16 Manchester students participate in Cooper’s 5K Fun Run
On Friday, May 13th sixteen special education students from Klager Elementary School and Manchester Middle School participated in Cooper’s Annual Fun Run & Walk in Hudson Mills Metro Park. This annual event was originally started by Nancy Cooper in 1984 as a way to promote physical fitness in her special education students. Over the years it’s […]
St. Mary Catholic Church hosts Ann Arbor group for “May Crowning”
Anyone driving down West Main Street on Saturday, May 21, in the hour before noon may have wondered what the “parade” was that they saw on the sidewalk near St. Mary Church. It was indeed a special event! St. Mary’s hosted a group from Ann Arbor that is primarily Filipino who came to our little […]
Suicide Prevention Walk
SLS, SRSLY, Key Club, & NHS invite you to participate in the 2nd Annual Walk Out of Darkness on Saturday, May 28th. Registration begins at 2 pm at Carr Park with the walk starting at 3 pm. Come walk to promote mental health and suicide prevention awareness. You are welcome to participate with a group or independently. […]
Daisy Girl Scout Troop builds Community Garden sign
As part of earning their Daisy journey badge, Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden, Manchester’s Daisy troop 40673 had to choose a gardening related project to benefit the community. Since they meet at the United Methodist Church up the hill from the Community Garden, and the Community Garden’s sign was worn and faded, they decided they […]
“Make-It-Manchester Thursdays” schedule announced – THIS Thursday: Business Expo @ the Farmers Market
Manchester’s Chamber of Commerce will soon receive a total of $13,500 to “Make it Manchester” this summer. The money will be coming from two grants–a $10,000 grant from Washtenaw County and a $3,500 grant from Michigan Realtors. See previous article for more information on grants here. The money will be used to promote “Make it Manchester Thursdays” […]
4-H Youth Show registration to open June 1
Washtenaw County MSU Extension’s 4-H Staff will again be partnering with the Washtenaw County Farm Council to host the Washtenaw County 4-H Youth Show scheduled for the last full week of July, 2016. Around 700 Washtenaw County young people and several hundred adult volunteers annually participate in this event during which they exhibit projects ranging […]
Books For All Interests: a book review of The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Samuel Hopkins Adams
by Louise Purfield-Coak Editor’s Note: Louise Purfield-Coak is a native of Manchester, the daughter of Dr. Wm. and Dorothy Purfield. She has always been a precocious reader, having read the World Book Encyclopedia and The Collected Works of Shakespeare by age 12. She is a graduate of Kingswood School, Cranbrook and has perused many courses of study since. […]
Successful 50th Annual Canoe Race despite snow
Forty-nine years ago, in 1967, the first boat and canoe race was held as part of Manchester’s centennial celebration. The race has gone through changes throughout the years, including the decline and elimination of rowboats, adding categories for women, introducing kayaks, introducing sprints, and shifting the month in which the race takes place. This year’s event, although not […]
Main Street Bridge dedication & ribbon cutting
Late Sunday afternoon, after many of the canoe race participants had loaded up their crafts and headed out of the village, a crowd gathered for the bridge dedication ceremony. Before the event started, the spectators who’d gathered were treated to a live brass band playing marches. At 4 pm, Village council president Pat Vailliencourt took up the […]
Manchester’s Science Olympiad team competes at county level
Manchester’s Elementary Science Olympiad team competed at the the Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad on Saturday held at Pioneer High School against 39 other schools in 4 categories in the largest Elementary Science Olympiad competition in the country. Head coaches Lynn Miller and Jill Noble along with coaches Jeff White, Kent Miller, and Holy Majorprice lead ten 2nd […]
