Sara Swanson

Sharon Township Launches New Website

Sharon Township recently launched a new website with a new web address: http://sharontownship.org. Previously, like the other townships, it used a county hosted-website that was sometimes hard to navigate. Township Clerk, Chelsea Mikel, stated on the new website that “The purpose of the new website was to make it extremely user-friendly, easy to access and find information, and to […]

 Sara Swanson

Valentine’s Sugar Scrub Make & Take

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FREE Movie: Chasing Ice

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Stay Off the Ice!

Due to the inconsistent weather conditions, the DNR is urging people in our area to stay off of deeper lakes, ponds and streams. Michigan’s southern half of the Lower Peninsula has experienced enough rain and warm weather to cause weak spots in various locations of ice on waterways.

 Sara Swanson

Dance, Manchester! Valentine Dance to Feature Local Band

Have you heard about Dance, Manchester! but haven’t gotten up enough courage to go? Are you curious what you’re missing? Dance, Manchester! is a monthly dance held here in Manchester with the goal of spreading the joy of dancing as well as its music, its camaraderie, and its invigorating effect on the individual and the community. […]

 Sara Swanson

Manchester Girl Works to Deliver Water to Flint on Valentines Day

On the past few Valentines Days, many Manchester residents may have seen a little girl with a wagon downtown passing out valentines and cookies to everyone she meets. She is known as “Annabelle Valentine.” Like the main character of the book by which she was inspired, Laurie B. Friedman’s “Love, Ruby Valentine,” eight-year-old Annabelle Celkis has made it […]

 Sara Swanson

Kiwanis Seeks Volunteers & Donations for Crazy Cash/ Tickets Still Available!

Kiwanis is seeking help to help make its 2016 Crazy Ca$h, coming up on the evening of Saturday, March 5, 2016 a success. It will take 90 volunteers to run this event, which has raised more than $250,000 for organizations in Manchester over the last 16 years, and that mean helps from all over the community. There will […]

 Sara Swanson

Kindergarten Registration Events

The Manchester Community School District has begun planning for the 2016-2017 kindergarten program. Families of children who will be five years old on or before September 1, 2016, are encouraged to attend the registration events. Both events are for families who live within the Manchester Community School District, or any families living in Washtenaw County, […]

 Sara Swanson

Valentines Day Flower & Bake Sale

Citizens Respecting our Waters (C.R.O.W.), a non-profit group from Freedom Township is pleased to announce their 8th Annual Valentine’s Day Flower and Bake Sale coming up Friday, February 12, 2016 from 3 – 7 pm and Saturday February 13 from 9am – 6pm (or until all goodies are gone) in Freedom Township Hall at 11508 E. […]

 Sara Swanson

Mens Club Ice Skating Party CANCELED for 2016

The Manchester Men Club announced this week that they would be canceling the 2016 Ice Skating Party in Chi Bro Park, originally scheduled for January 23 and rescheduled for February 6 because of the ongoing warm weather. Karl Racenis of the Manchester Mens Club stated that it takes at least two weeks of continually below-freezing […]