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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Sunday Evening Snow Photos
Photos by Sara Swanson.
