Free Zumba Class for Kids!
One of the more popular rooms at Klager’s Math and Science Night was the Zumba room. This class should be a hit!
First Steps Has High Hopes Pasta Dinner and Silent Auction will Fund Program for Another Year
Manchester First Steps’ 3rd annual Pasta Dinner and Silent Auction is just around the corner. In fact, tickets are on sale now for this huge fundraiser happening on Saturday, March 29 at the High School Commons. Doors will open at 4:30pm and a pasta dinner, catered by Classic Catering of Frank’s Place, will be served […]
Artist Aaron Bushaw’s Collages – On Display Now at the Library
by Anne Buckalew Aaron Bushaw is a local, self-taught, working-class artist. Since his school days, Aaron has dabbled in many mediums but never loved any particular one enough to stick with it. Recently returning to art, (Aaron put it aside for a time), he now focuses on collages made from print media and may finally have […]
Manchester’s Christie Taylor: “Shifting the Perspective on Disabilities” (via Huff Post TED Weekends)
Christie Taylor (Manchester resident, freelance writer, and mom) had an essay published on the Huffington Post’s TED Weekends section on Friday. The topic was “Laughing Off Stereotypes”. Here is an excerpt: If I was asked the question, “Was receiving the news your son had Down syndrome a life changer for you?” my answer would be […]
20 Girls Find Dresses at the Free Prom Dress Shop
Manchester’s First Annual Free Prom Dress Boutique was a success! Saturday and Sunday, for a total of 6 hours, the Village Room was full of Manchester teens hoping to find the perfect prom dress, with help from their parents, siblings and friends. In total, 41 girls visited the shop and 20 left with dresses. Although […]
Recipe: Making Sushi at Home
Thursday was my son’s 8th birthday. My son is a sushi fiend. If the choice is between sushi and dessert, he chooses sushi. If the choice is between sushi and a toy, he chooses sushi. Needless to say, what he asked for his birthday was a big plate of sushi. My whole family loves sushi […]
New Food Dehydrator Soon to be Available for Check-Out at the Library
A brand new Nesco FD-1040 1000-watt Gardenmaster Food Dehydrator will soon be available for check-out from the Manchester District Library. The dehydrator has a top-mounted 2,400 RPM fan, an adjustable thermostat that ranges from 90 degrees to 160 degrees F and a digital timer which is programmable for up to 48 hours. Anyone with a library card […]
March 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 So what can we do in the garden this month? Well, there probably won’t be too much we can do outside […]
Library Honors Women’s History Month with Poster Commemorating Sadako Sasaki and her Thousand Paper Cranes
Editors Note: When Julia, announced the theme of this year’s Women’s History Month poster going up in the library, women of “Character, Courage, and Commitment”, and the three women she selected to represent these traits, Mother Teresa for Character, Marie Curie for Commitment and Sadako Sasaki for Courage, we asked her to tell us more about Sadako […]
Register Now for Free Rain Garden Workshop
What is a rain garden? How can they help protect our rivers and streams? How can you design and build one that is just right for you? Join Manchester’s Mark VanBogelen this Saturday, March 8th, from 11am to 12pm at The Garden Mill located at 110 S. Main St., in Chelsea for a free rain garden […]
