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 Sara Swanson

Samuel Korican Awarded Student of the Month

  At their February meeting, the Civic Club awarded Student of the Month to Samuel Korican. He is the son of John and Carrie Korican of Manchester and is currently a senior at Manchester High School. Sam is a member of the National Honor Society, Drama Club, German Club, and Students Leading Students and serves as a mentor […]

 Sara Swanson

Kevin Mower: School Surveys are Coming

by Kevin Mower You will be receiving links to several surveys in the next two weeks from the Manchester Community Schools. Like many parents, you may wonder if it is worth the time to complete the surveys? In previous years, the surveys were very long and had uncertain outcomes. You may wonder, do these results just check […]

 Sara Swanson

Manchester Middle School 2014 – 2015 Q2 Honor Roll

High Honors 8th Grade Bortmas, Quenton W Bourland, Paige E Brown, Sedona R Chandler, Madilyn Q Cole, Autumn J DeWolfe, Ashley L Dresch, Reese L Edwards, Rayna K Geldner, Mikayla A Good, McKenna L Haist, Ellyn L Herron, Elijah N Huff, Logan E Kelly, Devon R Mast, Emily M McNett-Tremblay, Thomas J Mrocko, Emma L […]

 Sara Swanson

Manchester High School 2014 – 2015 Second Marking Period Honor Roll

High Honors  12th Grade Ahrens, Sydnie V Benedict, Alia M Blaine, Morgan R Brown, Selena N Burge, Jared M Collins, Madison K Coutts, Adrianna P Dorman, Kate E Dresch, Morgan K Hamilton, Madelyn E Heuser, Jordan F Heuser, Rachel L Jacobs, Sutton M Keller, Isabella L Knasiak, Kayla M Korican, Samuel T Korth, Daniel G […]

 Sara Swanson

Kevin Mowrer Awarded Excellence in Education Award

At the Civic Club’s January meeting they presented their annual “Excellence in Education” Award. They had the honor, this year, of presenting it to one of their own members, Manchester High School’s Principal Dr. Kevin Andrew Mowrer. Mowrer, 38,  holds a B.A. with honors in English Education from Western Michigan University, an M.A. in Educational […]

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“The Distance” Opens in Manchester

Back In January of 2014 Sarah Andrews began going to Boot Camp classes and LOVED them. She loved the energy, loved that every workout was different, and loved that everybody could benefit from a Boot Camp-style workout.  Now, just one year later, Andrews has become a Certified Group Fitness Instructor and opened her own fitness gym […]

 Sara Swanson

Selena Brown Awarded Student of the Month

At their January meeting, the Civic Club awarded Student of the Month to Selena Brown. She is currently a senior at Manchester High School and the daughter of Sam and Sandra Brown of Manchester. Brown is the vice-president of her class, vice-president of the Mentor Program and president of the Bowtie Society at MHS. In addition, she is a member […]

 Marsha Chartrand

“Frank’s Place” Owner Denise Collins Works to Improve Downtown

In light of the recommendations from Retail Market analyst Robert Gibbs published last week, it appears that the Manchester Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and downtown businesses have some major changes to consider for the improvement of the village’s retail outlook. One of the changes the DDA recently made is to welcome a fresh face to its ranks–Denise […]

 Fritz Swanson

Manchester Author Megan Linski to Hold Book Signing in Tecumseh

Manchester author Megan Linski will hold a book signing December 13th at 2 PM at That Used Bookstore in Tecumseh, MI. Linski, owner of Gryfyn Publishing, will be signing books, reading from her new book Alora and having a Q and A session with readers after. Below is a brief interview with the author. Why […]

 Sara Swanson

Anthony Bargardi – Autumn Regional Pokémon Champion

Manchester’s own Anthony Bargardi, age 10, is a Pokemon champion. Anthony spent the weekend of Oct. 18-19  in Fort Wayne, IN where he took first place in the video game Junior Division and earned the esteemed title of Autumn Regional Champion. The first step in a potentially year-long journey, Anthony also earned valuable Championship Points that […]