Upcoming Events

 Sara Swanson

Duct Tape Make and Take TODAY at the Library

Has August boredom found its way into your house? Turn off the TV and come to the library today from 2pm to 4pm to make duct tape creations and bead magnets! For ages 5 and up.

 Sara Swanson

The Manchester Fairy Fest This Thursday!

The Manchester Fairy Fest will be at the farmers market this Thursday Aug. 7 from 4-7 pm. There will be: Face painting, a Glitter booth, potting a fairy plant, magic tickets for cool prizes, the fairy/gnome parade, games, a Cake Walk for a fairy cake! fairy/gnome animals, and the BIG Marshmallow Drop!!!! (off the roof) […]

 Sara Swanson

Black Sheep Festival to Celebrate Agricultural Heritage

Manchester is planning a new festival celebrating its agricultural past and present. The Black Sheep Festival on Thursday, August 14 will bring farm adventure to the Village. Occurring in conjunction with the Manchester Farmers Market on Adrian Street, there will be sheep shearing demonstrations by David Roehms at 5 and 6pm, on-going wool spinning demonstrations […]

 Sara Swanson

Emanuel Church’s Ice Cream Social

 Fritz Swanson

Manchester Street Festival this Saturday

The Annual Manchester Street Festival will be held this Saturday, August 2nd from 9am to 7pm. The Run Manchester race will start at 8am, and continue until 10:30am (see the map here). The 7th Annual Run Manchester features a 1 mile fun run that is FREE and open to all ages. The registration fee for either is $30 […]

 Sara Swanson

Fire Chief Riesterer on the Necessity of ATV & Upcoming Fundraisers

Editors Note: We received a letter from Fire Chief Mike Riesterer, explaining the necessity of the ATV the department is currently fundraising to purchase: “Manchester Township Fire Department serves the beautiful, rural areas of Bridgewater, Sharon, Freedom and Manchester Townships as well as the Village of Manchester. On any given day there are many people […]

 Sara Swanson

Summer Reading Wraps Up – Hands-On Museum Comes to Library for Fun Messy Science

Excitement is buzzing at Manchester District Library as Fizz, Boom, Read!, the 2014 Summer Reading Program, draws to a close. Don’t worry if you have reading logs that need to be turned in. You still have time. And don’t worry if you still want to sign up…they will let you! Fizz, Boom, Read! will end […]

 Sara Swanson

Fire Department Events to Raise Funds to Purchase All Terrain Rescue Vehicle

The Manchester Township Fire Department is holding two events as part of a fundraising campaign to raise $20,000 to purchase a Kubota All Terrain Rescue Vehicle in honor of the memory of Cameron LaDouceur. The campaign was spearheaded by Bubba, a local radio personality on 102.9 W4 Country who visited the Manchester Fire Station at […]

 Sara Swanson

An Invitation to St. Mary’s Ice Cream Social

by Janet Shurtliff First, we certainly can all agree that every Manchester church ice cream social is excellent! And while all share many traditional elements for food and fun, each has its own special qualities. May we introduce to you what makes the Ice Cream Social at St. Mary Catholic Church particularly wonderful? And may […]

 Sara Swanson

MHS Class of 1984 to Celebrate 30 Year Class Reunion this Weekend

Manchester High School’s Class of 1984 will be celebrating its 30 year class reunion this Saturday, July 19th. It’s being held in Manchester at Stephanie and Eric Beuerle’s house at 10335 M-52. Doors will open at 3:00 pm with dinner at 6:00 pm. The event is BYOB. All MHS graduates are invited to the party after […]