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 Marsha Chartrand

Donations now accepted at Worth Repeating

Submitted by Sharon Curtis, Worth Repeating Volunteer Donations are now being taken at Worth Repeating Wednesday through Saturday from 11 to 5, in preparation for the store opening on March 4th. The new location is at 110 E. Main Street, most recently the location of Steelegrafix. Items must be clean and in good usable condition. […]

 Sara Swanson

Free tax preparation help through VITA available at CRC

submitted by Manchester Community Resource Center Free income tax preparation assistance is available to low-income Manchester Area taxpayers through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program. Managed locally through the United Way of Washtenaw County (UWWC), it is hosted in Manchester by the Community Resource Center located in Riverside Intermediate School, 710 East Main Street (entrance on […]

 Marsha Chartrand

WCSO report: January 2020 police activity in Village of Manchester

Provided by the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office to the Village of Manchester.  During the month of January there were 162 calls for service (including traffic stops). Deputies conducted 82 traffic stops during this time with 21 citations issued. Noteworthy events in Manchester Village during the month include: On January 7, deputies went to the 500 […]

 Sara Swanson

Manchester Township Board Meeting - Feb 11, 2020

by Sybil Kolon, Community Reporter Corps  This article covers items most likely to be of interest to residents. See the board’s minutes of this meeting (which will be available prior to the next meeting) or contact board members for more details. Residents should consider attending a board meeting now and then to keep abreast of […]

 Sara Swanson

Council hears public questions on city status

During the regular "Special Session on City Status" last Monday night, the Manchester Village Council received some feedback from the public. To start the discussion, Village President Pat Vailliencourt shared with Council that, "We are still waiting for an update from the State Boundary Commission, in response to their questions regarding consistent documentation of a […]

 Sara Swanson

County Board of Commissioners opts not to dissolve Road Commission; instead explores adding members

The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners (BOC) announced last fall that they were reviewing the governance structure of the Washtenaw County Road Commission. One option being considered was dissolving the Road Commission. That BOC has set that option aside, at least for now, and are focusing on other options. For the past 100 years, the […]

 Sara Swanson

Manchester area residents asked to take broadband survey to correct inaccurate FCC map

Manchester area residents living in Manchester, Freedom, Sharon and Bridgewater Townships are being asked to help the Washtenaw County Broadband Taskforce better map broadband coverage by completing a short survey. The county studied broadband coverage for more than a year and at the end of 2018 released their findings which concluded that 18% of Manchester […]

 Marsha Chartrand

Supers accepts award for integrative STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workers play a key role in the sustained growth of the world economy. Increasing science literacy and enabling a new generation of innovators, is a huge responsibility placed on educators today. STEM teaching and learning engages students to equip them with critical thinking, problem solving, creative and collaborative skills. […]

 Sara Swanson

Adult Learners Institute announces classes for winter/spring

submitted by Joan Gaughan, Adult Learners Institute The holiday decorations have been put away, the kids’ toys have either been abandoned or broken or both, and your diet went south a long time ago but you didn’t. So what’s next? Winter ALI classes, of course! Beginning February 24, veteran instructors as well as exciting newcomers […]

 Marsha Chartrand

Superintendents' Association releases anti-racist commitment statement

submitted by the Washtenaw Intermediate School District After the recent occurrence of overtly racist incidents in Washtenaw County garnering national attention, the Washtenaw Superintendents’ Association (WSA) has issued a statement condemning these acts of racism and solidifying their commitment to anti-racism within all local public schools. WSA represents the superintendents of the Washtenaw Intermediate School […]