New titles in the Manchester District Library for June
submitted by Mireille Prusak Here’s just a sampling of the many new titles added to the Library’s collection in the month of June. BOOKS: Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier’s Story by Matti Friedman: Award-winning writer Friedman re-creates the harrowing experience of a band of young Israeli soldiers charged with holding a remote outpost, a task that would change them […]
Letter to the Editor: Wandering tax bill returned to Township Office
6/17/2016 Good Afternoon, I wanted to share an ‘odd’ thing that happened here at the Treasurer’s Office last week. A tax bill was just returned to us through the US Postal Service labeled ‘undeliverable;’ the original post mark was 12/01/2015. This bill has been wandering around for 5 months and never made it to the […]
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption – This book is the reason to join a book discussion group – a book review by Patty Swaney
by Patty Swaney who read this book for the Manchester District Library’s book discussion group. A book review of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson I am finding that there is much going on to give you hope. The NY Times just had a headline today “States Move Toward Treating 17-Year-Old Offenders […]
Renaissance Books Column: All New Square Foot Gardening
by Louise Purfield-Coak (1950- ), graduate of Kingswood School, Cranbrook, urban escapee, Manchester native. All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew Revised Ed. 2006 With the just concluded Memorial Day weekend, I thought I would review the book that has revolutionized vegetable gardening for the home and kitchen garden. This is a must read for […]
Senior Newsletter THE TRUMPETER – Summer 2016
The June, July & August 2016 edition of Manchester’s Newsletter for Seniors, THE TRUMPETER, is now available. Download here: JUNE, JULY, AUGUST TRUMPETER 2016
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. […]
Letter to the Editor: When considering wellness, explore your inner toddler
May 12, 2016 Dear Manchester, It is likely that your top priority today, isn’t your long-term health. Assuming that’s true, and for most of us it is, here’s something we’d like you to try. It’s so simple even a toddler can do it. And most of them do. Ask yourself: Why should I care about […]
Public Notice: Manchester District Library to Have Public Annual Budget Meeting for 2016-2017 Fiscal Year
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING MANCHESTER DISTRICT LIBRARY COUNTY OF WASHTENAW, MICHIGAN ON THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2016-2017 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS IN THE LIBRARY DISTRICT OF THE MANCHESTER DISTRICT LIBRARY PLEASE TAKE NOTE that the Board of Trustees of the Manchester District Library, County of Washtenaw, State of Michigan, will […]
You can now subscribe to the Mirror in print!
The Manchester Mirror will continue to be published online Monday mornings and free to read; print editions will continue to be offered at no charge to readers around the Village and surrounding townships on Wednesday mornings, but as we enter our eighth week of print, readers will now have a third option. Anyone living in the […]
