Visit with Santa or write to Santa!
Did your child miss meeting or getting their photo with Santa last weekend? It’s not too late. There are two more opportunities — both on Saturday, this coming weekend! Santa will be visiting the Manchester District Library located at 912 City Road, on Saturday, December 11 from 10:30am to noon. Children and invited to meet […]
School board votes to increase substitute teachers’ pay
At the November 15 meeting of the Manchester Community Schools’ Board of Education, one of the discussion items on the agenda was an increase in “guest teacher” pay increases, in order to attract and retain more substitute teachers to the district. School board president Ryan Novess explained, “The increase of substitute teacher pay was initiated […]
County re-draws commissioner districts
On Nov. 8, the Washtenaw County Apportionment Commission adopted a new electoral map for board of commissioners’ districts, completing a process that began last summer. An apportionment committee, which included Washtenaw County Clerk and Register of Deeds Lawrence Kestenbaum, Treasurer Catherine McClary, Prosecutor Eli Savit, Chair of the Washtenaw County Republican Party David Frey, and […]
Holiday scams abound at this time of year
From the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO): The WCSO reminds residents that our office will never contact you demanding payment for missed jury duty or an outstanding warrant. If you receive one of these calls, it is a scam, and you should hang up immediately. Over the last several months the WCSO has received numerous […]
New voting rules mean polls may not always be in the same location
Shortly after the recent November 2 election, The Manchester Mirror received a message from a southwest Manchester Township resident who lives within the Columbia School District. Dennis Kwapis was concerned he had not received proper notification of change in voting location prior to the election, and asked the Mirror to look into the situation. Each of the […]
Village Manager sets retirement date
Village Manager Jeff Wallace submitted a letter announcing his pending retirement on April 8, 2022, to Village Council at its November 15 meeting. A lifelong resident of Manchester, Wallace was elected to Village Council as a Trustee in 1989, and was named Village Manager just three years later, making a total of 30 years serving […]
Geocaching: Now you can treasure hunt in Sharon Hills Preserve!
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Legacy Land Conservancy’s November 2021 Legacy E-News and is republished with permission. By Pete Sandretto, Legacy Land Conservancy volunteer When I wrote a Legacy newsletter article about Geocaching on Legacy’s Preserves in 2014, there were about 1.6 million geocaches in the world. Now there are over 3 million! […]
Positive COVID-19 cases skyrocket in Manchester
For a few weeks in October, it appeared the current COVID wave we are experiencing was coming to an end and that this wave would be the smallest we’ve experienced in Manchester. Unfortunately, things took a turn for the worse in the beginning of November, when cases started rising again, and last week we had […]
Acorn Farmers’ Market & Café will stay open all year
Submitted by Ruth VanBogelen, Acorn Farmers’ Market & Café Most of the local farmers markets have closed down by now or will by the end of November. Manchester is very fortunate to have invested in a non-profit farmers market that is indoors, allowing the market to stay open all year around. In fact, Acorn will […]
Manchester Township board discusses trails, newsletter, and surveys
Submitted by Sybil Kolon, Community Reporter Corps All board members were present at the November 9 township board meeting except Krista Jarvis. Also present were fire chief Bill Scully and two other members of the public. Scully provided the fire department’s monthly report for October. There were 44 calls for service, including three fires […]
