MHS student mentors train for freshman orientation & the start of a new school year
This year thirty-eight mentor leaders at Manchester High School are starting on a journey together to build community and tackle issues like alcohol, substance abuse, and stress management through a program called Link Crew. Link Crew is a national student leadership/mentor program designed to help younger students transition into high school. Two Manchester High School […]
SASHA Farm Benefit Cruise
submitted by SASHA Farm (Sanctuary and Safe Haven for Animals) SASHA Farm Animal Sanctuary will host its second Benefit Cruise on Saturday September 21, 2019 from 5:45-9:00 pm on the Diamond Belle Riverboat. Join us for an unforgettable evening and help the SASHA Farm animal residents at the same time! This very special event offers […]
Lifelong Wonders
submitted by Joan Gaughan, Adult Learning Institute If success is defined as viewing the world as a miraculous place, then the kaleidoscopic array of fall classes offered by the Adult Learners Institute (ALI) offers the opportunity to stimulate your intelligence, fire your imagination, challenge your ideas, and arouse your curiosity. Classes meet once a week […]
Meet our new sports reporter, Tyler Scott
The Manchester Mirror is pleased to welcome Tyler Scott as our new sports reporter for the football season. He will be covering Manchester High School varsity football. Tyler Scott is a broadcast and print journalist excited to be back covering prep sports. He comes to the Manchester Mirror with a background in news, commercial radio […]
New Letters to the Editor Policy – Letters should be focused on local issues
In 1927, US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote, “If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.” The Manchester Mirror strongly believes in this ethic; that more speech is generally better […]
Letter to the Editor: In Response to “About Immigration”
Editor’s note: We are implementing a new Letters to the Editor policy beginning next week. Read about our new policy here. August 28, 2019 (See letter refered to here) It is very easy to get caught up in the liberal bias of the media in our country. We are receiving a constant diatribe of fake information […]
Public Notice: Sharon Township (Chelsea and Napoleon School Districts)
NOTICE OF ELECTION TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF the Township of Sharon: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2019 FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M. AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING ON ONE (1) Chelsea School District proposal and One (1) Napoleon Community Schools Proposal (SEE BELOW FOR […]
Public Notice: Sharon Township (Chelsea and Napoleon School Districts)
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION FOR THE ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2019 THE TOWNSHIP OF SHARON, MICHIGAN TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE TOWNSHIPS MENTIONED ABOVE: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that any qualified elector of the township of Sharon in the state of Michigan who is not already registered, may register to vote at […]
Michigan House Dem leader says Whitmer’s 45-cent gas tax is probably dead
by Riley Beggin (Bridge) Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposal to raise Michigan gas taxes by 45 cents per gallon is likely dead, said House Democratic Leader Christine Greig Thursday. Republicans have said the proposal is a non-starter, so “I think we have to have these other options,” the Farmington Hills representative said. Among them: taxing […]
M-STEP shows no progress for Michigan’s struggling third-grade readers
by Ron French (Bridge) Statewide early literacy efforts haven’t helped Michigan’s struggling readers. That’s sobering news for Michigan schools, as well as families with children entering third grade. Beginning this school year, third-graders reading at below second-grade level risk being retained in grade. Last school year, three of 10 Michigan third-graders were “not proficient” in […]
