New Homeschool Group Meet & Greet
submitted by Quintessa Gallinat, Manchester District Library Be part of helping plan a new ongoing event for homeschool families at Manchester District Library (MDL) on Feburary 7 at 3:30pm. Meet other homeschool parents in the upstairs lounge on the mezzanine level to chat about what ages will be involved, as well as what families are […]
Make Valentines for seniors
submitted by Quintessa Gallinat, Manchester District Library Make handmade Valentine cards for seniors in the local community at the Manchester District Library on February 7 at 3:30pm. If you’d like to visit a local nursing home/assisted living center and participate in passing these out on Valentine’s Day, please contact Laura Wohlgemuth at lwohlgemuth@manchesterlibrary.info. Stop by […]
Knights of Columbus Charity Meatloaf Dinner
submitted by Randy Dieter, Grand Knight, Knights of Columbus COUNCIL #4354 The Manchester Knights of Columbus are having another Charity Dinner on Friday, February 2, 2024, from 4pm to 7pm. It will be take-out only through a Drive-Thru at the Parish Center located at 108 Madison St. We will be serving a meatloaf dinner with […]
Library hosts two paint parties
submitted by Quintessa Gallinat, Manchester District Library The Manchester District Library (MDL) is excited to host Paint Parties To Go for two sessions of painting fun on Wednesday, February 7. Each guided session will be held in the Village Room at 912 City Rd. No previous painting experience is required. The Kids Paint Party begins […]
Family Story Times, Mario Mondays & Maker Nights continue at the Library
submitted by Quintessa Gallinat, Manchester District Library Mario Mondays still going strong Manchester District Library (MDL) offers Mario Mondays at 5pm each week in the Village Room at 912 City Rd. Drop in to go head-to-head with other racers in Mario Kart or face off against Mario and other gaming legends in Super Smash Bros. […]
Public notice: City of Manchester
CITY OF MANCHESTER WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE No. 2 PROHIBITION OF ANIMALS IN BALL DIAMONDS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CITY OF MANCHESTER CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING ANIMALS IN BALL DIAMONDS THE CITY OF MANCHESTER, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, HEREBY ORDAINS: Section 1. Amendment to Chapter 159 with the addition of Chapter 159.13. Animals are prohibited […]
Public notice: Manchester Township
MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP 275 S. MACOMB STREET MANCHESTER, MI 48158 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Manchester Township Board of Zoning Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Manchester Township Hall Board Room, located at 275 South Macomb Street, Manchester, MI 48158, on February 15, 2024, at 6:30 pm. The purpose […]
Report: Michigan tumbling toward Mississippi territory in per capita income
by Paula Gardner (Bridge Michigan) Michigan will become among the least prosperous states in the nation if it doesn’t shift its emphasis from manufacturing jobs, according to a new report. Michigan now ranks 39th in personal income per capita — down from 16th in 1999 — and is poised to tumble further if it doesn’t […]
How Michigan schools are teaching the Israel-Hamas war (Very delicately)
by Isabel Lohman & Micah Walker (Bridge Michigan) ANN ARBOR—Daniel Crowley, a middle school teacher in Ann Arbor, had been teaching about refugees this fall when the Oct. 7 attacks on southern Israel catapulted the region into chaos. In the days and weeks afterward — as the bloody attack in Israel gave way to devastating death […]
Detroit’s ‘ghost’ streams can be a threat in the present
by Jena Brooker (Bridge Michigan) Setting out by foot or by bike, Joanne Coutts has mapped more than 200 miles of buried creeks and wetlands across Detroit’s landscape over the last year-and-a-half. Her work is part of a growing interest in buried and forgotten historical waterways to better inform water and flood management in the […]
