County-wide events celebrate National Agriculture Week and Food and Agriculture Month
submitted by Kathleen Siler, Washtenaw County Farm Bureau Washtenaw County Farm Bureau joined other organizations across the country to celebrate agriculture’s important role in daily life as part of National Ag Week, March 20-26 and Ag Day on Tuesday, March 22. March is also Reading Month and Food and Agriculture month in Michigan. Local events […]
MHS spring musical to use locally penned script
The pandemic has taken a toll on so many things we took for granted before. One of those things is the Manchester High School Thespian Society’s spring musical presentation. The club is now roughly half the size it was two years ago. However, five staff members, who make up the current creative team for productions, […]
Mrs. Kelly’s Journey brings her to Manchester
Breeda Miller is just “a little bit” excited. She’s not resting on her laurels after getting rave reviews of her world premiere of “Mrs. Kelly’s Journey Home” last fall in Ann Arbor. In fact, she’s busy working on finding new ways to share the word about her one-woman show and spread the joy she has […]
Community garden plots available for rent
Although winter isn’t quite over, it seems, it is time to start thinking about gardening. Not everyone has a yard that can successfully support a garden and for those people (and the people who do but just don’t want to fight the deer), there exists the Manchester Community Garden! The community garden is located in […]
Freedom, Lodi, Saline, and Bridgewater experience power outages March 23
A power outage of undetermined origin kept homes and businesses in the Freedom, Scio, Lodi, Lima and Bridgewater Township areas without electricity for most of the day last Wednesday. Crews were on the scene resolving a “suspected equipment issue” and worked as quickly and safely as possible to restore the service. DTE Energy crews brought […]
WCSO — February 2022 report of police services in the village
During the month of February there were a total of 184 calls for service; 95 traffic stops were made, resulting in 10 citations. Noteworthy events in Manchester Village during the month include: On February 22, a collaboration deputy responded to the area of West Main and Elton for a report of an attempted Larceny. An […]
WCRC announces road closure in Sharon Township
Starting Monday, March 28, 2022, the Washtenaw County Road Commission will be doing Forestry work along Pleasant Lake Road between Sharon Hollow and Smythe Roads in Sharon Township Starting Monday, the WCRC will close Pleasant Lake Rd in this area daily for forestry work. The work is being completed ahead of a resurfacing project planned for […]
Local mother and business woman publishes first book
When she became a stay-at-home mom last year upon the birth of their first daughter, Elizabeth Hastings decided to do something a little different than just document her home life with a journal. “My husband and I have a home business,” she explains, “at our farm a mile south of town. We sell auto parts […]
Some non-emergency crimes in the Village of Manchester can now be reported online
Some non-emergency crimes that occur in the Village of Manchester can now be reported to the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office online. The Online Citizen’s Police Reporting System (OCPRS) is a secure internet application that allows individuals to report some non-violent incident types online immediately. It assists individuals to create simple reports, saving law enforcement staff […]
Mail to Russia stopped; letters to Paul Whelan may be returned
Just two weeks ago, the Mirror reported that the diplomatic pouches in which domestic mail addressed to Paul Whelan could be sent, had been discontinued. This week, the Whelan family learned that the United States Postal Service has now also suspended mail delivery to Russia, so no letters can reach him at this time. More about […]
