Youth Mental Health Awareness Event Held at High School
21% of all children between the ages of 13 and 18 are suffering from a mental illness severe enough to impair them every day. In the Manchester School District, that could be as many as 200 children. 8% of children have a mental illness so severe that they can’t function without assistance. And yet, for […]
Men’s Club Begins Annual Christmas Tree Sale
Christmas trees are once again on sale in downtown Manchester. The familiar town institution came back to life on December 1st. Members of the Men’s Club -- as well as players from the boys’ and girls’ soccer teams, Boy Scout Troop 426, and other volunteers -- loaded, toted, hauled, hefted, drove, and dragged 240 trees […]
Cookies and Carols this Thursday with the Manchester Historical Society
This Thursday you and your family can sing Christmas carols, share cookies, and enjoy good fun with the Manchester Historical Society. The event will be from 7:30pm to about 8:30pm at the Sharon United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall out north of the Village on M-52, (technically, 19980 Pleasant Lake Road, at the corner with M-52). […]
Keeping the X in X-Mas
One of Manchester's traditional celebrations of the season is the Manchester Men's Club X-Mas Tree Sale, which started this week. But some wonder why isn't it a Christmas tree sale? Has the modern impulse to save time, save energy, and trim words, finally stripped the Christ out of Christmas? Is the same business-efficiency that […]
Manchester Food Pantry Stocked Up for the Holidays
With Thanksgiving just few days away, and the holiday season fast upon us, it’s natural to wonder about the less fortunate citizens of our community. And even though the need for food and shelter is felt all year round, the coming of winter and the generous spirit of the season still focus our attention. It […]
Manchester's Christie Taylor: "How I Came to Understand the Meaning of Self Compassion" (via Huffington Post)
Manchester's own Christie Taylor has had another essay published on the Huffington Post. Follow the link below to read the whole piece. I didn't know what self compassion was until Christmas time, 2008. My twin girls were 3 ½ and my son would be 2-years-old in just over a month. My husband, kids and I […]
Manchester Mirror's Fritz Swanson Writes Article for UMich Alumni Magazine
Fritz Swanson's brief history of the first Dean of Women at the University of Michigan appeared in the fall issue of LSA MAGAZINE. Read the full story at the link below. Dr. Eliza Mosher looked down at her womb. It was made of red silk. Directly above it was a coil of intestines, stitched together […]
Early History of Christmas Subject of Recent Manchester Historical Society Presentation
Drunken Romans, dismembered children and eight-legged horses were all discussed during the last meeting of the Manchester Historical Society. Nan Curtis, daughter of Society Member Carl Curtis, gave a presentation on the unexpected early history of Christmas as seen through the lens of Art History. This reporter received a very friendly greeting upon arrival. "If […]
Manchester Celebrates Veteran's Day with Traditional Flag Display
Men from Manchester's American Legion Post 117 debate the proper position of a flag planted in front of the Comerica Bank on Main Street.
