Black Sheep Festival at Farmers Market to Feature Produce Contest and Goat Demonstrations THIS Thursday
This Thursday, the Manchester Farmers Market will host the second annual Black Sheep Festival: Goat Edition. The Black Sheep Festival brings the farm to the village and is a Farm Adventure for all ages. While last year focused on sheep, this year’s theme is goats. FireSign Farm from Whitmore Lake will be bringing several goats. Ruth Ehman will demonstrate goat […]
September Gardening Advice for Manchester – 2015
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. El Nino could bring us a nicer winter than the last two, at least according to the national forecasters. However, […]
Community Resource Center Featured by Food Gatherers
Our Community Resource Center and its director, Laura Seyfried, were recently profiled in an article in the monthly Food Gathers newsletter. As the food rescue and food bank program serving Washtenaw County, Food Gatherers exists to alleviate hunger and eliminate its causes in our community. Food Gathers serves 150 non-profit agencies and programs, including the CRC, […]
Christmas in the Village Moves to December!
For as many years as it’s been held, Christmas in the Village has taken place the weekend before Thanksgiving. Organizers are trying something different this year and moving it to the first weekend of December! Kicking off Christmas in the Village will be the lighted parade on the evening of Friday December 4th at 6:30 pm. The […]
Open Elementary Principal Position Filled
Superintendent Cherie Vannatter announced last week that Karin Villarreal will become the Luther C. Klager Elementary principal, effective immediately, replacing Jennifer Mayes who took over as Middle School principal earlier this month. Villarreal, a longtime Manchester resident, has been an elementary teacher within Manchester Community School district since 1994. She has a Bachelor of Science degree […]
Book Donation Day at the Library
The Friends of the Manchester District Library will hold a book donation day on Saturday, September 5, 2015, from 10 am to noon in the Village Room. Books will be added to the ongoing used book sale upstairs in the library. All proceeds support library projects.
Senior Newsletter THE TRUMPETER – September 2015
The September 2015 edition of Manchester’s Newsletter for Seniors, THE TRUMPETER, is now available. Download here: SEPTEMBER 2015 TRUMPETER 1
Five Girl Scout Cadettes Earn Silver Award
Five scouts from Manchester’s Girl Scout Troop 41773 have been awarded the Girl Scout Silver award by The Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan Council. Girl Scout Cadettes Madilyn Chandler, Paige Bourland, Logan Huff, Elizabeth O’Hotzke and Katie Wooden have earned the second highest achievement in Girl Scouting which symbolizes their accomplishments in Girl Scouting and […]
