Blacksmith Shop Concert series starts back up for the season with lower ticket price
Riverfolk Music and Arts will start back up a new season of Blacksmith Shop concerts on Saturday, September 23 at 7:30 pm with a virtuoso acoustic string trio. Jacob Warren playing the bass will be joined by Brad Phillips and Grant Flick, who both play the fiddle, guitar, mandolin. Grant Flick has been the recipient of […]
Do downtown businesses need to stay open later?
At the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) town hall meeting on August 16th, attendees were told two startling statistics. The first statistic is that 50% of money spent shopping, is spent after 5 pm (during the week) and on Sundays (all day). The second came up while the results of a survey given to Manchester downtown […]
Martinrea holding blood drive
Martinrea is having a blood drive Tuesday, September 5th from 10 am until 4 pm and are inviting the public to come donate blood. Walk-ins are welcome! Currently they have openings every 15 minutes for the following times: 10 am up to and including 11:15 am, 11:45 am to 12:45 pm, and 1:45 pm up to and including […]
September 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 can’t tell you how grateful I am for the rain we got this week! I have been dragging hoses […]
Senior Newsletter THE TRUMPETER – September 2017
The September 2017 edition of Manchester’s Newsletter for Seniors, THE TRUMPETER, is now available. Download it here: September 2017 Trumpeter Final
Village to consider vacant storefront ordinance
Last Wednesday, August 16th, the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) held a town hall on economic development. With about 40 attendees packed into the Village Room topics including the millions of dollars of improvements to Village over the last few years, starting up a “welcome wagon” for new residents, the possibility of combining the DDA and […]
High School principal announces he will resign this fall
Last week, the staff of Manchester High School received word from Principal Dr. Kevin Mowrer that although he hasn’t yet, he will be officially resigning his position sometime this fall. In his message to staff he stated that his wife has accepted a job in another state and they are in the process of selling […]
Solar eclipse reminders for THIS afternoon
Today, August 21st, just after 1 pm, the solar eclipse will begin to be visible in Manchester. At about 2:30 pm, coverage will be as complete as we will witness it with just over 80% of the sun covered by the moon. The coverage will begin to wane and the sun will appear normal again by 3:45 […]
Heightened drunk driving enforcement through Labor Day
In 2016 there were 271 alcohol-involved traffic fatalities and 32,610 drunk driving arrests in the state. The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office will conduct stepped-up drunk driving enforcement as part of the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign from August 18 through September 4. The Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign will also […]
Community conversation on opioid crisis in Washtenaw County – TONIGHT in Saline
Washtenaw Sheriff Jerry L. Clayton, U.S. Congressman Tim Walberg and U.S. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell invite you to attend a vital kick-off conversation. Join them as they discuss mental health, substance use disorder, and the opioid crisis that is impacting Washtenaw County tonight, Monday August 21, 2017, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at Saline High School located at 1300 Campus Pkwy in Saline. RSVP […]
