Fire Department Open House – Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape!
submitted by Jeff Mann, Lieutenant, Manchester Township Fire Department The Manchester Township Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®)—to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape!” The campaign works to educate everyone about the small but important actions they can […]
Sight-in Day at Manchester Sportsman Club
The Manchester Sportsman Club, located at 8501 Grossman Rd., is holding a Sight-in Day on Sunday, October 27 from 1 to 4:30 pm (last shooter on line) with a close time of 5 pm. The event costs $5 for 1 or 2 firearms and $3 for each extra firearm. The shooter will provide two boxes of […]
Fall Mastodon Goat Festival at the Farmers Market
Looking for some fall fun this Thursday? The Manchester Farmers Market will be featuring their fall Mastodon Farm Goat Festival this Thursday, October 3. Come milk a goat, take photos with Bear, the friendly goat, who will be dressed up in costume and enjoy free goat’s milk soap samples! The farmers market will also be […]
Manchester Township holding Watkins Lake Trail Info Session
Three years ago, when Watkins Lake State Park and County Preserve was preparing to open to the public, a trail running from Watkins Lake along a disused rail bed to the edge of the Village of Manchester was proposed. A year later, using a Connecting Communities grant from Washtenaw County, a feasibility study was conducted. […]
Dutch blank Jayhawks 56-0
Editor’s Note: This week’s Flying Dutchmen Varsity Football Coverage sponsor is the Manchester Men’s Club. by Tyler Scott Everything worked. The Flying Dutchmen cruised to a 56-0 victory over visiting Vandercook Lake on Friday as Manchester extended its winning streak. In a rain-shortened game, not many good things happened for the Jayhawks (0-5, 0-4). The […]
Saline Kiwanis holds their own Halloween-themed version of Crazy Ca$h
Although Manchester recently faced the disbanding of our Kiwanis Club, the Kiwanis Club of Saline is still active, and on Saturday, October 12th will be holding their own reverse raffle event, Win Big for Kids! Chris Wagner of the Kiwanis Club of Saline stated, “This event is similar to the popular Crazy Ca$h Night which […]
Washtenaw County Opioid Summit
submitted by Washtenaw County Health Department The Washtenaw Health Initiative Opioid Project is hosting its second county-wide Opioid Summit from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm on Tuesday, Oct. 1, at the Washtenaw Community College Morris Lawrence Building, 4800 East Huron River Drive in Ann Arbor. This year’s summit focuses on reducing stigma around addiction and […]
September 2019 Student of the Month, Annelise Baron
Manchester Community Schools Foundation’s September 2019 Manchester High School Student of the Month is Annelise Baron. She is the daughter of Gary and Elizabeth Baron. Annelise is the Co-President of the Manchester High School National Honor Society and Class of 2020 Vice President. She is also a member of Manchester High School DECA and […]
MHS grad Chance Lowery honored for trapshooting win
Manchester High School 2019 graduate, Chance Lowery, was named Shoreman of the Week at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland where he is a freshman. Lowery is a trap and skeet student-athlete. Two weekends ago he lead the Washington College trap and skeet team at the Annie Oakley Classic, an Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA) event conducted […]
SRSLY on Manchester students & smoking cigarettes
submitted by Michaela Buckhannon, SRSLY Manchester According to the 2018 Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth (MiPHY), 98% of Manchester High School students have not used tobacco products in the past 30 days and 99% of Manchester Middle School students have not used tobacco products in the past 30 days. Nationally 8% of high school students […]
