President of St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea announces retirement in 2022
submitted by St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea After a decade of transformational leadership that has reshaped St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea and the community, hospital President Nancy Graebner-Sundling announced today that she plans to retire in March of next year, capping a 48-year career in health care. A succession planning process has been initiated to ensure a […]
5 Healthy Towns Foundation issues request for proposal for regional planning
Submitted by 5 Healthy Towns The 5 Healthy Towns Foundation is accepting proposals for regional interventions that address isolation, food access, and/or physical activity opportunities in the 5 Healthy Towns service area (Chelsea, Dexter, Grass Lake, Manchester, and Stockbridge.) Up to $500,000 will be made available over the next three years to support interventions that […]
WCSO: 3G networks to be decommissioned
from the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office: The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office is informing residents that cell phone carriers have begun decommissioning 3G networks. This means your older style 3G models of Tracfones, flip phones, Jitterbugs, etc. will no longer have the ability to make calls, including to 911. Making sure residents are not caught off […]
Video showing unmasked students entering MHS goes viral, drawing national attention
Last Tuesday morning, Manchester Community Schools students and staff returned after the four-day Labor Day weekend with new rules in place after Washtenaw County instituted a county-wide indoor mask mandate for K-12 schools. Before school began for the day, families opposed to masking held a protest in front of the High School as they had […]
Making art accessible
Open in the Manchester Mill since February, Danielle Felczak is "super happy to be here," doing what she most loves to do here in her adopted hometown. "It's surprisingly delightful," she says of her new business, Adorned Art Tattoo Collective, and its location overlooking the River Raisin. "I wasn't sure what to expect, but people […]
Manchester Township Summer Taxes are due on September 14, 2021.
submitted by Kim Thompson, Manchester Township treasurer Manchester Township 2021 Summer property taxes are due no later than September 14, 2021. After that date, an interest penalty fee will be charged. Payments are posted as received, not the date on which the check is written or postmarked. Many residents have been experiencing slow mail delivery; please […]
WCSO warns of new scam affecting Washtenaw residents
The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office is reminding residents that our office will never contact you demanding payment for an outstanding warrant. If you receive one of these calls it is a scam and you should hang up immediately. Over the last several weeks, the WCSO has received numerous calls for service involving law enforcement impersonation […]
Road work this week
In Freedom Township this week, Esch Road between Altenbrent Road and Pleasant Lake Road, and Steinbach Road between Spies Road and Ellsworth will have daytime closures for limestone resurfacing. Intermittent lane closures for drainage improvements and forestry will continue this week on Washburne Road between Jacob Road and Sharon Hollow Road in Sharon Township. In […]
Quilt display at library a reminder of 9/11 anniversary
Tuesday, September 11, 2001 was a pivotal moment in our nation's history and is an event that everyone who lived through it will remember for a lifetime. This Saturday, September 11, 2021, will be the 20th anniversary of that fateful day. A number of events, both local and nationwide, will observe this somber time in […]
Washtenaw County mandate means masks for Manchester Community Schools
Manchester Community Schools started school last Monday with masks optional for everyone and no positive cases of COVID or quarantines on their COVID-19 dashboard. By Thursday, the Washtenaw County Health Department had announced a county-wide masking mandate for K-12 schools and the district had six positive cases and 13 students quarantining. The Washtenaw County Health […]
