School board members to meet in-person; virtual options still available for audience
Although virtual meetings are allowed to continue through December 31, 2021 for all public bodies in Washtenaw County, according to Superintendent Dr. Brad Bezeau, the Manchester Community Schools Board of Education meetings will take place in an in-person format for all Board of Education members, although he stipulated that “they are allowed to attend virtually […]
Churches plan community, individual Holy Week services
The week, from Palm Sunday (which was March 28) to Easter Sunday, is commonly known as “Holy Week” in the Christian Church. Local churches are planning both individual and joint services. Emanuel United Church of Christ, 324 W. Main Street, will be having a Maundy Thursday worship service on Thursday, April 1 at 7 pm. […]
Varsity hoops end season in first round of District play
The Manchester Varsity Dutchmen finished out their season in the first game of District play on Thursday night against Lenawee Christian. Despite starting the game strong, leading 8-4 behind “some of the best execution of the year,” according to coach Zach Neal, the Dutch soon found that Lenawee was “very skilled and could really shoot.” […]
Gazebo Concerts getting ready for its 2021 season!
As the year-plus long pandemic concerns are easing and more people are able to get immunizations, everyone is eager to get outside and resume some “normal” summer activities. One of Manchester’s long-running summer staples, of course, has been the weekly Gazebo Concert series. Since 1989, these concerts have been a Thursday night summer event that […]
Acorn Vendor of the Week: Gaskill Family Farm
The Manchester Mirror is running a series of articles to introduce the many vendors at Acorn Farmers’ Market & Café to the community. Each week a different vendor will be featured, to highlight the wide variety of offerings at our local Market, both now and in the future. Watch for this regular feature to learn […]
Local company provides consortium scholarship
The South and West Washtenaw Consortium has recommended Benjamin Polens, a senior at Chelsea High School and a second-year student in the SWWC Building Trades program, as the RoofManUSA and Greaves Family Building Trades Scholarship. The Greaves family, from Manchester, has sponsored this $500 scholarship, which Ben will use toward tuition at Northern Michigan University, […]
Manchester Mirror celebrates a milestone in print
They say time flies. And it’s true. This Wednesday, March 31, will mark the Manchester Mirror’s five-year anniversary of being a print newspaper. Five years ago, the staff of Sara and Fritz Swanson, Marsha Chartrand, Mike Austin, and Danielle Muntz, realized that although our online efforts were helping to inform and educate the community, there […]
Stories of Wil: Beyond Words
submitted by Christie Taylor 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 […]
Report: 38 percent of Michigan households don’t earn enough for basic needs
by Paula Gardner (Bridge Michigan) Even before the coronavirus struck last year, Michigan faced headwinds in bringing better-paying jobs to the state. The industry promising the most new jobs in the years ahead in Michigan will be fast food: about 24,000 of them are expected every year through 2028. And few fields pay less. About […]
Teacher retirements soar in Michigan schools amid COVID pandemic
by Ron French (Bridge) In the span of a few weeks last fall, Alaiedon Elementary in Mason Public Schools lost two of its three first-grade teachers. First to resign was Jackie Lyons, who came from a family of teachers and loved being around kids. She left in mid-October. A colleague turned in paperwork to leave her […]
