Holiday gifts: Listen to your inner voice
submitted by Kim Blumenstein, David’s Coat Room In November 2018, I started David’s Coat Room in honor of my Dad. The 25th anniversary of his passing was approaching and I believed starting the charity was a perfect way to honor him. I won’t lie — the first year was difficult, but any doubt I had […]
Holiday Gifts: Paying it forward
I received a call last week from a long time Manchester resident who had moved away several years ago and recently returned to town, after living in southern California during the interim. “Some things are the same here and some are so different,” she commented. “It’s been a huge culture change … moving away from […]
Chamber Spotlight: Kids’ Christmas needs volunteer help!
You may never have heard about the Kids’ Christmas project, but it’s been a Manchester tradition for many years — harking back to the Optimist (subsequently Civic) Club, then to the Kiwanis assisted by the Lions, and now solely directed by the Manchester Lions Club in conjunction with Manchester Family Service. “We’ve kept it quiet […]
Add some microgreens to your table this winter!
submitted by Ruth VanBogelen, Acorn Farmers’ Market & Café What are microgreens, anyway? They are vegetable greens that differ from sprouts or shoots in that they are harvested shortly after the plants’ true leaves have emerged. Microgreens are often used as a nutritional supplement because they are high in potassium, iron, zinc, magnesium and copper […]
Chamber Spotlight: The Manchester Mirror
Eight years ago this month, in the waning days of the iconic Manchester Enterprise which had suffered through a series of corporate buyouts, a small group of Manchester residents decided to go rogue, test the waters, and see what we could do about returning the focus to a local newspaper. We created an online news […]
Acorn Farmers Market and Café recipe: Mashed celery root
Acorn Farmers Market and Café has celeriac for sale! What is celeriac, besides an opportunity to add an unusual, locally grown vegetable to your diet? It is a root vegetable that tastes like celery, also know as celery root and knob celery. The leaves can be used in salads or as an herb, but the […]
Chamber Spotlight: Old National Bank
Old National Bank’s branch office in Manchester is located in a building that was once a butcher shop, and there are many holes in the exposed brick walls where meat was hung on large hooks. “When it rains, every now and then we get a centipede or two that crawls out of the holes and […]
November 2021 Gardening Advice
submitted by Jennifer Fairfield, Garden Mill and Manchester Community & School Gardens Have you been able to figure out what kind of winter we are going to have, based on what the weather people are saying? I have to admit that I am confused. First, they said it was going to be a really cold […]
Chamber Spotlight: Manchester Lions Club
The Manchester Lions Club was chartered in 2007. President Barry Allen says, “I retired in 2006 and the first year we remodeled every room in the house, then what do we do? At that time, Peggy and I went to the Whistlestop for lunch just about every day and the owner Sue Miller asked us […]
Stories of Wil: Lifting the mask
Wil is a 14-year-old boy with Down syndrome. He is the little brother, by 20 months, to twin sisters, Katherine and Elizabeth. Wil’s mom, Christie, knew very little about Down syndrome when Wil was diagnosed shortly after his birth. It didn’t take long for Christie to realize how enriching life with Down syndrome is. Embracing […]
