DDA looking for recent barn quilts to add to brochure
submitted by Karen Berg In 2015, the Manchester Downtown Development Authority received grant funding from Destination Ann Arbor to develop a series of local tour brochures highlighting unique aspects of Manchester. Our initial project was to prepare a tour brochure of the barn quilts around our four townships, entitled “Tour de Barn Quilts.” This brochure […]
MAGIC is Growing
submitted by Susan Fielder, MAGIC MAGIC (Manchester Area Garden Inspiration Club) invited local gardeners to a recent social event hosted by MAGIC member, Liz Roopas. Gardens around Manchester, big and small, new and mature, were recognized for the beauty and magic they add to our community. Of the gardens we recognized for inspiring their neighbors, three […]
August 2019 gardening advice
by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill and Manchester Community & School Gardens August 8th is “National Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day!” It’s fun and easy to celebrate – just wait until your neighbors have gone to bed, and put some of the loads of zucchini you’ve been picking every day onto their porch. […]
Art fair at the Farmers Market this week
This Thursday, August 8 the Manchester Farmers Market will feature an art fair from 3:30-7 pm at Chi-Bro Park. Artists and crafters will have booths selling their creations. Additionally, in honor of the joy of art, the Manchester Farmers Market will be hosting a chalk art contest. Winners will receive Manchester Farmers Market Bucks to […]
Chelsea Adult Learners Institute Announces Fall Classes
submitted by Joan Gaughan, Adult Learning Institute Autumn in Michigan is football, raking leaves, storing the fishing poles, kayaks, and baseball gloves … and new classes from the Chelsea Adult Learners Institute (ALI). Once again, its fall session provides several alternatives to touchdowns and field goals. If faraway places intrigue you, ALI offers splendid tours. […]
2019 Run Manchester results
Even with no street festival to follow, the 11th Annual Run Manchester had a good turnout with 130 runners total in the 5K, 10K and fun run. Top finishers in the 5K and 10K: 5K Men/Boys 1 Billy Brinker 17:19 Devin Mackenzie 18:47 Caden Zbikowski 20:15 5K Women/Girls Molly Latimer 21:27 Stephanie Johnson 23:30 Emma […]
Youth Football registration is open
Manchester Youth Football 2019 fall season is open for registration. Kindergarteners through sixth graders can participate. Kindergartners through second graders play flag football and registration costs $40, third and fourth graders play flag football and registration costs $50, fifth and sixth graders play tackle football and registration costs $75. Games and practice will be held […]
Manchester student graduates from UW
The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the four students from Michigan at the completion of the 2019 spring semester; one of the students was Hanna Mae Fox from Manchester. She received a Bachelor of Arts. Congratulations, Hanna! If you have a student who recently graduated, let us know; we’d like to run it in […]
Being poor on rich U-M campus still a struggle as school broadens reach
by Alex Harring & Sammy Sussman (Bridge) Classes hadn’t even begun her freshman year when Lauren Schandevel learned her place in the economic pecking order at the University of Michigan. “My orientation roommate was from New York City,” said Schandevel, of Warren. “And the first thing she said to me was ‘I lost my iPhone in […]
U-M study finds surprising abusers of opioids: new mothers. The fix is easy.
Even as the opioid crisis ravaged the nation, more than 1 in 100 women who were prescribed powerful painkillers for childbirth had become persistent users just months after baby arrived, according to new research by the University of Michigan. It’s a grim statistic in a nation reeling from the epidemic, especially since many of the 3.8 million women […]
