In going through some old papers, Tanya found some papers with police blotters in them. So we've decided to resurrect the tradition and bring the blotter back to the Manchester Enterprise, starting today.
Each week on Friday, we'll collect blotter information from the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department for the Greater Manchester area that week, and publish the roundup on our website. Then, that list will appear in the newspaper the following Thursday.
We know people are always curious about the police activity in their area, and we're hoping the blotter will clear up some confusion over what's happening in your neighborhood, block, or township. While Nixle, the service the sheriff uses, displays some activity, not everything is sent out via a Nixle alert.
While we know Manchester is a pretty safe place to live, work and play, we realize things happen, and people want to know about them. We hope the blotter will help communicate that to the community. For larger news items, a news brief will be posted to our site, as well as a map showing the area of the crime, as was done with this alert in Sharon Township regarding vandalism to some property.
We're hoping to add on incidents in the some of the townships (Manchester, Freedom and Sharon) that are serviced by the Michigan State Police; we'll be working on bringing those to you in the future as well.
Let us know what you think of the blotter idea. We'll try to get the information out to you as we get it.
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