Goats at the Farmers Market this Thursday
This Thursday, June 6, The Manchester Farmers Market is hosting a Goat Festival courtesy of Mastodon Farms. Farmer Laura will be bringing 10 baby goats and two sweet older goats. Come learn more about farming with goats! Mastodon Farm will also be selling their goats milk soaps. The Manchester Farmers Market is every Thursday through […]
Stewardship Saturday at Watkins Lake
Washtenaw County Parks is holding a Stewardship Saturday, this Saturday, June 8th from 1 to 4 pm at Watkins Lake State Park & County Preserve. Come help the county remove invasive plants like Japanese hedge parsley at Watkins Lake Preserve. No registration or previous experience is necessary. Please wear long pants and closed-toe shoes and […]
Gassed Strawberries – a bit of “Acorn” news!
submitted by Ruth VanBogelen, Acorn Farmers' Market & Cafe Since February grocery stores have had strawberries at a pretty low price. Of course, these strawberries didn’t come from Michigan, but instead from Florida, California, or South America. Ever wonder why these strawberries last for a week or two in your refrigerator, when Michigan strawberries need […]
Click It or Ticket Campaign 2019
submitted by Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office As the Memorial Day and July 4th Holidays approach, the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office is reminding drivers of the importance of seat belt use. This annual campaign is part of the National Click It or Ticket high-visibility enforcement crackdown which runs from May 24 to June 2, 2019. The […]
Obituary: Doris Anna DeClaire
Her Legacy… Doris Anna DeClaire, 91, peacefully passed away at her home on Friday, May 31, 2019. She was born on January 11, 1928, in Sharon Township, MI to Lorenz and Helen (Schaible) Ahrens. She was a proud Alumni of Manchester High School, Class of 1946; she served as the class secretary. Doris married the love […]
Herron on MSU Dean's List
Manchester High School Graduate, Amelia Herron is on the Michigan State University Dean’s List for the fourth straight semester. She is set to graduate early at the end of next school year. If you have a student who made the Dean’s List at their college or university, let us know; we’d like to run it […]
Senior Newsletter THE TRUMPETER – June 2019
The June 2019 edition of Manchester’s Newsletter for Seniors, THE TRUMPETER, is now available. Download it here:
Gov. Whitmer reverses support for Constitutional right to literacy
On the campaign trail last year Democratic candidate for governor Gretchen Whitmer was candid and passionate, criticizing state Republican leaders for opposing a lawsuit to ensure Detroit students have a right to literacy from their schools. “Despite what the federal court said, despite what [GOP Attorney General and then Republican governor candidate] Bill Schuette and […]
Unvaccinated student rates rise for third straight year in Michigan schools
by Magdalena Mihaylova (Bridge) The percentage of Michigan students who are unvaccinated has increased for the third year in a row, with nearly 1,000 public and private school buildings in which more than 5 percent of students haven’t had at least some childhood vaccinations in 2018-19. In some schools, more than 25 percent of the […]
A quiet memory
A cemetery is always a place of thoughtfulness and reflection. In Manchester, our own Oak Grove Cemetery is no exception. A walk through the cemetery on the afternoon before Memorial Day shows the older, tree-lined section with dozens of flags honoring veterans of days long gone by (including the American Revolution, Civil War, and the […]
