Sara Swanson

CRC Social Hour joins MASCC Lunch

The Community Resource Center is once again teaming up with the Manchester Area Senior Citizens Council to pair their social hour with the seniors’ lunch. The social hour/lunch will be September 10th at Emanuel Church located at 324 West Main Street (enter from parking lot in back). Lunch begins at 11:45 am and costs $4 for […]

 Sara Swanson

Low-income Village residents eligible for internet assistance

Comcast announced earlier this month it is expanding eligibility for Internet Essentials, its broadband adoption program, to include all qualified low-income households in its service area. In the Manchester area, the Comcast Service area includes the Village of Manchester and a few isolated areas along the outside edges of the townships.  The expansion is the […]

 Sara Swanson

MHS student mentors train for freshman orientation & the start of a new school year

This year thirty-eight mentor leaders at Manchester High School are starting on a journey together to build community and tackle issues like alcohol, substance abuse, and stress management through a program called Link Crew. Link Crew is a national student leadership/mentor program designed to help younger students transition into high school. Two Manchester High School […]

 Sara Swanson

SASHA Farm Benefit Cruise

submitted by SASHA Farm (Sanctuary and Safe Haven for Animals) SASHA Farm Animal Sanctuary will host its second Benefit Cruise on Saturday September 21, 2019 from 5:45-9:00 pm on the Diamond Belle Riverboat. Join us for an unforgettable evening and help the SASHA Farm animal residents at the same time! This very special event offers […]

 Sara Swanson

Lifelong Wonders

submitted by Joan Gaughan, Adult Learning Institute If success is defined as viewing the world as a miraculous place, then the kaleidoscopic array of fall classes offered by the Adult Learners Institute (ALI) offers the opportunity to stimulate your intelligence, fire your imagination, challenge your ideas, and arouse your curiosity. Classes meet once a week […]

 Sara Swanson

Meet our new sports reporter, Tyler Scott

The Manchester Mirror is pleased to welcome Tyler Scott as our new sports reporter for the football season. He will be covering Manchester High School varsity football. Tyler Scott is a broadcast and print journalist excited to be back covering prep sports. He comes to the Manchester Mirror with a background in news, commercial radio […]

 Sara Swanson

New Letters to the Editor Policy – Letters should be focused on local issues

In 1927, US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote, “If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.” The Manchester Mirror strongly believes in this ethic; that more speech is generally better […]

 Sara Swanson

Letter to the Editor: In Response to “About Immigration”

Editor’s note: We are implementing a new Letters to the Editor policy beginning next week. Read about our new policy here. August 28, 2019 (See letter refered to here) It is very easy to get caught up in the liberal bias of the media in our country. We are receiving a constant diatribe of fake information […]

 Sara Swanson

Public Notice: Sharon Township (Chelsea and Napoleon School Districts)

NOTICE OF ELECTION TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF the Township of Sharon: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2019 FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M. AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING ON ONE (1) Chelsea School District proposal and One (1) Napoleon Community Schools Proposal (SEE BELOW FOR […]

 Sara Swanson

Public Notice: Sharon Township (Chelsea and Napoleon School Districts)

NOTICE OF REGISTRATION FOR THE ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2019 THE TOWNSHIP OF SHARON, MICHIGAN TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE TOWNSHIPS MENTIONED ABOVE: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that any qualified elector of the township of Sharon in the state of Michigan who is not already registered, may register to vote at […]