NO Ribs and Blues this Year – Mens Club Puts Event on Hold
The Manchester Men’s Club announced this week that after almost a decade, the group will not be holding its annual Ribs and Blues event this year. Held on the third weekend in May, the weather is always hit or miss and in recent years, the cold and rain has translated to small crowds. The event is […]
CAS Receives $2,400 Grant – Will Expand Summer Camp Offerings
Manchester’s Cultural Art Strings/Riverfolk Music and Arts Organization has been awarded a grant of $2,400 from the State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA). The grant was awarded through the MCACA peer review process and was one of 73 applications to compete for MCACA fiscal year 2015 funding. Cultural Art Strings (CAS) will […]
2015 Community Garden Plots Available – Seed Library Restocked
As Community Garden Clean Up Day wrapped up on Sunday, the garden is now ready to tilled, the last step before plots will be open to gardeners to start planting. If you are interested in having a plot in the community garden this summer, you can download a form here: 2015 MCG application. You can […]
Aurora Rickelmann Awarded Student of the Month/ TEAM Graduation Essays Presented
Aurora Rickelmann was selected as the Civic Club’s April 2015 Student of the Month. Aurora is a member of the National Honor Society and Future Farmers of America. In addition to school, she supports the greater community by volunteering at the Brooklyn Assisted Living Center and Chelsea Retirement Community. Aurora has helped with the Manchester Chicken […]
Bus Trip to See Tigers vs. Indians at Comerica Park
Want to see the Detroit Tigers play the Cleveland Indians at Comerica this summer? The Manchester Men’s Club has organized a bus trip leaving from the Manchester High School at 11 am on June 14th and returning at 4:30 pm. Seating at the stadium will be in section 211 (rows 13-17) in the mezzanine. The […]
Food for Fines: THIS WEEK at the Manchester Library
All this week the Manchester District Library will be accepting food items as payment for library fines. All donations will be given to the Manchester Community Resource Center’s food pantry. To participate, please take your shelf-stable food items to the library between April 19-25th. Each item donated will count as $0.50 toward overdue fines. Please check the expiration […]
Sheriff’s Office Summary for Village April 10th – 16th, 2015
Deputies responded to 15 Calls for Service in Manchester Village: Deputies responded to no alarms. A vehicle crash occurred at Main and Adrian Streets. Deputies responded to three requests for medical assistance in the Village. Deputies sought ordinance compliance from Village residents in one location.
Calendar for April 20th — 26th 2015
The Mirror has pulled information from multiple websites and have combined them into a community calendar here. If you have events that you would like added to this calendar, please e-mail us at themanchestermirror@gmail.com and we’d be more than happy to do so. Each Monday we will highlight activities that are coming up during the week. […]
Sharon Township Enacts 12 Month Moratorium on Oil & Gas Drilling
On Thursday, April 2, the Sharon Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously 5-0 to enact a moratorium on oil and gas activity in the township. The text of the moratorium can be found HERE. Sharon Township is the third local government in Washtenaw County to pass such a moratorium in the past eight months, following […]
Manchester Wellness Center Access Included in Services Offered to St. Joseph Mercy Cancer Patients
St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea (SJMC) and Chelsea Wellness Foundation (CWF) are teaming up to support cancer patients. Beginning this month, all patients of the SJMC Cancer Center will receive scholarships to CWF’s Next Steps program. The program is an eight week Wellness Center fitness program developed to support patients who are preparing for, in or recovering […]
