First Farmers Market of the Season
The Manchester Farmers Market opened for the season Thursday with 17 vendors and featured flats of vegetable and flower plants, hanging baskets, pottery, jewelry, farm fresh eggs, german pretzels, needlework, cookies, pies, fresh bread, and orchids! The Manchester Farmers Market is open every Thursday at 4pm, May – October on Adrian street. Next week […]
After Prom – Saving Lives with Laser Tag and Glitter Tattoos
The 2014 After Prom event was held in the wee hours of the morning last Sunday, providing an entertaining and safe alternative to after-prom partying. After students left prom, they had the option of signing in at the high school between midnight and 1am and staying at this fun-filled, all-night event until around 5am. This […]
Upcoming Blood Drive – May 19
On Monday, May 19, Manchester Community Blood Drives will hold Manchester’s May blood drive at St. Mary’s Parish Center, from 1pm until 6:45pm. Walk-in donors will be accommodated, but Red Cross prefers donors schedule appointments. Please call Marja Warner at 428-9506 to make your appointment to donate. The goal for this month is 50 pints. March’s blood […]
Farmers Market Starting Up This Week
The Manchester Farmers Market is set to open for the season this Thursday, May 8 from 4-8pm. It will be operating in the same location as previous years on Adrian street. Like last year, all produce for sale will be grown within 100 miles of Manchester, in Michigan and the market will run through the […]
May Gardening Advice for Manchester
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. by Jennifer Fairfield Do April showers really bring May flowers? Maybe it will be May showers bringing the flowers, since we really didn’t […]
9th Annual High School Art Show Set for May 10
by Anne Buckalew Held each Spring at the Manchester District Library, the first Annual Manchester High School Student Art Show was an event imagined and sponsored by Riverfolk whose mission is “to engage the community in music and arts experiences which nurture creativity and promote cultural diversity”. Now in its ninth year, the show has become […]
Funeral Being Held Today For Cameron LaDouceur
The funeral service for Cameron LaDouceur will be held today at 11am at the Manchester United Methodist Church. LaDouceur, age 20, died Wednesday evening when he lost control of his ORV on private property, on Peckins Road, in Sharon Township. The visitation was held Sunday at the Borek Jennings Funeral Home in Manchester. He is survived […]
Free Books Handed Out All Over Town on World Book Night
On Wednesday, seven Manchesterites took up posts and handed out 140 books in a matter of hours in observance of World Book Night. Not pictured below, but also participating were Anne Buckalew, Lorrie Coburn, Kathleen Dimond, and Sue LaRocque. If you are interested in being a book giver next year, go to the World Book Night website […]
