County Commissioners’ investment in child care access serves over 100 families in 2021; set to expand in 2022
In September 2021, the Board of Commissioners allocated $2 million to equitably address child care access as part of the Washtenaw County Rescue Plan. This investment included dollars from both the American Rescue Plan and County general fund. After a competitive funding round to solicit responses from local providers, the Child Care Network was selected […]
WCRC: Road work this week
With the warmer dryer weather comes road work. Washtenaw County Road Commission will be working in Sharon Township this week. Pleasant Lake Rd between Sharon Hollow Rd and Smythe Rd will have daytime road closures March 23 – April 1 for forestry.
Area horse club reinvigorated by former, new members
Ginger (Taylor) Gladkowski says that showing horses was “the foundation of her childhood confidence.” “The earliest memories I have riding horses are from when I was four,” she recalls. “I had a tiny, one-eyed Shetland pony that I rode all over our property. My parents tell me that one day I told them to let […]
EGLE: Lead, copper “Not Detected” in most recent Manchester water supply samples
The Village of Manchester got some good news from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Drinking water laboratory last week. The most recent analysis of samples taken from the plant tap at the water tower on Ann Arbor Hill, which is the source of Manchester’s drinking water, showed no detectible lead […]
Washtenaw hires project manager for broadband to every home project
In September 2021, the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners approved an investment of $15 million in County general funds and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to address issues of broadband connectivity in Washtenaw County with the goal to connect every household in Washtenaw to highspeed broadband internet. The already-present need for access was exacerbated […]
Manchester Township to form parks & rec committee; approves motocross event dates
March 15th, 2022 Correction: The original headline of this article referred to the motocross events as “races.” They are not races but “practice events.” The headline has been changed to reflect this. submitted by Sybil Kolon, Community Reporter Corps All board members were present at the March 8 township board meeting except Treasurer Kim Thompson […]
Manchester school bands score well at festival
Last weekend, Manchester High School had their first opportunity in two years to again host the MSBOA District 8 band and Orchestra Festival. The High School band performed on Thursday and the 7th/8th grade band performed on Friday. Both bands earned superior 1st division ratings from all three adjudicators. Band director Jared Throneberry posted on […]
Worth Repeating celebrates its second anniversary
submitted by Pat Sahakian Worth Repeating celebrated its second anniversary last week with free cake for our customers and a customer appreciation sale. In its two years of operation Worth Repeating has been able to give back to the community over $27,000 in grants and in-kind donations. We begin year three with a new board […]
Quest for cityhood moves forward
Manchester’s next step toward cityhood has been approved and plans are being made to elect a nine-member City Charter Commission at the November 8, 2022 general election. The nine members of the Charter Commission must be residents of the village and each must submit a non-partisan nominating petition signed by at least 20 registered voters […]
Russia-Ukraine war complicates communications with Paul Whelan
As tensions rise with the invasion of Ukraine, the family of Russian prisoner Paul Whelan, learned on March 3 that the Diplomatic pouch, in which mail and parcels from Washington DC have been sent to the US Embassy in Moscow, Russia, will no longer be going there. Those who wish to continue writing letters to […]
