Book Donation Day at the Library
The Friends of the Manchester District Library will hold a book donation day on Saturday, September 5, 2015, from 10 am to noon in the Village Room. Books will be added to the ongoing used book sale upstairs in the library. All proceeds support library projects.
Second Community Contra Dance Scheduled for September
Dance, Manchester! will be holding their second community Contra Dance on Saturday, September 12 from 7:30 to 10:30pm (with beginner’s instruction from 7:30 to 8pm) in the gymnasium on the second floor of Emanuel Church’s Hall. Emanuel is located at 324 West Main Street. Park in the back and enter through the door under the […]
FREE Movie: Promised Land
On Tuesday, August 25th, the Awareness Series Free Movie Night, co-hosted by the Manchester District Library and Stewards of Western Washtenaw, continues with Promised Land, starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski and Frances McDormand. The movie will be shown in the Village Room on the lower level of the Library building and will start at 7:00 […]
Bike-A-Thon to Raise Funds for The NEW Manchester Youth Orchestra
Cultural Art Strings (CAS) is holding a Bike-a-Thon to support its newest ensemble, The Manchester Youth Orchestra. On Sunday, September 6th from 1-4 pm, CAS will ride around Manchester with athletic musical historian “Mr. B’s Joybox Express.” Riders are invited to create their own team or ride on their own. All proceeds raised will benefit The […]
Two FREE Movies in Manchester This Friday: Home & The Good Lie
On Friday, August 21st at 3 pm, the Manchester District Library will be showing the DreamWorks animated movie Home, about an alien on the run from his own people who lands on Earth and makes friends with the adventurous Tip, who is on a quest of her own. The movie will be shown in the Village […]
Co-op Preschool Open House
The Manchester Co-op Preschool will hold an open house on Monday August 17th at 5:30 p.m. The preschool is located in the Nellie Ackerson Building at 410 City Road. Registration packets will be available for both the 4-year old/Young Fives classes and the 3-year old class but only the 3-year old class currently has spots open. […]
Special School Board Meeting TONIGHT
The School Board is holding a special meeting tonight at 7 pm in the Board Room in the Nellie Ackerson Building at 410 City Road to discuss the open position of Middle School Principal. At the regular School Board meeting in July, Superintendent Cherie Vannatter reported to the board that she had met with Klager […]
Fundraiser Planned to Help Families Displaced by Tornado
On June 22, a tornado affected four Manchester families, severely damaging their homes. Renee St. Charles and Cassandra Thomson, residents of Manchester and Jamberry Independent Consultants, decided to help by doing a Jamberry fundraiser. The tornado affected St Charles’s home, but not as severely as two of her neighbors’ homes, the Preis family, a small wheat field […]