6th Blacksmith Shop Concert to feature Duo Mosaic
Riverfolk will present Duo Mosaic in their 6th Blacksmith Shop Concert 6 on Saturday, March 25, at 7:30pm. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.com or at the door and range from $15-$20. Featured Food Vendor El Harrisa North African and Mediterranean Cuisine samples are included in the price. Duo Mosaic featuring Henrik Karapetyan on the violin and Martin Torch-Ishii, on the cello, […]
Library makes digital archive of The Manchester Enterprise available online
In conjunction with the Sesquicentennial of the Village of Manchester, the Manchester District Library has begun digitizing its historic collection to provide broader and more convenient access to the history of our community. Tamara Denby, Manchester District Library History Room Volunteer; Char Major, Emanuel Church History Committee Member; and Fritz Swanson, Secretary of the Manchester District […]
Pleasant Lake Properties Owners Association’s Annual Meeting
The largest lake in the Manchester area is Pleasant Lake, located in Freedom Township. Both it’s size and it’s position as the headwaters of Mill Creek which feeds into the Huron River, make it an important battleground in the fight for clean water. One group on the front lines of this battle is the Pleasant […]
Farmer-Led Water Quality Farming meeting
Are you a farmer in the Manchester area? You are invited to the Semi-Annual Meeting for Farmer-Led Watershed Conservation on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 from 9am to 2pm at the LISD Tech Center, 1372 N. Main St., Adrian, MI 49221. The tentative agenda includes introductions, Lake Erie’s Impairment Designation presented by MDEQ and MDARD, Social Media/Marketing […]
Seed Library restocked
The Manchester Seed Library, located next to the front desk of the Manchester District Library, 912 City Road, was restocked with a donation of new seed packets from the Community Garden Committee and the Garden Mill in Chelsea. This was a smaller number of seed packets then in previous years, so if you have seed packets […]
Recipe: Traditional English muffins
In honor of Manchester’s Sesquicentennial, we’re presenting an traditional, early American recipe with an unlikely name, English muffins. English muffins, which were just called muffins until close to the 20th century when they received the modifier “English” to distinguish them from standard muffins, were an early 19th Century American adaptation of the British crumpet. Crumpets are cooked […]
Larceny from auto in the Village
From the Sheriff’s Department: On March 9th at 4:35pm, deputies responded to the report of a larceny from auto in the 400blk of Adrian Street, Manchester Village. Sometime between 6pm on March 8th and 8:30am on March 9th suspect(s) entered and unlocked vehicle that was parked in the driveway. While inside the vehicle, suspect(s) stole prescription […]
Free Movie: Sing
The Manchester District Library will be showing the movie Sing on Friday March 31st at 3:30pm in the Village room, 912 City Road (lower level of the library). There is no charge to attend. Sing is about a humanoid animal theater impresario’s attempt to save his theater with a singing competition which becomes grander than he anticipates as […]
Residents still recovering from windstorm and power outages
Like most of the rest of Michigan’s lower peninsula, the Manchester area experienced a windstorm on Wednesday that disrupted daily life, caused property damage, and resulted in no school for a day, due to widespread power outages. The actual windstorm on Wednesday caused dangerous driving conditions with trees and branches down in roads, rendering some […]
Community organizes benefit dinner for Susie of the Flower Garden
Over the years the late Mike Helton and Susie Bachert of the Flower Garden here in Manchester have provided exquisite floral designs for many family celebrations, funerals, proms, Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, and other events. They have also provided donations of floral arrangements for the Commuity Resource Center’s Volunteer Recognition Banquet, Manchester Senior Citizens, Fair, […]
