Halloween celebration at Sharon United Methodist Church
Sharon United Methodist Church is holding a Halloween celebration on Sunday, October 30, 2016. This will include lunch at 12:30 pm and an age-appropriate activity for children from 2 to 8 years old. Wear your favorite costume, capture a family photo and enjoy the fun! Everyone is invited. For more details call Nicole Drake at 734.428.1398.
Community Garden yielded 2,000 lbs of produce this summer!
Whether it was perfect weather or the dedication of this year’s Community Garden gardeners, Ruth VanBogelen was happy to report that this summer the Manchester Community Garden produced well over 2000 lbs. of produce, and that was 1850 lbs. before the pumpkins and other winter squash were picked! The Community Garden is located on Klager Elementary School […]
Manchester District Library celebrates it’s friends group
submitted by Mireille Prusak This past week, October 16 through October 22, 2016, was National Friends of Libraries Week. The Manchester District Library would like to take this opportunity to express our deep gratitude for the work of our own Friends group. Friends of Libraries groups offer a tremendous source of support to the libraries in […]
Time to shake your mailbox
submitted by the WCRC The Washtenaw County Road Commission (WCRC) is asking county residents to prepare for winter by aggressively shaking their mailbox this month. Shaking the mailbox reveals maintenance needs that should be performed before the winter season begins. “We know that winter damage to mailboxes is inconvenient to residents and we want to minimize […]
Manchester Community Fair presents $2,600 to Chad Tough Foundation
Last Thursday, the Manchester Community Fair presented a check to the ChadTough Foundation for over $2,600 raised during the 2016 Manchester Community Fair.
DNR seeks input on Sharonville State Game Area Master Plan
State game area managers with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources are seeking public input on a draft master plan for the Sharonville State Game Area in Jackson and Washtenaw counties. Tim Payne, supervisor for the DNR Wildlife Division’s Southeast Region, said that master plans are important in guiding habitat management, based on both the […]
CRC Volunteer Recognition Banquet nominees announced
It has been said that Manchester runs on volunteers and that our civic organizations rival those of much larger communities. While often volunteering is its own reward, for the 29th year the Manchester Community Resource Center (CRC) will hold a Banquet where local organizations can recognize a volunteer from their organization for their volunteerism. The CRC recently […]
Chamber of Commerce preparing for Christmas in the Village
Last year, after decades of it being a pre-Thanksgiving event, Christmas in the Village was moved to the first weekend of December. The two-week shift proved successful enough in reviving the lagging festival that this year Christmas in the Village will again be held the first weekend of December. The lighted parade will be Friday […]
Thursday’s afternoon power outage
On the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 14, 107 Consumers Energy customers in the Manchester area suffered a power outage for a little more than an hour. According to Consumers Energy, the cause was an equipment failure on their system. Other customers suffered from momentary power loss including the schools, knocking out their phones and computers. Middle and High School […]
