DD donates last day of the season sales to CRC
The DD has closed for the season, and like last year (when they were still a Dairy Queen) owners Jeff and Crystal Fahey donated all of the profits from their last day of sales to the Community Resource Center. This year they raised $850. Laura Seyfried, director of the Community Resource Center, thanked the DD […]
WCRC road work this week
Washtenaw County Road Commission will be working in our area this week in Bridgewater and Manchester Townships. In Bridgewater they will continue limestone resurfacing on Braun Rd between Clinton and McCollum Roads, with daytime road closures estimated through 11/22. Drivers will experience intermittent lane closures for drain improvements and forestry from 11/11 to 11/20 in […]
WCSO: Distracted Driving is More than Texting
From the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office: The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office urges all motorists to be vigilant while driving. Distracted driving does not solely pertain to texting. Distracted driving examples can be texting and searching for items within a moving vehicle. And let’s not forget, our pets can be distractions too! Please make sure your […]
Thank you to volunteers who made Caramel Apple event a success!
November 8, 2019 With the 2019 Halloween Caramel Apple event in the books, the Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce wishes to thank our wonderful volunteers, who despite the cold rain, made this event a success. Thank you to Mike and Therese Bossory of Alber Orchards, who donated all the apples; Emanuel Church for allowing us […]
Letter to the Editor: Amateur vandalism in Manchester
November 4, 2019 The recent vandalism at Frank’s has me so embarrassed I could cry. Granted, we’re a small town with somewhat limited resources, but surely we can do better than to get a vandal so inept, so incredibly stupid and inefficient as to leave his/her antler behind? Why not just leave a credit card […]
A year after pot became legal, Michigan still months away from retail sales
By Jonathan Oosting (Bridge) LANSING – Retail sales of recreational marijuana may still be months away and confined to select communities, even though Michigan began taking applications for businesses on Friday. The Marijuana Regulatory Agency last week began accepting applications for what is expected to be a lucrative new industry. That’s more than a month […]
Enbridge vows to cover costs in ‘unlikely’ case of Michigan Line 5 rupture
By Jim Malewitz (Bridge) Enbridge is disputing Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s suggestion that state taxpayers “could be left holding the bag” for cleanup costs if the Candadian-based company’s twin Line 5 oil and gas pipelines were to rupture in the Straits of Mackinac. “The bottom line is Enbridge will take full responsibility and pay […]
Winter Farmers Market opens!
Manchester’s Winter Farmers Market opened at 3 pm on Friday and very quickly was packed with residents excited to shop for fresh food indoors once again. The Winter Farmers Market is set up in the building that will eventually house Acorn Farmers Market and Cafe at 327 West Main Street, and is open Thursdays and […]
One and done: Manchester drops playoff game to Grass Lake, 22-30
by Tyler Scott A brutal struggle with turnovers abound. A chance for revenge, squandered. The re-match between Cascades Conference foes, this time in the playoffs, ended again in disappointment, and brought the Flying Dutchmen’s varsity season to a close. Manchester lost to the Grass Lake Warriors 22-30 in the pre-district round of the MHSAA 11-man […]
Veteran’s Day Luncheon
submitted by Elizabeth Wallace, American Legion Auxiliary A Veteran’s Day Luncheon will be held on Sunday November 10th at the Legacy Events Center in Manchester. The lunch is being catered by Stockwell Catering and is open to ALL VETERAN’S and their families. Lunch begins at 12:30pm. Editors note: This article originally stated lunch begins at noon […]
