The Chicken Broil…Tastes Like the Best Memory Ever!
Editor’s Note: She’s back! Our own secret food critic paid a visit to the Chicken Broil. Yeah, yeah, yeah I haven’t written lately. I was off on a food tour in India …but I came back… for the Chicken Broil. For the last few years, I have been getting my Manchester Chicken Broil chicken to […]
This Year’s Chicken Broil Features New Drive Thru!
Manchester’s signature event, The Chicken Broil, is this Thursday, 7/17 at 4pm. Within four hours, 11,000 chickens will be broiled to perfection at Alumni Memorial Field. $10 dollars gets you ½ a chicken, the famous coleslaw, radishes, chips, and a drink. Soft drinks and ice cream are available for an extra charge. This year features […]
Klager Elementary School Seeks Financial Support for a New Reading Program
When students come back to Klager in the fall, they will be greeted by more than just new teachers and new classrooms, but a dynamic new reading program. Over the last few years, an alarming trend was observed with the reading scores with the young students of the district. More and more students were […]
Opinion: Keep Freedom in the Library!
(Editor’s Note: While the Mirror takes no position on political issues facing the community, we will occasionally provide space for informed commentary from community members.) On August 5, voters in Freedom Township will vote on a measure to withdraw from the library district. Only people who are already registered to vote AND registered to vote in […]
Klager PTO Starts Summer Playdate Initiative to Increase Sense of Community
The primary focus of the PTO board for this year is to build a better sense of community at Klager. The Klager PTO is reaching out to parents and community members in a number of ways in the upcoming year. Not unlike other groups/organizations, participation at monthly meetings and finding volunteers for events is a […]
Proposed New Gas Pipeline to Run Through Local Townships
In the last couple of weeks, some property owners in Bridgewater Township received a letter from ET Rover Pipeline Company LLC, a Texas based company asking for permission for the company’s surveyors to go onto their property to survey specific parcels for a new natural gas pipeline. As proposed the pipeline, which has the capacity […]
School Bond Informational Meetings Scheduled
On Wednesday July 9th there will be an “Informational Community Forum” to share information about the upcoming school bond proposal that will be on the Aug 5th ballot. There will be a short informational presentation and time for the community to ask questions and have their concerns addressed. The school district is asking to borrow […]
Crowning of the Fair Queen
On Tuesday night, following the parade, the crowning of the Fair Queen took place. The Fair Queen contestants were individually escorted to their seating area in front of the grand stands. Then, in front of a panel of judges, each contestant answered a question presented by the MC Karin Villarreal. In addition to the Fair queen being […]
Strong thunderstorms coming Tuesday afternoon
A series of strong storms will move through SE lower Michigan beginning late this morning. The later and stronger of the storms will be due to an exotic kind of wind storm known as a “derecho. ” A derecho is a large wind storm that moves in long, straight lines instead of in a circle, […]
Manchester School District Budget Hearing
The Manchester School Board will hold its annual budget review meeting at 6:00 Monday night, immediately followed by the regular School Board meeting at 7:00. The finance committee has been working over the last few months on the 2014-2015 school budget and will present its recommendations at the public meeting. The district has been faced […]
