Farmers Market Recipe: Creamy Radish and Cucumber Salad
This summer, the Manchester Farmers Market has partnered with University of Michigan School of Public Health student Rachel Lowry to provide shoppers with nutritious recipes based on ingredients that can be found at the farmers market each week. In addition to the recipe, she is providing a farmers market shopping list. A packet of recipes can […]
Klager Elementary 2017-2018 third trimester 5th & 6th Grade Honor Rolls
Luther C. Klager Elementary School has announced its third trimester honor roll for the 2017-18 school year. High Honors are awarded to those students who receive all A’s. Honors are awarded to students who receive A’s and B’s. 6th Grade High Honors Blumenauer, Luke Cocco, Peter Duffing, Kannon DuRussel, Jaxon Horky, Carson Somerville, Meghan Woods, Emma Honors […]
Obituary: Dorothy “Dot” Elaine Swanson
Dorothy “Dot” Elaine Swanson passed from this life on July 5, 2018, at home in South Haven, Michigan. She was born July 18, 1943, in Junction, West Virginia, to Guy and Margaret (Corbin) Hartman, one of nine children. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Nels Peter Swanson of South Haven, Michigan; her daughter […]
Manchester prepares for the 65th Chicken Broil
Manchester’s 65th Chicken Broil is coming up Thursday, July 19th from 4pm to 8pm on Alumni Memorial Field. This long-time community undertaking requires approximately 550 volunteers and is considered the largest event of its kind, serving approximately 10,000 meals in a four-hour period. Each meal includes half a chicken, a roll with butter, fresh made […]
Pistol Prodigies compete at Michigan Scholastic Action Shooting Program State Championships
submitted by Scott Poet Manchester’s own Pistol Prodigies Youth Pistol and Rifle team competed at the Michigan Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) State Championships June 23-24 in Sturgis, Michigan. There were 116 student athletes, from 11 teams, representing 4 states. In total there were 221 entries of action shooting of rimfire & centerfire pistol, 1911 […]
Ladies Day at the Fair to feature Ear Candy and Cardio Drumming demo
Ladies Day at the Manchester Community Fair will be held on Saturday, July 14 from 10am to noon under the pavilion. This year they are having a demonstration from the cardio drummers and entertainment by “Ear Candy”. There will be refreshments, goody bags for the first 200 Ladies, and lots of great door prizes donated by […]
Siena Heights University honors retiring professor Kerry Graves
Siena Heights University honored faculty members Manchester’s Kerry Graves along with Kathryn Burke of Brooklyn and Tim Husband of Onstead as Professors Emeritae during SHU’s annual Honors Convocation ceremony in April 2018. All three retired at the end of the 2017-18 academic year. Graves began her work at Siena Heights in 2004 as an associate professor of […]
Fair parade this week
Everyone loves a parade, and while Manchester holds several every year, the fair parade is the largest! This year’s fair parade is on Tuesday, July 10th and starts at 6:30pm. It will wind through downtown. There will be plenty of candy tossed from floats, so be sure to keep younger parade attendees from running into the […]
Freedom Childcare Center announces vacation bible school and new fitness program
Now in their 6th year, Freedom Childcare Center, located at 8753 Pleasant Lake Road, is a program of St. Thomas Lutheran Church also in Freedom Township. They’ve recently announced that on Saturday July 28th, from 9am to 11:30pm they will be holding a Vacation Bible School program for children ages 4 to 11 on the […]
Seniors can sign up for Senior Market Bucks at Farmers Market this week
On Thursday, July 12, 2018 from 3:30 to 5 p.m., St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea along with the Washtenaw County Health Department will attend the Manchester Farmers Market located in Chi Bro Park to begin registering people for this year’s Senior Market Bucks and Senior Project FRESH programs. Both programs were developed to encourage local seniors […]
