US Rep. Tim Walberg holds Freedom Township coffee hour
Manchester’s US Representative Tim Walberg held a coffee hour Monday morning at Freedom Township Hall. It is his third Manchester coffee hour in a row held in Freedom Township. The coffee hour was announced Sunday morning on his website and by robo-calls and postcards before that to a number of constituents. One attendee, Kevin from […]
Manchester Schools to start before Labor Day next year
Manchester Community Schools (MCS) announced last week that the 2020-2021 school year will be starting before Labor Day. School districts have the ability to apply for a waiver from a 2006 pro-tourism state law restricting the ability of schools to start before Labor Day. This year, Washtenaw Intermediate School District applied for and received the […]
Organization seeks to bring MonkeyPlay to Manchester preschoolers
Editor’s note: Hutan for World Health plans to seek funding to bring MonkeyPlay to Manchester in 2021. submitted by Ruth Habrecht, president of Hutanforworldhealth.org Slither along the “rainbow jungle” like a snake. Balance on one leg like a flamingo. Sprint across the African savannah like a cheetah. Feel your heart pounding! All of this action […]
Donations now accepted at Worth Repeating
Submitted by Sharon Curtis, Worth Repeating Volunteer Donations are now being taken at Worth Repeating Wednesday through Saturday from 11 to 5, in preparation for the store opening on March 4th. The new location is at 110 E. Main Street, most recently the location of Steelegrafix. Items must be clean and in good usable condition. […]
Free tax preparation help through VITA available at CRC
submitted by Manchester Community Resource Center Free income tax preparation assistance is available to low-income Manchester Area taxpayers through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program. Managed locally through the United Way of Washtenaw County (UWWC), it is hosted in Manchester by the Community Resource Center located in Riverside Intermediate School, 710 East Main Street (entrance on […]
WCSO report: January 2020 police activity in Village of Manchester
Provided by the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office to the Village of Manchester. During the month of January there were 162 calls for service (including traffic stops). Deputies conducted 82 traffic stops during this time with 21 citations issued. Noteworthy events in Manchester Village during the month include: On January 7, deputies went to the 500 […]
Manchester Township Board Meeting – Feb 11, 2020
by Sybil Kolon, Community Reporter Corps This article covers items most likely to be of interest to residents. See the board’s minutes of this meeting (which will be available prior to the next meeting) or contact board members for more details. Residents should consider attending a board meeting now and then to keep abreast of […]
Council hears public questions on city status
During the regular “Special Session on City Status” last Monday night, the Manchester Village Council received some feedback from the public. To start the discussion, Village President Pat Vailliencourt shared with Council that, “We are still waiting for an update from the State Boundary Commission, in response to their questions regarding consistent documentation of a […]
County Board of Commissioners opts not to dissolve Road Commission; instead explores adding members
The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners (BOC) announced last fall that they were reviewing the governance structure of the Washtenaw County Road Commission. One option being considered was dissolving the Road Commission. That BOC has set that option aside, at least for now, and are focusing on other options. For the past 100 years, the […]
Manchester area residents asked to take broadband survey to correct inaccurate FCC map
Manchester area residents living in Manchester, Freedom, Sharon and Bridgewater Townships are being asked to help the Washtenaw County Broadband Taskforce better map broadband coverage by completing a short survey. The county studied broadband coverage for more than a year and at the end of 2018 released their findings which concluded that 18% of Manchester […]
