Time to shake your mailbox
submitted by the WCRC The Washtenaw County Road Commission (WCRC) is asking county residents to prepare for winter by aggressively shaking their mailbox this month. Shaking the mailbox reveals maintenance needs that should be performed before the winter season begins. “We know that winter damage to mailboxes is inconvenient to residents and we want to minimize […]
Manchester Community Fair presents $2,600 to Chad Tough Foundation
Last Thursday, the Manchester Community Fair presented a check to the ChadTough Foundation for over $2,600 raised during the 2016 Manchester Community Fair.
DNR seeks input on Sharonville State Game Area Master Plan
State game area managers with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources are seeking public input on a draft master plan for the Sharonville State Game Area in Jackson and Washtenaw counties. Tim Payne, supervisor for the DNR Wildlife Division’s Southeast Region, said that master plans are important in guiding habitat management, based on both the […]
CRC Volunteer Recognition Banquet nominees announced
It has been said that Manchester runs on volunteers and that our civic organizations rival those of much larger communities. While often volunteering is its own reward, for the 29th year the Manchester Community Resource Center (CRC) will hold a Banquet where local organizations can recognize a volunteer from their organization for their volunteerism. The CRC recently […]
Chamber of Commerce preparing for Christmas in the Village
Last year, after decades of it being a pre-Thanksgiving event, Christmas in the Village was moved to the first weekend of December. The two-week shift proved successful enough in reviving the lagging festival that this year Christmas in the Village will again be held the first weekend of December. The lighted parade will be Friday […]
Thursday’s afternoon power outage
On the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 14, 107 Consumers Energy customers in the Manchester area suffered a power outage for a little more than an hour. According to Consumers Energy, the cause was an equipment failure on their system. Other customers suffered from momentary power loss including the schools, knocking out their phones and computers. Middle and High School […]
Manchester Equestrians Fail to Make the Cut at Regional Competition
Submitted by Donna Clark Coach, Manchester High School Equestrian Team The Manchester High School Equestrian Team competed against 7 other Division “B” high school teams at the Region E state semifinal meet on October 1st and 2nd in Mason. All these teams were Champions or Reserve Champions in their respective districts. The teams from Oxford […]
Abbegail Hamilton named October Student of the Month
submitted by Manchester High School The Manchester Civic Club’s October Student of the Month is Abbegail Hamilton. She is currently a senior at Manchester High School and the daughter of LouAnn Hamilton and Dave Rodriguez of Manchester. During her high school career here at Manchester, Abbegail has been involved with National Honor Society and FFA. […]
Delanie Osborn – 2016 Girls State Representative
The Manchester American Legion Auxiliary was pleased to have Delanie Osborn, daughter of Bruce and Carrie Osborn and senior at Manchester High School represent their unit at Girls State at Michigan State University this past June. She gave a presentation to the unit at their September meeting. Liz Wallace of the Auxiliary stated, “Now is the […]
Gale Shrewsbury – representing Manchester in Canton
Manchester High School sophomore, Gale Shrewsbury represented Manchester this past weekend in Canton’s Spotlight on Youth’s fall show, Twinderella. In this original play, Cinderella has a long-lost twin brother named Bob, living in the same kingdom with his own wicked stepfamily. Gale played the Fairy Godmother in the performances at the Village Theater in Cherry Hill […]
