Senior Newsletter THE TRUMPETER — April 2025
The April 2025 edition of Manchester’s Newsletter for Seniors, THE TRUMPETER, is now available. Download it here: April Trumpeter
Letter to the Editor: Elon Musk is a traitor
March 18, 2025 See: Letter to the Editor: Elon Musk is a patriot Elon Musk didn’t get to where he is by following the democratic rules we’ve always followed in our government. Instead, he used his money to get to the top of American politics. So, how can someone like him—who gained power through corrupt […]
Public Notice: City of Manchester
CITY OF MANCHESTER WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN ORDINANCE No. 10 AN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW GOLF CART USE IN THE CITY OF MANCHESTER THE CITY OF MANCHESTER, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO SEC. 73.01 THRU SEC. 73.04 OF THE MANCHESTER CODE OF ORDINANCES Sec. 73.01. Operation of Golf Carts on City Streets Definitions. […]
Public Notice: City of Manchester
CITY OF MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING April 7, 2025, 7:00 P.M. Notice is hereby given that the City of Manchester’s City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, April 7, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at the Manchester City Hall, 912 City Rd, Manchester, MI 48158. The purpose of the public hearing […]
Public notice: Manchester Township
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, the Manchester Township Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 7:00 pm. The purpose of this hearing is to receive public comments on a proposed variance in the AR, Rural Agricultural Zoning District, located at 17001 Mulvaney Road, 48158 (PID: P -16-30-200-009). Location: […]
Letter to the Editor: Standing Up For Science in Lansing

March 10, 2025 Three of us retired Baby Boomers headed to our State Capitol in Lansing for the Stand Up For Science Rally on Friday, March 7. We walked from the parking lot a quarter mile away with our simple handmade placards. The sound of the crowd increased in volume as we approached the 1879 […]
Letter to the Editor: Elon Musk is a patriot
March 10, 2025 See: Letter to the editor: Join the resistance First let me state that I DID VOTE for what Elon Musk is doing. The biggest threat to our country is our national debt. The Biden Administration spent 4 years telling us that they could not fix the mass invasion at the southern border […]
Public notice: Manchester Township
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, the Manchester Township Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, April 3rd, 2025, at 7:30 pm. The purpose of this hearing is to receive public comments on a proposed conditional land use at the property located at 13051 Schleweis Road in the AG, Rural Agricultural District. […]
Letter to the Editor — Join the resistance
See: Federal firings hit Great Lakes sea lamprey program, Michigan forestry workers 3-9-25 To the Editor: We have a choice. Let’s band together for America. Fight back, be vocal. Don’t accept the coup of our great democracy. To wait it out is to be complicit. Speak up. It’s okay. No one voted for what’s happening! […]
Letter to the editor: Public Act 250 of 2022 also a threat to local authority
March 3, 2025 In Thomas Quinn’s recent Letter to the Editor, he denounces state legislators for passing Public Act 233, which usurps local government’s control over locating large-scale renewal-energy facilities by changing the permitting process. Under the new process, developers can go directly to the Michigan Public Service Commission for permit approval and bypass any […]