Community Education Spring Offerings
Community Education Spring Offerings Manchester Community Education is preparing to wrap up their 2015-16 school year and working toward planning summer programming. Following are some of their upcoming classes/events: Monday, April 18, from 7-9pm, Melissa Katke will offer another Cricut 101 class for scrapbooking enthusiasts who are excited to have one of these crafty machines […]
Math and Science Night THIS Friday
This Friday, April 22, on Earth Day, Klager Elementary School will be holding their annual Math and Science Night from 6 to 8 pm. As in past years, students, families, and members of the community are invited into the building to come explore and experiment with some hands on science. But adding to the […]
Bridge opening tentatively scheduled for first week of May
When is the Main Street’s bridge reopening? The best estimation based on all data available is that the bridge will open the first week of May. Village manager Jeff Wallace stressed that in order for the bridge to open that week, work will have to progress at the rate they expect it to. “All structural work […]
Kiwanis students raise $5,000 to feed the hungry
Every year Kiwanis holds a Kids Against Hungry drive featuring fundraising on multiple fronts. The money raised is used to package individual shelf-safe meals that are distributed to the hungry in our region as well as around the world. The best part is that every June, Kiwanis brings in the Kids Against Hunger mobile packaging […]
5 Healthy Towns wins Promoting Active Community Award
This year the Governor’s Fitness Council selected 5 Healthy Towns Foundation (5HF) as its 2016 “Promoting Active Community” Award winner. The award recognizes work in promoting infrastructure improvements, policies and programs that encourage active lifestyles. 5 Healthy Towns is the first Foundation to be honored with a Promoting Active Community Award. Five communities make up 5HF–Manchester, […]
The Brandenburg Project to bring baroque to Manchester
Riverfolk Music & Arts Organization have announced the 7th concert in the Blacksmith Shop Concert series, The Brandenburg Project! They will be performing live at The Blacksmith Shop, located at 324 E Main St., on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 7:30 pm. The youth-led ensemble from The Community Music School of Ann Arbor’s is dedicated to learning and performing […]
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 […]
