January 2023 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill and Manchester Community & School Gardens (Note: The Garden Mill will be closed for the entire month of January doing cleanup and inventory, and getting in lots of new products for the new season. They will reopen on February 1.) It’s hard to think of January as a “gardening” […]
Chamber Spotlight: Manchester Ag Parts
The Manchester Mirror is partnering with the Manchester Chamber of Commerce to highlight different Chamber of Commerce members. This week we are spotlighting Manchester Ag Parts, located at 10940 M-52. Manchester Ag Parts does repairs, makes hoses, and sells parts. Together, Matthew Benn and Karen Malburg have been involved in agribusiness for over 50 years […]
The Flying Dutchman … a ghost ship?
by Sara Swanson If you ask anyone in the southwest corner of Washtenaw County what a Flying Dutchman is, they would most likely answer a student at Manchester Community Schools. But outside of the Manchester area … their answer might be spookier. The Flying Dutchman is a common name for a ghost ship. Sightings of […]
Michigan music: Juston Brady
by Steve Girbach I feel some of the best kept artistic secrets are hiding in plain sight. Juston Brady, in my view, fits that description perfectly. I first saw Juston perform his music at a local open mic. I was immediately struck by his originality, his honest, heartfelt, sometimes painful personal stories, which hit all […]
September 2022 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill and Manchester Community & School Gardens Mother Nature sure has a sense of humor. Immediately after I said, in last month’s newsletter, that the main thing we all needed to be doing for our gardens was watering, she started sending us lots of rain! I think I only watered […]
Michigan music: The Andy Furda Experience
by Steve Girbach Manchester has been home to an eclectic mix of musical styles over the years. I’m thinking about the Blues, Jazz, and Americana artists that played at the Black Sheep Repertory Theater back in the day. More recently, our friends at Riverfolk Music and Arts have hosted a wide variety of World and […]
Chamber spotlight: Manchester Community Schools
Currently the smallest district in Washtenaw County, Manchester Community Schools is still expanding, its newest building being Manchester Junior and Senior High School, built in 2004. The front memorial walkway is filled with memorial bricks purchased by community members. Manchester schools originated in 1867 at the old Union School on the location of the current […]
August 2022 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill and Manchester Community & School Gardens Last month was way below average in rainfall, which made keeping things watered really difficult. Typically, the Ann Arbor area gets a little more than 3.5 inches of rain in July. This year, Ann Arbor got about 1.5 inches. That wouldn’t be too […]
Chamber Spotlight: Manchester Fair
The Manchester Community Fair originally started in the halls of the Manchester High School in the 1930s. At that time it was organized by the members of the Future Farmers of America and the Future Homemakers of America. As it grew, a group of Manchester residents filed Michigan non-profit articles of incorporation with the Michigan Department […]
Recipe: Grilled whole fish, Thai style
by Kevin Sharp Admittedly, cooking whole fish can be intimidating and grilling fish anxiety inducing. In reality this really is about as simple as it gets. You can certainly do this directly on the grill but a game-changer for me was a wire grill basket; one of those hinged deals that holds the fish (vegetables, […]
