Manchester Equestrians weather the storm to win first meet
Manchester High School Equestrian Team prevailed over torrential rains and their opponents to win the Division B, District 10 horse riding meet on Saturday, August 27th at the Lenawee County Fairgrounds in Adrian. In total, the meet included 17 area high schools from Washtenaw, Jackson, and Lenawee counties which make up District 10. As defined […]
Sharon Township holds first annual picnic
submitted by Trudi Cooper On August 27, Sharon Township held its first annual picnic at Sharon Mills Park. The first order of business was crowning the eldest attending citizens King and Queen. Sharon Township temporarily ceded from the Union, as the King and Queen of The Kingdom of Sharon began their reign in the pouring […]
Burmeister Road to close for culvert replacement
Tuesday September 6, 2016 at approximately 7am and lasting through Friday September 9, 2016, the Washtenaw County Road Commission will CLOSE Burmeister Road in Bridgewater Township between Kaiser Road and McCollum Road for a culvert replacement project. The Road Commission noted that all dates are tentative and subject to change due to weather conditions. During […]
You’re invited to the Library’s book discussion group
The Book Discussion Group at the Manchester District Library has announced the selected books for their September 2016 through June 2017 session. The group meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 7pm to discuss that month’s book. September’s book is 13 Ways of Looking by Colum McCann. It’s a collection of short fiction […]
September Gardening Advice for Manchester – 2016
by Jennifer Fairfield 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. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center says we have “increased probabilities of above-normal temperatures” for August, September, and October. Seems […]
The more things change…
Discovered and submitted by Theresa Herron We’re not so different from our forbearers… On April 23, 1914, the Manchester Enterprise published the following: “The nerve racking noise made by children coasting on the cement walks with iron wheel express wagons, which has cursed the ladies who love to take a nap on summer afternoons will be increased this […]
Announcement: Happy 92nd Birthday, Shirley Gilmore
Shirley Gilmore of Manchester will be celebrating her 92nd birthday on September 5th. Happy Birthday Shirley from everyone who has been touched by you, especially through the Chain Gang. Do you have a birthday, anniversary, marriage, engagement, graduation or retirement you would like to announce or congratulate someone on? The Manchester Mirror publishes announcements with […]
As Austin Road opens, another road to close due to a deteriorated culvert
Today, August 29, the Washtenaw County Road Commission will official reopen Austin Road between Ernst and Schneider which has been closed for nearly a month and close another Manchester area road, like Bemis Road, because of extensive structural deterioration of a culvert. This time it is Bethel Church Road. The culvert in question spans the River Raisin Tributary […]
Manchester First Steps program moving locations
First Steps, which offers Play & Learn groups to Manchester families with children age birth to three years of age announced this week that they will be moving from their own rooms on one side of the Ackerson Building (middle door off the parking lot) into a shared space in the Manchester Early Childhood Center (MECC) hallway on […]
Editorial: Voting, so much more than an obligation
The Manchester Mirror takes no position on the issue being discussed. Editorials are by local leaders or experts with specific knowledge of a topic and may contain opinions. Views expressed in any editorial are always exclusively those of the author. by Theresa Herron (This is adapted from the presentation given this summer at the Manchester Community Fair, […]
