Upcoming Events

 Sara Swanson

State Representative Donna Lasinski holding Manchester coffee hour

Representative Donna Lasinski will be hosting a coffee hour Saturday, October 21st from 9:30-10:30 am in Manchester in the Village Room on the lower level of the Manchester Village Offices, located at 912 City Road in Manchester. Join her to hear an update from Lansing, ask questions and share your concerns or priorities. If you are unable to attend […]

 Marsha Chartrand

Freedom Childcare to host fall event

The Freedom Childcare Center will be hosting a “Fall Festival Fabulosa” on Sunday, October 29 from 2-3:30 pm. The center is collecting items for Faith in Action in Chelsea. There will be a scarecrow that can be dressed with hats and mittens, and a pumpkin to be filled with non-perishable food items for the Faith […]

 Marsha Chartrand

Freedom church to host dinner Oct. 26

St. Thomas Lutheran Church will host a Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser on Thursday, October 26, from 5:30-7 pm at the Freedom Township Hall, 11508 E. Pleasant Lake Road. All proceeds will go toward hurricane relief efforts. The all you can eat dinner includes drink and dessert. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for kids 12 and […]

 Sara Swanson

Change in location for Tuesday’s family history guild meeting

Manchester District Library’s Family History Guild will be hosting  renowned professional genealogist, Katherine Willson, on Tuesday October 17, 2017 at 7 pm at the Manchester District Library. Willson will be speaking on the topic of “Resources for Genealogical Research in Foreign Countries.” While originally the meeting was going to be held in the conference room next […]

 Marsha Chartrand

Fire prevention week: Every Second Counts!

Consider this scenario: It’s 2 am. You and your family are fast asleep when you awaken to the smoke alarm sounding and the smell of smoke. What do you do? If you and your family don’t have a plan in place, it could jeopardize your safety, or even prove deadly. In a typical home fire, you […]

 Ray Berg

Phrenology, Ghosts, and burying grounds? MAHS meets Thursday

The Manchester Area Historical Society will hold its next general membership meeting on Thursday, October 12, 7 pm at the MAHS Kingsley-Jenter House, 302 E. Main. We’ll have a general update on ongoing activities and plans, followed by a program entitled “Manchester’s Old Burying Ground – Where Is It, Who’s There, What Happened? Phrenology, Ghosts, What […]

 Marsha Chartrand

Fright night at TCA features Manchester residents!

Celebrate Halloween with The Tecumseh Players, the TCA Big Band & VocalAires, and Tecumseh Youth Theatre as they present “Fright Night at the TCA.” The “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” will be presented as an old-fashioned style  radio show, complete with sound effects and music by the TCA Big Band & VocalAires, on Friday, October 20, […]

 Sara Swanson

MDL to host renowned genealogist for presentation on research in foreign countries

submitted by Char Major Manchester District Library Family History Guild will be hosting Katherine Willson, speaking on the topic of “Resources for Genealogical Research in Foreign Countries” on Tuesday October 17, 2017 at 7 pm at the Manchester District Library in the conference room next to the elevator on the first floor. Katherine Willson is a […]

 Sara Swanson

Kiwanis cider sale THIS Saturday

This coming Saturday, Oct 7th, Manchester’s Kiwanis and its high school branch, Key Club, will be holding their annual cider sale from 9 am-1 pm. Members will be stationed at the intersection of Main St and M-52 and on the sidewalk in front of the post office at the corner of Main and Clinton Streets selling half-gallon jugs of […]

 Marsha Chartrand

National Walk to School Day Oct. 4

National Walk to School Day will be observed on October 4th. Come join in on the fun here in Manchester! Meeting places are Wurster Park, and the former Middle School, which meet at 7:25 a.m. then leave at 7:30 a.m. Those groups then head to Chi-Bro Park to meet others who can arrive at 7:40 a.m. […]