originally started that the two works of art by artist Nancy Feldkamp were original watercolors. Since then, Feldkamp has visited the CRC and identified the works as prints, not originals. The article has been updated with this correction.  One thing art can do is freeze a moment in time […]