Letter to the Editor: Manchester Needs to Stand Up and Help Out the Schools
January 31, 2016 Dear Editor, I have a crazy idea. What if everyone in Manchester that has school age children would donate $100 per child to the school system? Then we would have an extra $100,000 a year. Hopefully this will help the parents be more involved with the school system and more involved in […]
Kiwanis & Key Club Requesting Donations of Travel-Sized Toiletries
Manchester Kiwanis and Key Club are working together this month to create blessing bags. Blessing bags are small bags filled with travel size toiletries given to the homeless. They are looking for donations of any new/unused toiletries including hotel shampoos, lotions & soaps. Other possible items include socks, small packets of tissues, hand sanitizer, chapstick, […]
Organizations Needed to Adopt Stretches of County Roads
Do you have a favorite stretch of a paved county road here in the Manchester area? Now you and your organization can adopt it! The Washtenaw County Road Commission has announced the 2016 Adopt-A-County-Road Program and put out a call for volunteers to help keep Washtenaw County’s roadsides attractive for residents and visitors. Organizations who […]
Interested in Manchester Getting Public Transportation?
The Washtenaw Area Transportation Study is hosting a series of open house meetings to discuss two ongoing planning efforts: The WATS Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), which identifies projects to receive federal transportation funds over the next four years The Washtenaw County Coordinated Plan – a document that guides the use of federal funds dedicated to […]
What Does it Mean to be an American Girl? (photos)
Adiska Family Dental partnered with the Manchester District Library to put on a two hour event on Saturday for girls ages 3 to 10 and their dolls. The question at the center of the event was “what does it mean to be an American Girl?” Girls decorated tea cups, enjoyed lemonade and treats, had their […]
Senior Newsletter THE TRUMPETER – February 2016
The February 2016 edition of Manchester’s Newsletter for Seniors, THE TRUMPETER, is now available. Download here: FEBRUARY TRUMPETER 2016
MHS Students Develop & Implement MLK Day Curriculums at Middle School and High School
Last Monday, the nation observed Martin Luther King Day (MLK Day)–a federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., a leader of the Civil Rights Movement who was assassinated in 1968. While many school districts close in observance of MLK Day, Manchester Community Schools chose to remain in session a half day and […]
Obituary: Rev. King W. Hanna
Rev. King W. Hanna, age 76, of Manchester died Saturday, January 16, 2016 at the University of Michigan Hospital. He was born October 6, 1939 in Detroit, the son of John G. & Dorothea May (Flood) Hanna. King graduated from Chelsea High School in 1957, and Eastern Michigan University in 1966. He graduated from Methodist Theological School […]
Manchester Science Olympiad Team Recruiting 2nd – 5th Graders
The Manchester Science Olympiad Team is looking for kids in 2nd – 5th grade interested in the topics of: Electricity, Paper airplanes, Outer space, Building Bridges, Disease, or Rockets! Not only will students learn more about the world around them and make friends, but they will compete against other schools at a large competition held at Pioneer High School in Ann […]
