Manchester Women Raise Money for Suicide Prevention, Seek Sponsors
Editor’s Note: Last June, Manchester High School graduate Krisen Lison took her own life. (Krisen's Memorial, Krisen's Books). Her friends Becca Maus and Megan Linski have decided to honor her by raising money for The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Both women will be walking in an all-night, Out of the Darkness walk, and are […]
Manchester CRC/Chamber Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser Saturday, June 7
The 11th Annual Manchester Golf Outing Fundraiser will be held on Saturday, June 7, at Hills' Heart of the Lakes Golf Course in Brooklyn. This annual fundraiser combines fun and camaraderie with the raising of funds to meet community needs here in Manchester and is sponsored jointly by the Manchester Community Resource Center and the Manchester […]
The First National Memorial Day Speech, Given by James Garfield in May of 1868
Editor's Note: The graves of the sacred dead have been decorated for tens of thousands of years, and markers honoring those who have fallen in battle are as old as battle itself. But our national holiday called Memorial Day started shortly after the American Civil War. 620,000 Americans, measured at 2% of the total population, […]
Results from Last Sunday's Canoe Race!
Last week, the River Raisin was filled with canoes and kayaks, as boaters of all ages competed in the 48th Annual Canoe Race. Nearly 100 boaters braved the chilly waters under sunny skies, racing the rapid river in record times. “With high, spring time water levels the river was running especially fast this year,’ said […]
80 Preschoolers Attend Lamb Storytime at the Library
Last Wednesday, both the Manchester Co-op Preschool and the Manchester Early Childhood Center’s preschool classes joined the Manchester District Library's preschool story time for a special outdoor story time that included petting and feeding lambs "Jack" and "Jill", both less than a week old, and hearing a storybook about a lamb on a farm read by […]
Riverfolk Raises $22,256 in One Day; Local Arts Organization Humbled, Rejuvenated
The Riverfolk Music and Arts Organization raised $22,256 dollars on Tuesday, May 6th. Riverfolk had been invited to participate in the national Give Local America campaign. $500,000 in matching money was offered to the Ann Arbor Area if local charities could raise the same amount in 24 hours. Riverfolk was one of 50 nonprofits who […]
Celebrity Server Night Brings In Cash for Kids
The Manchester Community donated $1,557 to our kids through the Manchester Community Schools Foundation (MCSF) Celebrity Server Night. This year's haul was $350 more than last year. The "celebrities" were teachers and other school personnel working at local restaurants. Kids and their parents came out to see school favorites dish up delicious food, all in the […]
Shopping in Downtown Manchester Circa 1835 - at Fargo & Fargo! Part Two of Two
by Ray Berg The Fargo Path to Manchester Our Fargo brothers descended from a large family whose ancestry is well documented on the Internet back to France (Jacent Fargeau, born about 1622). Moses Fargo, the first immigrant, landed in Connecticut in 1668, and our part of the extended family eventually made its way to […]
