Saline Endowment Seeks Manchester Health-Related Grant Applicants
Saint Joseph Mercy Health System has put out a call to Manchester groups and schools, as well those in the Saline-area communities, to apply for grants from the Judy Ivan Healthy Communities Endowment. The fund has approximately $25,000 in total grant money available this year. Applications are due Thursday, March 31, 2016. The Endowment’s philosophy […]
The Sugar Snaps to Perform Sweet Jazz Concert at the Blacksmith Shop
Riverfolk Music and Arts Organization will present The Sugar Snaps, live at The Blacksmith Shop on Saturday, February 27, 2016 7:30pm performing classic jazz standards and timeless songs from the past with youthful exhuberance and vintage spirit. Detroiters Chrystal Belle and former Manchester resident Matt Callaway team up to bring you songs from the 30’s and […]
Everyone Invited to Ash Wednesday Services & Community Soup Luncheon
Ash Wednesday, February 10th begins the church year season of Lent. The Emanuel United Church of Christ, Bethel United Church of Christ, Manchester United Methodist, and Sharon United Methodist invite the Manchester community to join them on Ash Wednesday for Ashes and Holy Communion. This year the Emanuel Church located at 324 West Main Street […]
February Gardening Advice for Manchester – 2016
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s Note: Manchester resident, Jennifer Fairfield, owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. This winter has definitely been better than the last two, in terms of temperature and snowfall amounts. Yes, we got […]
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 […]
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.
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. […]
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 […]
