Sara Swanson

VOTE Today!

    Don’t forget to VOTE today. Links to The Mirror’s articles related to this election: For the Mirror ballot preview click HERE. For a summary of school board candidates and their positions click HERE. For an article on the library millage prop click HERE.  

 Sara Swanson

Crab Races Prosper in New Location

On Saturday, November 1 the Manchester Community Schools Foundation held its annual crab races. Since 2011, the foundation has awarded over $60,000 in mini grants for materials and projects to the district’s schools where otherwise funding would not be available. One of the foundation’s most recent grants was a $10,000 award toward the Klager Read Well reading program. […]

 Sara Swanson

Klager’s 2014 Halloween Costume Parade

The annual Klager costume parade was forced into the gym again this year due to the freezing cold drizzle outside but that didn’t put off the parents and grandparents who came out anyway and packed the gym. While Elsa and Anna costumes may have been the most prevalent there were many superheroes, minecraft characters, minions, Rapunzels, […]

 Sara Swanson

Early Manchester Photographers – Part 2 of 4

by Ray Berg and Alan Dyer In Part 1 of this series, the authors identified several early photographers who established studios in downtown Manchester in the 1860s through 1890s. We began with Susan T. Speechly, who operated studios in Manchester, Ann Arbor and Dundee, and specialized in formal portrait photography. Her business in Manchester was […]

 Sara Swanson

23 Volunteers Nominated by Manchester Organizations for Recognition Awards

Nineteen Manchester organizations have nominated twenty-three outstanding volunteers from the area to be recognized for volunteer service to Manchester community at the 27th annual Community Resource Center banquet on Friday, November 14th. Nominees are those who give back to the community through various programs, projects and events. They are… Howard E. Parr nominated by Manchester Area Historical Society Pete […]

 Sara Swanson

Presentation Aimed at Caregivers of Aging Parents

  Check out the profile of Breeda Miller we ran last week HERE.

 Sara Swanson

Robert and Marie Pratt to Celebrate 75th Wedding Anniversary

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pratt of Manchester will celebrate their 75th wedding Anniversary this November with family and friends. They were married November 23, 1939 at the Sharon United Methodist Church where they are still members. Mrs. Pratt was the organist for 32 years and still plays the piano occasionally. Mr. Pratt has been retired from Ford Motor Company for 42 […]

 Sara Swanson

Middle Schoolers Take a Step Toward Breaking Down Social Barriers on “Mix-It-Up at Lunch” Day

Students at Manchester Middle School joined more than one million other students across the country to help break down social and racial barriers by participating in the 12th annual Mix It Up at Lunch Day. The goal is to create learning environments where students see each other as individuals and not just as members of a […]

 Sara Swanson

Student “Walking Wednesdays” Program Has Begun

Starting last Wednesday, elementary and middle school students can walk in a group to school from a park.  Participants will receive a chain necklace and, for each Wednesday they walk, will receive toe tokens to add to their necklace. The two meeting locations are Carr Park at 7:30am or Chi-Bro Park at 7:40am. The Walking Wednesdays program […]

 Sara Swanson

Sharon United Methodist Holiday Craft Show

Sharon United Methodist Church is hosting a holiday craft show in connection with Christmas in the Village in Manchester on November 22. They will have 35+ vendors with a wide variety of handmade items for sale. The Craft Show will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Lunch will also be available from 11am to 1pm. They are […]