Kathy Richardson awarded 2021 MAFE Heritage Award
submitted by Steve Harvey, President, Manchester Community Fair Several board members, associate members and spouses of the Manchester Community Fair Board traveled to The Michigan Association of Fairs and Exhibitions’ (MAFE) 137th Annual Convention, January 13-15, 2022 held at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Attendees of the convention were able to […]
Conservation discussion, film screening at Acorn
A screening of a 2020 Tribeca Film Festival Selection, “Kiss the Ground,” was held last Friday night at Acorn Farmers’ Market & Café, and was the topic of an animated discussion following the movie. Kiss the Ground, based on a 2017 best-selling book by Josh Tickell, reveals that, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can […]
Kanopy brings streaming video to MDL digital collections
Submitted by Quintessa Gallinat, Manchester District Library Manchester District Library (MDL) patrons now have another resource for digital borrowing: Kanopy. Kanopy offers streaming video content for no-cost checkout with a library card. The collection includes more than 30,000 thought-provoking titles, including indie movies, television series, foreign films, documentaries, and more. Library patrons can visit https://manchesterlibrary.kanopy.com/ […]
New names and new faces appointed to township commissions
By Sybil Kolon, Community Reporter Corps Five board members were present at the January 11 Manchester Township board meeting. Trustees Mike Fusilier and John Seefeld were absent. Also present were fire chief Bill Scully and Sybil Kolon. Scully provided the monthly report for December. There were 35 calls for service during the month, including 17 […]
You can now text 9-1-1 in Washtenaw County
from Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office Voice calls to 9-1-1 are still the best and fastest way to contact 9-1-1, but you can now text 9-1-1 in Washtenaw County. Sheriff Jerry L. Clayton is pleased to inform the public that The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office Metro Dispatch Center in partnership with all Washtenaw County 911 centers […]
A new year, a new spirit at River Raisin Distillery.
There is always something to celebrate at River Raisin Distillery. After being open a little less than 18 months, Joe and Krista Jarvis are working on their second original spirit — and that is something they want to celebrate with plenty of fanfare. “We are SO excited to be releasing our agave spirit,” Krista said. […]
“Running for More 2021: Focused Forward” fundraiser for the CRC
It’s said that sequels rarely live up to the original, but Nick Weidmayer is running to prove them wrong. And he may have done that this year. In 2019, Nick had a “secret” personal running challenge, to end the year on a good note — or as he put it, finish one year before moving […]
A new look for the Eineder Funeral Home — Manchester Chapel
A new awning at the entrance to the Manchester chapel of Eineder Funeral Home has put an exclamation point on almost two years’ worth of decor changes and updates since the Jeff Eineder family took over the Borek-Jennings Funeral homes in Manchester and Brooklyn. COVID-related supply chain issues as well as worker shortages have made […]
Record-breaking case numbers: ER’s full, hospital staff out sick
While most of the state is still in the early stages of feeling the effects of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, it has been spreading through Metro-Detroit and surrounding counties, including Washtenaw, for weeks. It is true that overall it is a milder strain and fewer people infected will require hospitalization, but it is a […]
County implementing changes to alert system
In summer 2020, Washtenaw County switched from using the Nixle Program get alerts out to county residents, to the Everbridge emergency notification system. Washtenaw County can use Everbridge to alert residents to everything ranging from severe weather, hazardous materials incidents, floods, and other emergencies, to more routine announcements, such as road closures and other public […]
