Men’s Club Egg Hunt this Saturday
Join the Manchester Men’s Club for our Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, April 3, 2021, starting at 11 am at Carr Park. The hunt includes dyed, hard-boiled eggs. Please show up 10 minutes early to find your age group. Ages toddler through 5th grade. Make sure you’re on time because all eggs will be gone […]
Churches plan community, individual Holy Week services
The week, from Palm Sunday (which was March 28) to Easter Sunday, is commonly known as “Holy Week” in the Christian Church. Local churches are planning both individual and joint services. Emanuel United Church of Christ, 324 W. Main Street, will be having a Maundy Thursday worship service on Thursday, April 1 at 7 pm. […]
Gazebo Concerts getting ready for its 2021 season!
As the year-plus long pandemic concerns are easing and more people are able to get immunizations, everyone is eager to get outside and resume some “normal” summer activities. One of Manchester’s long-running summer staples, of course, has been the weekly Gazebo Concert series. Since 1989, these concerts have been a Thursday night summer event that […]
Community wide garage sale set
The Community-wide garage sale is a “go” for 2021. Last Monday night, Village Council approved the event for Friday and Saturday, July 23-24, from 8 am to 4 pm each day, after a presentation by organizer Kim Strickland. As an exception to the village sign ordinance, sellers may put freestanding signs in front of their […]
Need help with Easter fun? Let the Pistol Prodigies help you.
submitted by Scott & Lisa Poet, head coaches of Pistol Prodigies Easter Egg Hunts are a great way to have fun at Easter. The Pistol Prodigies Youth Pistol and Rifle Team, a local 501(c)3 non-profit, can help you this year. The Pistol Prodigies are selling “Bunny Baskets” of candy-filled Easter Eggs that include a letter […]
Library adult book club to meet virtually
submitted by the Manchester District Library The Manchester District Library Adult Book Club will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, March 17 to discuss “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas. The discussion group will be held virtually via Zoom at 7 pm. To receive details about joining the March meeting, please email azahner@manchesterlibrary.info. Copies […]
Pan-African Youth Orchestra concert this Saturday!
During the month of February, Riverfolk Music & Arts Organization has been engaging the community in viewing and responding to video clips posted on social media and the Manchester Mirror featuring the Pan African Youth Orchestra (PAYO). This Saturday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 pm, will be the Premiere Video Presentation, recorded in Accra, Ghana on […]
Second free food giveaway set at Sharon UMC
On Saturday, March 13, the Sharon United Methodist Church parking lot will be the location of the church’s second Free Food Box Giveaway. This free distribution of food boxes containing fresh vegetables, fruit, dairy, and pre-cooked meat will begin at 10 am and continue until all boxes have been distributed. The first food box giveaway […]
Emanuel chicken dinner coming up Feb. 24
They’re back! Emanuel Church’s popular monthly dinners, once a social staple in Manchester, were interrupted by COVID. But you can’t keep good women down, and the event has now been safely resurrected by Emanuel members Dawna Stockwell and Kathy O’Mara. Stockwell is in charge of the cooking and O’Mara coordinates all the volunteers needed to […]
Ash Wednesday is this week
submitted by St. Mary Catholic Church This week, Wednesday, Feb. 17 is known as Ash Wednesday because of the long tradition of beginning Lent by receiving the sign of ashes. Once again this year, while observing covid precautions, St. Mary Catholic Church will have three Masses, during which all in attendance may receive this penitential […]
