Lions Club to test vision of all Manchester K-12 students
Starting today, the Manchester Lions Club will be performing vision screenings of all of the K-12 students in the Manchester Community Schools. They plan to test all of the high school students this afternoon. They will test Middle School students on Friday, May 6th, and while the date is yet to be scheduled, will test the […]
School Board debates future of Ackerson Building
Last Monday, the school board heard the long anticipated recommendations from the building configuration committee presented by committee member Tom Mann. According to Superintendent Vannatter, the board did not vote on the recommendation and instead indicated they had additional questions and would like to continue the discussion at another meeting. As expected, the recommendation was […]
Representative Tim Walberg holds Manchester Town Hall; says “Don’t give up on America.”
Manchester’s U.S. Congressman, Tim Walberg held a town hall Friday morning at Frank’s Place. Although he got off to a rough start, misidentifying “Manchester” as “Jackson,” he soon got his bearings and after the hour was up, he had addressed all of the questions submitted in writing from the room packed with almost forty constituents. […]
Duncan Street Bridge plaque refurbished
As part of the Main Street bridge project, the Duncan Street Bridge, which has seen increased traffic over the past months as the only path over the river, received a bit of refurbishment itself. Its plaque, which, according to the Village manager Jeff Wallace, “had been hanging by a thread,” was almost unreadable. Village staff […]
Pilgrimage and faith leads to fundraising concert for St. Louis Center
On Saturday May 14th, Michael Russell O’Brien, a spiritual performer with a special devotion to Our Lady of Medjugorje and specializing in Catholic music, will be in concert at 7:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Dexter, located at 6805 Mast Rd. near North Territorial Rd. in Webster Twp. This concert will benefit the […]
Math and Science Night sees huge turnout
This year’s Math and Science Night on Friday broke all previous attendance records, almost doubling last year’s attendance. Not only did it see the return of many favorites including the Critter Guy with a skink, snakes, an opossum, doves and mice, SRSLY’s pig lungs, Zumba, seed experiments, astrophotography, passion project displays, Running Rosie the Klager mascot, […]
Obituary: William “Bill” Merriman
His Legacy….Merriman, William “Bill” age 83 former resident of Manchester, passed away at Henry Ford Allegiance Health on April 20, 2016. He was born on February 16, 1933 in Manchester the son of George Elliot and Louise Victorine (Cuvelier) Merriman. Bill was a member of St. Rita Catholic Church and active in the Knights of […]
Butterfly release at library story time (photos)
Last Wednesday, the Manchester District Library preschool story time participants released the painted lady butterflies that the library had hatched and raised this spring.
Area churches to pack 10,000 meals for Haiti!
On Saturday April 23, five Manchester area churches will pack rice and bean meals and send them to the people of Haiti. In collaboration with I92 Ministries of Clinton, Sharon United Methodist Church, Manchester United Methodist Church, Emanuel United Church of Christ, St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, and Zion Lutheran Church will work alongside this ministry […]
