Youth Football registration is open
Manchester Youth Football 2019 fall season is open for registration. Kindergarteners through sixth graders can participate. Kindergartners through second graders play flag football and registration costs $40, third and fourth graders play flag football and registration costs $50, fifth and sixth graders play tackle football and registration costs $75. Games and practice will be held […]
Manchester student graduates from UW
The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the four students from Michigan at the completion of the 2019 spring semester; one of the students was Hanna Mae Fox from Manchester. She received a Bachelor of Arts. Congratulations, Hanna! If you have a student who recently graduated, let us know; we’d like to run it in […]
Being poor on rich U-M campus still a struggle as school broadens reach
by Alex Harring & Sammy Sussman (Bridge) Classes hadn’t even begun her freshman year when Lauren Schandevel learned her place in the economic pecking order at the University of Michigan. “My orientation roommate was from New York City,” said Schandevel, of Warren. “And the first thing she said to me was ‘I lost my iPhone in […]
U-M study finds surprising abusers of opioids: new mothers. The fix is easy.
Even as the opioid crisis ravaged the nation, more than 1 in 100 women who were prescribed powerful painkillers for childbirth had become persistent users just months after baby arrived, according to new research by the University of Michigan. It’s a grim statistic in a nation reeling from the epidemic, especially since many of the 3.8 million women […]
How Michigan can prepare for the coming Alzheimer’s crisis
by Ted Roelofs (Bridge) Michigan’s graying population is rapidly leading to a crisis in care for the state’s Alzheimer’s population, a trend expected to accelerate over the next years and decades. With associated costs of care estimated to rise above $15 billion annually, Michigan leaders and advocates face a host of challenges planning for the […]
Alzheimer’s in Michigan: The coming storm
by Ted Roelofs (Bridge) KENTWOOD—Just about every morning and evening, Wayne Goates makes his way to visit the woman he fell hard for in college. From all outward signs, she has no idea who he is. “The commitment and the romance is still there,” Goates says of his wife, Kristie, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s […]
Village Industries Tour highlights Manchester’s place in automotive manufacturing history
Sunday, July 28th, Washtenaw County Parks partnered with the Manchester Area Historical Society (MAHS) to hold a Henry Ford Village Industries Tour with four Ford-related stops in the Manchester area. Participants could visit the stops in any order between 1 and 4 pm, and there was no charge. MAHS’ Ray Berg explained the intent of […]
Jake Buono to compete in national motocross championship
Manchester’s Jake Buono is getting ready to enter 11th grade at the high school this fall but he has something to do first. This week he’s on his way to Loretta Lynn’s Amateur Motocross National Championship. Motocross is a form of off-road motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits. The motocross championship named after the […]
Do Manchester drivers stop at crosswalks?
This topic was suggested by JoAnn Okey. Last week a Manchester resident posted on Facebook “My husband and I moved to Manchester in November. Here’s my question: do drivers stop at the designated crosswalks in town?” The answer is, “sometimes.” But that raises a second question, “Are drivers required by law to stop for pedestrians […]
SRSLY Youth develop leadership skills at International Conference
submitted by Alexandra Duranczyk, SRSLY Manchester A dozen SRSLY youth traveled to Columbus, Ohio, in June where they joined hundreds of youth from across the country for the Youth to Youth International’s Conference. Held from June 18 through 21 at Ohio Dominican University, the conference focused on engaging young people through meaningful activities and experiences […]
