Fritz Swanson

Manchester Bakery Produces Close to 2,000 Dozen Pazckis for Washtenaw Area

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Carl Curtis Demonstrates his Victorian Organette

Carl Curtis, president of the Manchester Area Historical Society, is well-known around town as a collector of antique mechanical musical wonders. At this year's MAHS Show and Tell night, Mr. Curtis demonstrated this late 19th Century organette. As the operator cranks the organette, a pair of bellows on the bottom of the box pump up […]

 Fritz Swanson

Show and Tell Objects Scrutinized at Manchester Area Historical Society Meeting

 Fritz Swanson

Annabelle Valentine's Main Street March (PHOTOS)

Annabelle Valentine visited Manchester again this year. Read about her amazing quest. Scroll down for pictures from this year's journey.

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Show and Tell Night This Thursday at the Manchester Historical Society

Thursday, February 13th at 7:30 p.m. at the Sharon United Methodist Church Hall, the Manchester Area Historical Society will hold Show and Tell Night. The evening will be hosted by Society member Jim Wilson. Residents are encouraged to bring old tools, quilts, photos, awards, clothing, etc. Items that are at least 75 or 100 years […]

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Saint Valentine's Day

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Saturday's Manchester Area Power Outage Explained

As many of our readers noticed, the power went out for a big chunk of the afternoon on Saturday, during the wet winter weather we had. We called Terry DeDoes at Consumer's Energy to explain what happened. Terry replied: "A failed insulator caused the Manchester 46kV line to lock out at about 12:45 p.m. Saturday and interrupted […]

 Fritz Swanson

Updated: Folk Artist Margaret Shaw's New Exhibit at Library

Note from Editor: this article includes more information than the version originally published by Anne Buckalew Not only can one find intellectual inspiration among the books at the Manchester District Library, but one can also find creative inspiration. Art from Manchester High School students is displayed each spring, work from Chinese children was recently showcased, […]

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Manchester Digs out from Weekend Snow Storm

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Sunday Evening Snow Photos

  Photos by Sara Swanson.