Photos: Safety Town
The Manchester Safety Town program, coordinated by Klager staff members Michelle Champagne and Sarah Roberts, was held last week at Klager Elementary School. Lessons focused on fire safety, dog safety, police and EMS, bus safety, stranger danger, car safety, and learning street signs, to name just a few. About 25-30 students attended each day and […]
Village plans further public input at tonight’s meeting
Do you still have questions about Manchester’s quest to become a city, rather than a village? On the agenda for tonight’s Village Council meeting (held at 8 pm rather than its usual 7 pm time, due to visitation for Susan DuRussel), will be an additional special public participation session to again discuss City Status. The […]
Sen. Theis–twice!–at Manchester District Library
State Sen. Lana Theis visited Manchester last Tuesday to share stories with young readers at the Manchester District Library. Theis was promoting her district-wide summer reading contest, titled “Be a Senator for a Day,” which is open to all students residing in the 22nd Senate District. Students may participate by obtaining a special bookmark from any of […]
Local volunteer organization donates to cancer fund-raiser
Submitted by Mark VanBogelen On January 19, 2019 the Bullseye Hunt Club held its annual ‘Big Buck Night’ at the Manchester Sportsman Club. The event hosts about 200 area hunters and outdoor enthusiasts. All tickets are sold before the hunting seasons start and successful hunters then have to have their trophies scored and compete for […]
Riverfolk announces Cultural Art Strings registration and fund-raiser
Fall Registration for the Cultural Art Strings program, part of the Riverfolk Music & Arts Organization, is open on Eventbrite.com from Aug 12-23. A $25 discount is available to anyone who registers by this Friday, August 23. (One discount per family). New this year, Chamber Music Ensembles are returning! Speak to a teacher to sign up for this option. In […]
Sharon UMC to consecrate new parsonage on Sept. 8
Sharon United Methodist Church invites the community to the consecration and open house of a new house for the pastor. “Parsonage Consecration Sunday” will be held on Sunday, Sept. 8, with consecration at 1:30 pm followed by the open house from 2-4 pm on the Sharon UMC Campus, 19890 Pleasant Lake Road. The hall is […]
Are you ready for Walk to School?
Children in grades K-6 are invited to participate again this year in an even bigger and better walk to school program! How much bigger and better, you ask? How about expanding opportunities for bus riders to walk from the high school to Klager and Riverside schools, to twice a week? How about more and bigger […]
Free diabetes screening at Aug. 22 Farmers Market
This Thursday (August 22), staff from Dr. Evelyn Eccles’ office will be at the Farmers Market, testing people for diabetes and pre-diabetes with the HbA1C test. The test is free and results will be provided directly to you. This is the third year this free health screening will be done at the Farmers Market, thanks […]
Letter to the Editor: Don’t let Village vs. City divide us
August 18, 2019 To the Editor: I have been a resident of Manchester Township for over 40 years and have been quite involved in the Manchester community. Last week I attended the special township board meeting about the effect on the township if the village becomes a city. The week before that I attended the […]
Amid literacy crisis, Michigan’s school librarians have all but disappeared
By Koby Levin (Bridge/Chalkbeat) When the basketball star and a local news crew showed up at Thurgood Marshall Elementary school in Detroit, the room the kids called the “library” was a glorified storage closet, complete with peeling paint, jumbled bookshelves and unopened cardboard boxes. By the end of the home makeover segment, the library looked the […]
