Manchester features more than 25 miles of hiking trails
COUNTY-CROSSING BORDER-TO-BORDER TRAIL EXPANDS Recently, the Border-to-Border Trail (B2B) has been in the news again with the exciting ground breaking of the Chelsea-Stockbridge connector. The B2B is a non-motorized pathway that runs through the northern part of the county, connecting Stockbridge, Chelsea, Dexter, Barton Hills, Ann Arbor, and Ypsilanti. More than 40 miles of trail […]
Village continues to seek public input on city status
Village Council met last Monday night with an agenda item to field public questions or comment on seeking city status, but no citizens came forward. Village President Pat Vailliencourt announced that she will be available to meet with residents to answer their questions on at 9 am each Wednesday in the lobby of the village […]
MAGIC Garden Club news
MAGIC members met at the home of Ron and Sue Fielder for a social gathering last week. Three area gardeners were among those present. Rose Boldman, Astrida Punches and Carol Westfall all were complimented for their contributions and for inspiring other gardeners. A tour of the Fielder gardens included discussion of challenges gardeners may have faced in […]
County makes draft of new rec plan available
A meeting held in Manchester in early May has helped shape the development of a new draft Five-Year Plan for recreation in Washtenaw County. A copy of the DRAFT 2020-2024 5-Year Recreation Master Plan is available online and ready for review at: https://www.washtenaw.org/2860/5-Year-Recreation-Master-Plan. There are 14 parks, 34 nature preserves, and 6,000 acres of land owned […]
Village plans further public input at tonight’s meeting
Do you still have questions about Manchester’s quest to become a city, rather than a village? On the agenda for tonight’s Village Council meeting (held at 8 pm rather than its usual 7 pm time, due to visitation for Susan DuRussel), will be an additional special public participation session to again discuss City Status. The […]
Are you ready for Walk to School?
Children in grades K-6 are invited to participate again this year in an even bigger and better walk to school program! How much bigger and better, you ask? How about expanding opportunities for bus riders to walk from the high school to Klager and Riverside schools, to twice a week? How about more and bigger […]
Freedom Township declares Pleasant Lake airbnb in violation of ordinance
Freedom Township Board met for its monthly meeting on Tuesday, August 13th. Many residents came to present their complaints about 5202 Happy Hollow, which has recently become a short-term rental listed on airbnb.com. The board agreed with the residents and unanimously voted to have the township lawyer inform the owners of the home that their […]
Manchester Township consults attorney on city question
The Manchester Township board held a legal meeting, Tuesday, August 13, an hour before its regularly scheduled board meeting. Supervisor Gene DeRossett introduced William Fahey, an attorney from Fahey, Schultz, Burzych, and Rhodes out of Okemos, who specializes in municipal law, and has 40 years of experience under his belt. Fahey gave a presentation and […]
Acorn reports to Village Council on progress
At Monday night’s Village Council meeting, a presentation from board members Megan DeLeeuw and Theresa Herron of the Acorn Farmers Market and Café, updated the council on the non-profit store’s momentum toward its goal of opening in April 2020. DeLeeuw gave a brief background on the store’s inception and early planning days, and described how […]
Huge turnout at Village-to-City Q&A session
Why is the Village looking at becoming a city? Are we even big enough to be a city? Will we turn into Chelsea if we become a city? Will fire service be disrupted? Will taxes go up? Will taxes go down? Will residents get to vote on this? More than 70 residents turned out Monday […]
