Rebecca Allen makes Michigan Tech’s Spring 2018 Dean’s List
Michigan Technological University, in Houghton, Michigan, has released the Dean’s List for the 2018 spring semester. Nearly 1,600 students were named to the Dean’s List this spring. Among the honorees is Rebecca Allen of Manchester, majoring in Wildlife Ecology & Mgmt. Allen is a graduate of Manchester High School. To be included, students must achieve a grade point average of […]
Manchester Co-op Preschool 2018 graduates
Manchester Co-op Preschool’s 2018 graduating class includes: Tyler Andrews Henry Budd Degan Foulke Mallory Aben Lionel Horodeczny Winston Sidebottom Violet Caplon Keelyn Ballard Patrick Moore Patrick Mcgoff Richie McNutt Kylie Brown Ben King Ethan Aldrich Jackson Smith Isla Eklics Carson Benedict Alayna Pieske
Announcement: Wedding of Mr. R. J. Layher and Miss Rachel Provost
The Chapel at Duke University was the scene of the wedding of Mr. R. J. Layher and Miss Rachel Provost on Saturday, May 26, 2018. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Provost of Millstone Township, N.J. She was a 2007 graduate of the Peddie School in Hightstown, NJ and a 2011 […]
Local musician wins Detroit Music Award
The Detroit Music Awards are a prestigious Detroit tradition that honors some of the best musicians around the state. Like the Grammys, the DMA is voted on by the musicians’ peers–the 4,000 members of the Motor City Music Foundation. Over the years, since its inception in the early 1990s, it has evolved to include artists […]
Alumni Update: Letter to 2018 graduates from Mara Bragg, Class of 1993
submitted by Susan Fielder, MHS Alumni Association Dear MHS Class of 2018, Congratulations! Graduation is almost here! Can you believe it?! Whether you’re counting the days until your diploma, or wishing high school would never end, you’ll all walk across that stage and become graduates of Manchester High School. Exactly 25 years ago, that was me. And […]
Obituary: Mildred Myra Huehl
Mildred Myra Huehl, age 91, passed away peacefully in her home in Chelsea on Thursday, May 24, 2018. She was born August 5, 1926 in Manchester, Michigan to Clyde and Hazel (Barnes) Gieske. Mildred graduated from Manchester High School as Valedictorian and attended Ypsilanti Normal College (EMU) obtaining a teaching certificate. She taught school in […]
Meet Gary Puhl, Riverside Intermediate School’s new principal!
Multiple building configuration changes have happened recently in the Manchester Community School District. This school year the Manchester Middle School building sat empty for a year as 5th & 6th graders were incorporated into Klager elementary. Seventh and eighth graders were incorporated into the High School building, which was renamed the Manchester Middle and High School. Changes […]
American Legion Auxiliary’s Miss Poppy 2018
Manchester’s American Legion Auxiliary Unit #117 is pleased to introduce Miss Poppy: seven-year-old Zippy Schiel, daughter of James and Rebekkah Pratt Schiel, is eligible for membership in the Junior Auxiliary through the service of her grandfather, Charles Schiel, who is a Vietnam Veteran. Zippy is homeschooled and in the second grade. She was giving out […]
Obituary: Larry V. Gonyer
Age 82, died unexpectedly Friday, May 4, 2018 at his home. He was born September 9, 1935 in Erie Township, Monroe, Michigan, the son of Raphael “Ray” & Mary Louise (Browne) Gonyer. Larry graduated from Manchester High School in 1954. He joined the Marines in 1954-1956. Larry worked for the Ford dealership in Manchester for […]