Upcoming Events

 Marsha Chartrand

“Bridgewater Days” set for this weekend

The annual “Bridgewater Days,” celebrating everything that’s good about beautiful downtown Bridgewater, will be held this coming weekend, July 22 and 23. All-day garage sales and flea markets will be held throughout the hamlet, all day on both Friday and Saturday. Local businesses, including Bridgewater Depot and the Bridgewater Bank, are hosting the event, which is […]

 Ray Berg

Community Planning Open House for Manchester Sesquicentennial

The Manchester Area Historical Society (MAHS), the Village of Manchester, and the Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce have begun planning for a Sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) Celebration, in honor of the incorporation of Manchester as a village in March 1867. This seven day-long celebration will be held Tuesday, August 1 through Tuesday, August 8, 2017, with the annual […]

 Marsha Chartrand

Manchester Co-op Preschool sets open enrollment events

Is your three or four-year-old ready for a fun, interactive, and hands-on preschool experience? Do you have a “young five” pupil who needs just a little more time before starting kindergarten? The Manchester Co-op Preschool has just the programs your child will need! Open enrollment has begun for the 2016-17 school year and new pupils […]

 Sara Swanson

Popular Writing Workshops Continue at the Manchester District Library

By popular demand, the Manchester District Library writing workshops continue! The third writing workshop will be on Tuesday, July 26, from 2-3 pm. The class is open to anyone 13 or older who loves to write. Pre-register by calling 734-428-8045 or stopping in. Registration is suggested but not required. There is no charge to participate.  

 Marsha Chartrand

Where there’s smoke, there’s chicken!

If you take 10,000 chicken halves, four pits, nearly six tons of charcoal, 250 pounds of butter, almost two tons of cabbage and a cast of thousands, what do you get? It’s the Manchester Chicken Broil, of course. On Thursday, July 21, Manchester will fire up the pits at Alumni Memorial Field for the 63rd […]

 Marsha Chartrand

More to love at the Chicken Broil

Volunteers are still needed for the multitude of tasks that are part of the annual Chicken Broil. There is a job for everyone, according to co-chair Mike Tindall. “Anyone who lives in the Manchester area should consider this article an invitation to work at the broil,” he said. “People always say they would like to […]

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A taste of country music at this week’s gazebo concert

This Thursday at the gazebo in Manchester’s “Village Green,” Wurster Park, join us to welcome TJ Thomas and Kentucky Strait. Kentucky Strait was formed 21 years ago by band leader TJ Thomas and consists of four full-time members, led by TJ Thomas on Guitar and Vocals; Ron Stewart-Bass Guitar/Vocals; Bud Merglewski-Piano/Vocals; and Lyle Cantley-Drummer/Vocals. TJ Thomas […]

 Sara Swanson

Second writing workshop at the Manchester District Library

Due to overwhelming response to the first workshop in June, the Manchester District Library is hosting a second writing workshop on Tuesday, July 12, from 2-3pm. Have you ever wanted to write a book or a script, but you didn’t know where to begin? If you’re interested in taking your writing to the next level, […]

 Sara Swanson

Free Movie: Kung Fu Panda 3

On Tuesday, July 12, at 2 pm, the Manchester District Library will be showing the movie Kung Fu Panda 3, in which Po and the Furious Five face off against two different threats: one supernatural, and one much closer to home. The movie is rated PG.

 Ray Berg

Manchester Heritage Day THIS Thursday

This Thursday, the Manchester Area Historical Society will host “Manchester Heritage Day” as part of this summer’s “Make it Manchester Thursdays.” Manchester Heritage Day will take place on Thursday, July 7 from 3 to 7 pm, at both the Manchester Area Historical Society’s Kingsley-Jenter House located at 302 E. Main and right up the street at the John […]