Register now for Track and Field Camp
The Manchester Athletics Track and Field Camp will take place July 18, 19, and 20, 2022, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Athletic Complex and Stadium. This is for our students and community members going into second through eighth grades, and will feature instruction in sprints, relays, block work, and throws. There will be a […]
Chamber Spotlight: Red Barn Realty, Jaimie Schmidt
Jaimie Schmidt, a Realtor at Red Barn Realty, says that for most of her life, she has loved history and how it impacts everything physically around us. “Also, growing up in a family full of carpenters and artists gave me an amazing foundation to not only understand a building’s bones, but to also find reverence […]
(Photos) Gymnastics and Aquatic camps get summer programming off to a great start
submitted by Brad Bezeau, superintendent, Manchester Community Schools The 2022 Manchester Community Schools Summer Camps are off and running with our Gymnastics and Tumbling Camp and our Project Aquatic Camp taking place at Klager Elementary and Riverside Intermediate through August 8. Some limited spots in various week-long camps still remain. The link to Summer Camp […]
Manchester student graduates from Albion College
Manchester student Skylyr Zink graduated with a degree in political science with minors in German and philosophy and concentrations in the Gerald R. Ford Institute for Leadership in Public Policy and Service and law, justice, and society. Zink is the child of Eric and Helena Zink of Manchester and is a graduate of Manchester High […]
Michigan boosts K–12 special education, teacher hiring, mental health funds
by Koby Levin (Chalkbeat, Bridge Michigan) Michigan lawmakers agreed to hundreds of millions of dollars in new special education funding as part of a new state budget in which they tapped a historic surplus to pass one of the most sweeping school spending plans in decades. Teacher recruitment, school security, mental health and the teacher pension system […]
See where you can borrow free camping gear in Michigan
by Kelly House (Bridge Michigan) GRAND RAPIDS — In its quest to democratize the Great Outdoors, the Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department is ripping a page out of a well-worn book. A library book, to be exact. In a gymnasium basement in the city’s Roosevelt Park neighborhood, the city has opened a gear library […]
Michigan, we have a budget deal. But no tax relief yet, despite surplus
by Jonathan Oosting (Bridge Michigan) LANSING — The Michigan House and Senate voted early Friday morning to approve a major $76.9 billion state budget deal after Republican leaders reached an agreement with Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The deal includes new money for school safety and teacher recruitment programs, local government debt relief, blight removal and […]
Obituary: Patricia Anne Christensen
Patricia Anne Christensen, age 54, of Tecumseh passed away peacefully June 26, 2022, at home. Patricia was born May 23, 1968, in Ann Arbor, the daughter of James and Carolyn (Bowers) Rogers. September 1, 2018, she married Chuck Christensen and he preceded her September 2, 2019. Trisha graduated from Manchester High School, Class of 1986. […]
Passport to Manchester returns for a second season
by Marsha Chartrand Last year, Riverfolk Music & Arts Organization and the Manchester Area Historical Society partnered to sponsor a unique series of events called “Passport to Manchester“ — an initiative to explore and highlight landmarks in and around Manchester through associated historical, visual, musical performance, and cultural diversity themes. Choosing landmarks that could be […]
Community wide garage sale coming July 22–23
It’s time to start getting all your treasures together and get ready for the annual Community Wide Garage Sale in Manchester! Time is running short to register for the event, though, and you must sign up by July 16. You can sign up at https://bit.ly/ManchesterGS2022. If you have trouble accessing the Google site online, you […]
