March Gardening Advice 2017
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s Note: Manchester resident Jennifer Fairfield owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. I woke up Sunday morning to a sound that sent dread through me. It sounded like some sort of mechanical […]
Winners galore at 18th Kiwanis Crazy Cash Night!
The Borek-Jennings Legacy Event Center was transformed Saturday night and filled with laughter as the Kiwanis Crazy Cash Night held its 18th annual event. Kiwanis spokesperson Pat Vailliencourt declared the event a great success for everyone involved. The popular Crazy Cash Night is a reverse raffle, where the last number drawn wins the biggest prize. […]
Science class gets unique opportunity
On Wednesday, Feb. 15, the Manchester High School Forensic Science class, taught by Brad Gerbe, had the opportunity to partake in a virtual autopsy with live commentary and questions, via video conference, from certified pathologist, Dr. Steven Smith of Ohio State University. “I teach five science classes at the high school,” Gerbe explained. “This is […]
Blood drive in honor of student a success!
A blood drive held at Klager Elementary School in honor of high school student Alex Clark on Sunday, was deemed a success, as 41 pints of blood were collected throughout the day. Blood is always needed by the Red Cross and area hospitals, for a variety of different reasons. Alex was involved in a car […]
Big Love: Neglected pigs find solace in each other
The day after Valentine’s Day, Eve met Adam. A week later, it appears these potbellied pigs were made for each other. Following up on a report of an abandoned pig living under a vacant trailer in Manchester Township, cruelty investigators from the Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV) arrived to find 182-pound Adam, an 8-year-old […]
Manchester farmer directs donation to MCS FIRST Robotics Team
Farmers Make a Difference in Rural Communities by Directing Donations from Monsanto Fund’s “America’s Farmers Grow Communities Program to Local Nonprofit Organizations.” The America’s Farmers Grow Communities program will provide more than $3 million in financial support to nonprofits across the US in 2017. Since 2010, the America’s Farmers Grow Communities program has given […]
St. Mary’s sets two Ash Wednesday services
submitted by St. Mary’s Is it a smudge? Or is it the sign of a cross? Among the Catholic practices of Lent which begins on Ash Wednesday, particularly visible is ashes on the foreheads of Catholics. They are marked by the priest in the form of a cross. The people of St Mary, Manchester, invite […]
Ecumenical Ash Wednesday observances set
submitted by The Pastors of Sharon United Methodist, Manchester United Methodist, Emanuel United Church of Christ, and Bethel United Church of Christ. The congregations of Manchester invite you to join them on Ash Wednesday for meditation and reflection at one of our services. At Emanuel United Church of Christ, 324 West Main Street, a Soup Luncheon […]
Local Pilgrimage: “The Streets of Jerusalem in Manchester”
submitted by St. Mary’s Beginning this Friday, March 3, and on each of the following five Fridays of Lent, Fr. Bosco and the people of St. Mary, Manchester warmly invite all who are interested to join us at St. Mary’s parish at 7 pm to “journey” through Jerusalem’s fourteen Stations of the Cross in prayer. […]
Unforgettable Photos makes its next move
A little over two years ago, Mary Bortmas was at a crossroads with her successful photography business, Unforgettable Photos. She had given up her space at 101 West Main Street, allowing her the freedom to take her business in a new direction. “I moved into the Main Street Suites in October 2014 and scaled back my sessions […]
