Chamber Spotlight: The Manchester Mirror
Eight years ago this month, in the waning days of the iconic Manchester Enterprise which had suffered through a series of corporate buyouts, a small group of Manchester residents decided to go rogue, test the waters, and see what we could do about returning the focus to a local newspaper. We created an online news […]
Acorn Farmers Market and Café recipe: Mashed celery root
Acorn Farmers Market and Café has celeriac for sale! What is celeriac, besides an opportunity to add an unusual, locally grown vegetable to your diet? It is a root vegetable that tastes like celery, also know as celery root and knob celery. The leaves can be used in salads or as an herb, but the […]
Chamber Spotlight: Old National Bank
Old National Bank's branch office in Manchester is located in a building that was once a butcher shop, and there are many holes in the exposed brick walls where meat was hung on large hooks. "When it rains, every now and then we get a centipede or two that crawls out of the holes and […]
November 2021 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill and Manchester Community & School Gardens Have you been able to figure out what kind of winter we are going to have, based on what the weather people are saying? I have to admit that I am confused. First, they said it was going to be a really cold […]
Chamber Spotlight: Manchester Lions Club
The Manchester Lions Club was chartered in 2007. President Barry Allen says, "I retired in 2006 and the first year we remodeled every room in the house, then what do we do? At that time, Peggy and I went to the Whistlestop for lunch just about every day and the owner Sue Miller asked us […]
Stories of Wil: Lifting the mask
Wil is a 14-year-old boy with Down syndrome. He is the little brother, by 20 months, to twin sisters, Katherine and Elizabeth. Wil’s mom, Christie, knew very little about Down syndrome when Wil was diagnosed shortly after his birth. It didn’t take long for Christie to realize how enriching life with Down syndrome is. Embracing […]
Chamber Spotlight: River Raisin Mercantile
River Raisin Mercantile, owned by Sue LaRocque, resides in a historic 1867 three-story Italianate building. In its early days, the street level space was occupied by a dry goods store, soda shop, pizza parlor, and other small businesses. Until 1990, when the two upper levels were turned into 10 apartments, that space was used by […]
Stories of Wil: Drum roll, please! Common ground at play
Wil is a 14-year-old boy with Down syndrome. He is the little brother, by 20 months, to twin sisters, Katherine and Elizabeth. Wil’s mom, Christie, knew very little about Down syndrome when Wil was diagnosed shortly after his birth. It didn’t take long for Christie to realize how enriching life with Down syndrome is. Embracing […]
Chamber of Commerce Spotlight: The Sutton Agency
Fun facts about the Sutton Agency: The building was originally the People's Bank and still has the bank vault in the basement to this day. The building has also been home to a Secretary of State office before Don Sutton opened his insurance agency in 1959. The insurance business was originally family owned (since 1880!), […]
Stories of Wil: Happy Endings
Wil is a 14-year-old boy with Down syndrome. He is the little brother, by 20 months, to twin sisters, Katherine and Elizabeth. Wil’s mom, Christie, knew very little about Down syndrome when Wil was diagnosed shortly after his birth. It didn’t take long for Christie to realize how enriching life with Down syndrome is. Embracing […]
