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M-52 Reopened After Fatal Accident

  This morning, M-52 btwn Pleasant Lake & Bethel Church was closed due to a multiple car crash.  A semi-truck and three vehicles were involved in the crash during whiteout conditions in which Glen Runyon, a 43-year old Manchester resident, died.  More information should follow after the victim’s family has been notified. See the Mlive […]

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New Feature in The Mirror: Teacher Of The Month!

Teachers play an important role in the lives of our children and in our community.  Each month of the school year we’d like to honor an outstanding teacher in the Manchester Community School district. The Teacher of the Month will receive a certificate of excellence and an article in The Mirror. Selection Criteria Each month, […]

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Calendar Feb 24-Mar 1, 2014

The Mirror has pulled information from multiple websites and have combined them into a community calendar here. If you have events that you would like added to this calendar, please e-mail us at themanchestermirror@gmail.com and we’d be more than happy to do so. Sports schedules can be found here.   Each Monday we will highlight activities that […]

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Washtenaw County Sheriff Update 02/24/2014

We had the following activity over the past week (Feb 16 – Feb 23): Village of Manchester o   43 calls for service; no major incidents Lodi Twp o   31 calls for service; no major incidents.

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MCS Closed Today, Friday, February 21

Due to Icy Gravel Road Conditions, Manchester Community Schools will be CLOSED on Friday, February 21, 2014.

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WCSO Shares Tips on Repairing Your Credit After ID Theft

The Target credit card breach was huge, but certainly not the only one.  Credit cards, healthcare records, nearly every facet of our personal lives are now online and it’s been estimated that 740 million online records were exposed in 2013–the worst in history.  The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office has shared the following information on what to […]

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Calendar for Feb 17 – 23, 2014

The Mirror has pulled information from multiple websites and have combined them into a community calendar here. If you have events that you would like added to this calendar, please e-mail us at themanchestermirror@gmail.com and we’d be more than happy to do so. Sports schedules can be found here.   Each Monday we will highlight activities that […]

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Washtenaw County Sheriff Update 02-10-14

Our deputies conducted the following activities during the past week (Feb 3 – Feb 9):   Manchester Village o 33 total calls for service o No major incidents   Lodi Twp o 26 total calls for service o 6 traffic crashes o No major incidents

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Calendar for Feb 10 – Feb 16, 2014

The Mirror has pulled information from multiple websites and have combined them into a community calendar here. If you have events that you would like added to this calendar, please e-mail us at themanchestermirror@gmail.com and we’d be more than happy to do so. Sports schedules can be found here.   Each Monday we will highlight […]

 Fritz Swanson

Saturday’s Manchester Area Power Outage Explained

As many of our readers noticed, the power went out for a big chunk of the afternoon on Saturday, during the wet winter weather we had. We called Terry DeDoes at Consumer’s Energy to explain what happened. Terry replied: “A failed insulator caused the Manchester 46kV line to lock out at about 12:45 p.m. Saturday and interrupted […]