Announcement: Happy 92nd Birthday, Shirley Gilmore
Shirley Gilmore of Manchester will be celebrating her 92nd birthday on September 5th. Happy Birthday Shirley from everyone who has been touched by you, especially through the Chain Gang. Do you have a birthday, anniversary, marriage, engagement, graduation or retirement you would like to announce or congratulate someone on? The Manchester Mirror publishes announcements with […]
As Austin Road opens, another road to close due to a deteriorated culvert
Today, August 29, the Washtenaw County Road Commission will official reopen Austin Road between Ernst and Schneider which has been closed for nearly a month and close another Manchester area road, like Bemis Road, because of extensive structural deterioration of a culvert. This time it is Bethel Church Road. The culvert in question spans the River Raisin Tributary […]
Manchester First Steps program moving locations
First Steps, which offers Play & Learn groups to Manchester families with children age birth to three years of age announced this week that they will be moving from their own rooms on one side of the Ackerson Building (middle door off the parking lot) into a shared space in the Manchester Early Childhood Center (MECC) hallway on […]
Editorial: Voting, so much more than an obligation
The Manchester Mirror takes no position on the issue being discussed. Editorials are by local leaders or experts with specific knowledge of a topic and may contain opinions. Views expressed in any editorial are always exclusively those of the author. by Theresa Herron (This is adapted from the presentation given this summer at the Manchester Community Fair, […]
Fairy Fest 2016 at the Farmers Market THIS Thursday
This week, the Manchester Farmers Market will be holding the annual Fairy Fest! Bring your little ones for a little fairy hunt (think Easter Egg Hunt only with fairies), costume contest (one category for fairies and one for lost boys), to see their Fairy Fest mascot, and enjoy a bounce house! The under 5 fairy hunt […]
Senior Newsletter THE TRUMPETER – September 2016
The September 2016 edition of Manchester’s Newsletter for Seniors, THE TRUMPETER, is now available. Download here: SEPTEMBER TRUMPETER NEWSLETTER 2016
Non-profit roundtable scheduled for September
Periodically, the Manchester Community Resource Center hosts a Manchester Non-Profit Round Table. All non-profit organizations in the area, including churches are asked to send a representative. The 7th such meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, September 20th at 7 pm in the Village Room (under the library). Groups report on recent projects, share their current activities and often […]
Farm to Table Fabulous Feast (photos)
The Farm to Table Fabulous Feast was held two Sundays ago in Chelsea. The dinner served as a fundraiser for the farmers markets in Chelsea, Manchester, Grass Lake, Stockbridge and Dexter. Manchester’s own Dawna Stockwell served as one of the chefs and Manchester’s farmers market and community garden provided some of the produce for the feast. […]
Trumpeter swan family killed – $1,000 reward offered
Sometime around 6:30 am on Wednesday, August 10, a family of Trumpeter Swans who lived in the wetland at the Parker Rd. and Scio Church Rd. intersection were run over. The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department reports that deputies were called to the area where the far northeastern corner of Freedom Township intersects with Lodi, Scio, and […]
Manchester winners at 2016 Washtenaw County 4-H Youth Show
Washtenaw County’s 2016 4-H Youth Show was held Sunday, July 24 through Friday, July 29 at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds at 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Road. Manchester youth made a great showing with many class winners! In the 4-H Llama Show, Matthew Reeves, age 16, won the Senior Champion Trail Class. Matthew belongs to the Double […]
