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 […]
Creole du Nord Brings Cajun Sound to Gazebo
For a taste of southwest Louisiana’s traditional music, bring your chair and your dancing shoes to the Gazebo in Wurster Park this Thursday to enjoy the sounds of “Creole du Nord.” The band plays a mixture of Zydeco, Cajun, and other sounds from America’s roots, mixed with crossover tunes as in “Alberta” or “Click Ole […]
Manchester Early Childhood Center Schedules Fall Open House & Promotes FREE Preschool
Manchester Early Childhood Center (MECC), located within the Nellie Ackerson building at 410 City Road, is looking ahead to the 2015-2016 school year. MECC offers care for infants through preschool age children with a play-based, nurturing and engaging learning environment for all age levels. As in previous years, they also offer FREE quality preschool to […]
FREE Children’s Movie: The Lorax
On Sunday, August 9th at 1:30pm, the Manchester District Library will be showing the movie Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, based on the children’s book and starring the voices of Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, and Danny DeVito. Cohosted by the Stewards of Western Washtenaw, the movie will be shown in the Village Room on the lower level […]
Book Donation Day THIS Saturday
The Friends of the Manchester District Library will hold a book donation day on Saturday, August 1, 2015, from 10am to noon in the Village Room, downstairs from the library. Books will be added to the on-going used book sale on the library’s second floor. All proceeds benefit library projects.
Information Session on Public Transportation Options in Rural Western Washtenaw
The Blueprint for Aging is holding an information session on public transportation options for older adults in Rural Western Washtenaw County. Michaelene Pawlak of Western Area Value Express (WAVE) plus Vanessa Hansle and Deb Freer of Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority (AATA) will be there to discuss transportation services provided by their organizations. This is an […]