Please support the 2021 CROP Walk in Manchester!
submitted by Lon Nordeen, CROP Walk volunteer Your neighbors and friends ask for your support for a local cause by contributing and/or walking 1-3 miles around the community on October 3, 1-3 pm for the annual CROP Walk. This event will start at the Manchester United Methodist Church, 501 Ann Arbor Street on Sunday, October […]
YMCA free kids sports program coming to Manchester
The Sport Port program, powered by Y on the Fly, is a mobile YMCA delivering games, activities and healthy snacks to children and they are coming to Manchester! Trained Y staff will lead sport sampling workshops and facilitate games and free play opportunities for youth for kids aged 5 to 13 on Mondays from 5:15 […]
Acorn hosts final Outdoor Market of the season; many activities planned
Come on out this Thursday, September 9, 3-6 pm, for Acorn’s last Outdoor Market of the year as we celebrate with a FREE Corn Roast brought to you by the Manchester Men’s Club and Acorn Farmers’ Market & Café. Acorn Farmers’ Market & Café would like to thank the community for their loyalty and patience […]
September events at the Manchester District Library
Submitted by Quintessa Gallinat, Manchester District Library Events at the Manchester District Library are beginning to migrate indoors this month in preparation for colder weather. Some events are still being virtually or outdoors, so be sure to check the location on the MDL event calendar! Student Headphone Drive — Ongoing through September 18, in support […]
St. Mary Church Manchester will offer a series on The Real Presence
submitted by Betty Cummings St Mary Parish is offering a series of six sessions that help explain why Catholics believe the literal understanding of John’s Gospel chapter 6. The “The Real Presence” series dives into Scripture, historical Christianity, and the evidence found through scientific investigation of mysterious appearances of human tissue and blood on a […]
Manchester Area Non-profit Roundtable
The next gathering of representatives of the Manchester area non-profit groups is scheduled for Tuesday, September 21st, at 7 pm in-person at the K.J.House located at 302 E. Main Street. Matt Pegouskie of Five Healthy Towns Foundation is planning to present at this meeting on the 5HF One Big Thing website. Every non-profit organization in […]
Chelsea Adult Learners Institute announces fall classes
Joan Gaughan, Adult Learning Institute In what we can all hope are the waning days of the pandemic, some of us are realizing that this “normal” won’t be quite like the old “normal” … if there ever was such a thing. Like many other people and institutions, we have had to learn to rely more […]
Fairy Festival this week at Acorn’s Outdoor Market
submitted by Laura Wohlgemuth, Acorn Farmers’ Market & Café Acorn Farmers’ Market & Café is excited to announce the annual Fairy Festival at Acorn’s Outdoor Market this week … Come and join us for some Fairy Fun this Thursday, August 26, from 3-6:30 pm at Acorn’s Outdoor Market located at 455 W. Main Street! Fun-filled […]
Auction opens, chef’s menu announced for Farm to Table Dinner event
submitted by Shawn Personke for 5 Healthy Towns Calling all farmers’ market fans! The virtual auction benefiting the sixth annual 5 Healthy Towns Farm to Table Fabulous Feast has opened. And ticket sales for the dinner event supporting the Chelsea, Grass Lake, Dexter, Stockbridge, and Manchester farmers’ markets are now on sale. “We have so […]
