Cameron LaDouceur Memorial Golf Outing This Saturday
A Golf outing is planned for this Saturday, September 27th at Reddeman Farms Golf Club. The Cameron LaDouceur Memorial Foundation is hosting this event. This new local non-profit will see that all proceeds return to the community: one example of their charitable work so far as been donating money to the Manchester Fire Dept. to purchase a Kubota RTV […]
Funeral Being Held Today For Cameron LaDouceur
The funeral service for Cameron LaDouceur will be held today at 11am at the Manchester United Methodist Church. LaDouceur, age 20, died Wednesday evening when he lost control of his ORV on private property, on Peckins Road, in Sharon Township. The visitation was held Sunday at the Borek Jennings Funeral Home in Manchester. He is survived […]
Fire Department holds open house
Sunny October skies and crisp fall temperatures made a perfect combination for those who wished to visit the Manchester Township Fire Department's open house on Sunday afternoon between 1-3 pm. Although a scheduled landing of the life flight helicopter had to be cancelled due to a last-minute emergency, there was much for families to see […]
MHS Awards Night: Awards presented & scholarship recipients announced
Last Thursday evening the Manchester High School held its award night for graduating seniors. The National Honor Society was honored, and scholarship recipients, Cum Laude Awards, Mr. & Ms. Dutch, and (for the first time at Awards Night) the valedictorian and salutatorian were announced. Elizabeth O'Hotzke is Manchester High School’s 2019 Valedictorian and Owen Whitney […]
More than 60 local scholarships awarded to Class of 2018
Manchester High School is fortunate to have a generous community sponsoring a variety of local scholarships. This year, 62 graduating seniors from the Class of 2018 were recipients of a local scholarship. (Some students received multiple awards.) The Austin Fuller Memorial Scholarship was presented to Hannah McCaffrey; recipients of the Barry and Peggy Allen Vocational Scholarships were […]
Phoenix Waters places 7th at USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle National Championships
Phoenix Waters, a Manchester High School freshman, recently returned from Oklahoma City where she competed with Team Michigan in the 2018 USA Wrestling Girls Folkstyle National Championships and earned 7th place in the cadet division and finished all-American. Phoenix stated, “It’s hard to put into words how thankful I am for the opportunity wrestle at […]
Local scholarship recipients announced at High School Awards Night
Last Monday, local scholarship recipients were announced at the High School Awards Night. Five new scholarships were available to the seniors this year and the total amount given in scholarships by the community was $98,250. The Manchester High School staff thanked those who made it possible to offer local scholarships to the Class of 2016 and said that […]
Main Street Bridge dedication & ribbon cutting
Late Sunday afternoon, after many of the canoe race participants had loaded up their crafts and headed out of the village, a crowd gathered for the bridge dedication ceremony. Before the event started, the spectators who'd gathered were treated to a live brass band playing marches. At 4 pm, Village council president Pat Vailliencourt took up the […]
New and Current Vehicles on Display at Fire Department Open House
A Kubota All-Terrain rescue vehicle, donated to the Manchester Fire Department in memory of the late Cameron LaDouceur, was one of many vehicles on display at this year's fire department open house. LaDouceur family members were on hand to thank the community for all of the effort and money donated to memorialize Cameron, who died […]
Fire Chief Riesterer on the Necessity of ATV & Upcoming Fundraisers
Editors Note: We received a letter from Fire Chief Mike Riesterer, explaining the necessity of the ATV the department is currently fundraising to purchase: "Manchester Township Fire Department serves the beautiful, rural areas of Bridgewater, Sharon, Freedom and Manchester Townships as well as the Village of Manchester. On any given day there are many people […]
