April gardening advice for Manchester – 2016
by Jennifer Fairfield 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. As I sit here writing this, I'm listening to the frogs in my pond make an incredible racket! They have been peeping […]
Kindergarten Round-Up
Kindergarten Round Up for the 2016-2017 school year is scheduled for April 20th from 4 to 7 pm at Luther C. Klager Elementary School located at 405 Ann Arbor St. At this event you may register your incoming kindergarten student. The school will offer building tours, bus rides, give parents a change to inspect classrooms […]
Letter to the editor: 6ft fences detrimental to sense of community on Pleasant Lake
April 9, 2016 To members of the Freedom Township Board of Trustees and Planning Commission: I live on Pleasant Lake and have done so for over 20 years. I feel so fortunate to live in such a beautiful environment and have wonderful neighbors. It is a peaceful way to live and as a 77 year old […]
Community dance shakes the rafters Saturday night!
Saturday Night Dance! Manchester held its second-to-last dance of the season in the Emanuel Gym with live music by Michigan folk band Blue Water Ramblers and square, reel, circle and line calling by Banjo Jim. While organizers worried that attendance may be low because of spring break, the gym was full of more than 30 […]
Spring Scrap Metal Drive
On Saturday April 30th, from 8 am to 2 pm, the Sharon United Methodist Mission Team will conduct their annual Spring Scrap Metal Drive. Proceeds go to the Mission Team Trip and the People in Mizak, Haiti. Items can be dropped off behind the fellowship hall of the church, located on the corner of M-52 and […]
WCRC seeks August 2016 ballot initiative to fund 4 years of road repairs - but does not include Bemis Road Bridge
On Tuesday, March 1, the Washtenaw County Road Commission (WCRC) unanimously approved a resolution in support of a county-wide road funding ballot initiative. The resolution requests that the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners place a four-year, 0.5-mill road millage before the voters during the August 2, 2016 primary. WCRC estimates that the initiative would improve […]
Bus riders participate in Klager's Walk-to-School Wednesday
Last Wednesday between 70 and 80 elementary students and adults participated in Klager's weekly Walk-to-School Wednesday. While students who live close enough to the school to walk and students whose parents drop them off can easily participate every week, this week was special for bus riders who rarely or never have the opportunity to participate. […]
Traditions are passed on at Girl Scout tea party
Last Wednesday, the 11th graders of Manchester's Ambassador Girl Scout Troop 41545 hosted the kindergarten and 1st graders of Daisy Troop 40673 for a tea party complete with tea, scones, and party favors. Along with it came camp songs, Girl Scout traditions and a lot of bonding. One Daisy Scout said, "the best part was getting […]
Obituary: Margaret A. Nicholson Johnson Horning
Margaret A. Nicholson Johnson Horning passed peacefully on March 31, 2016, following a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Margaret was born at home on July 7, 1929, in Inkster, Michigan to Archie D. and Margaret (Squire) Nicholson. She married E. Thomas Johnson in Wayne, Michigan on June 6, 1953 and he preceded her in death […]
Free Movie - Star Wars: The Force Awakens
If you are sticking around Manchester this spring break and you are looking for something fun and free to do Friday afternoon, the Manchester District Library has you covered! On Friday, April 8th at 4 pm, the library will be showing the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the Village Room on the lower level […]
