2022 Primary Election Guide for the Manchester Area
by Sara Swanson On Tuesday, August 2, Manchester Area residents will be able to vote in the Statewide Primary at their usual polling place from 7am to 8pm. You will have to choose to vote either Republican or Democratic. If you aren’t currently registered to vote, you can register in person up through election day […]
Manchester Community Fair exhibit fun for KIDS (and adults)!
submitted by Sandra Wiitala The 77th Manchester Community Fair is fast approaching and I wanted to make you all aware of a fun and FREE thing you and your kids could get involved in. On Monday, August 8, we will be accepting entries for display in the Exhibit building. Entries get judged and small monetary […]
WCRC applying fog seal in Manchester Township
In Manchester Township, Austin Rd between county line and Village of Manchester, and Sharon Hollow Rd between Herman and Austin roads will have intermittent lane closures this week for fog sealing. What is fog seal? It is the second part of the chip seal coat. A fog seal is another thin layer of liquid asphalt […]
Solar Farm conditional use rejected
by Marsha Chartrand On Thursday, July 7, the Manchester Township Planning Commission, holding their meeting at Manchester Jr/Sr High School to accommodate a large crowd, voted 4–3 to reject the proposed conditional-use permit and site plan for the construction of the Thorn Lake Solar Project, accessed from Herman and Sharon Hollow Roads. Read this article […]
Chelsea Hospital receives award for Stockbridge-Manchester WAVE shuttle
The Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) announced that Chelsea Hospital has been selected to receive the 2022 MHA Ludwig Community Benefit Award for its development of The Western-Washtenaw Area Value Express (WAVE) Stockbridge-Manchester Shuttle. The free shuttle was launched with limited services on August 3, 2020, and expanded to five days a week and […]
WCRC roadwork this week
Unpaved local roads throughout Bridgewater Township will have a roadside mowing rolling operation this week. In addition, Sharon Township will continue to have a dust-control rolling operation on unpaved roads throughout the township through July 18.
Disc golf course making progress
A workday last weekend helped get construction of the new disc golf course well underway at Chi-Bro Park. With concrete donated by Gotts Transit Mix, volunteers Jack Rathburn, Frank Mayfield, Mark Dresch, Alec Parker, Mike Ahrens, Garrett Olmstead, and Tom Pierce got to work and poured concrete for all the pads for the new course, […]
Volunteers needed for 69th Chicken Broil
Community Resource Center board member Anita Herman will be highlighting different Manchester nonprofits monthly for the Mirror. This month is the Chicken Broil and its need for volunteers! by Anita Herman As indicated by Jeff Mann (co-chair), it takes several hundred volunteers to generate the Annual Manchester Chicken Broil. Many of these helping hands have already […]
Multiple properties conserved, protecting water quality within River Raisin watershed
submitted by Legacy Land Conservancy Legacy Land Conservancy has permanently protected 90 acres of forest, prairie and wetlands, including 3,850 feet of frontage along the River Raisin, in western Washtenaw County. In a unique joint effort of three different sets of landowners — John and Carol McCullough, Byron and Freida McCullough, and David and Jennifer […]
Latest updates regarding Paul Whelan from the Whelan family
It has been just over two months since American Trevor Reed was rescued from Russia after 985 days in captivity. It has been 1,284 days since Paul Whelan was falsely imprisoned under similar pretenses as Reed’s. And there he remains. “As glad as we are for his family, we were also devastated that our brother […]
