WCSO: Head up, phone down - bus safety tips
From the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office With school back in session, drivers should be extra cautious, especially in school zones and where kids are getting on or off the bus. Parents, whether your student is walking to school or riding the bus, remind them to be safe. Below are a few tips for drivers, parents, […]
Manchester Community Fair moving to August
The Manchester Community Fair, the longest continuous running annual event in the Manchester community, will return for the 76th year and is moving back to August. The Fair Board announced last week that in 2020 the fair will be held August 18th through August 22nd. Fair board president Steve Harvey stated, “A lot has changed […]
Riverfolk fund-raiser a swinging success
A cool and breezy late-summer evening surrounded by apple trees and a country summer sunset was the perfect setting for Riverfolk Music & Arts Organization's first major fund-raiser last Saturday night. Hosted in the orchard at Alber's Cider Mill in Freedom Township, the event featured both classic and modern string performances by Cultural Art Strings, […]
Chain Gang headquarters moving to Library
For more than a decade, Manchester’s Chain Gang’s home base has been Pyramid Office Supply and Emporium on Main Street. With Pyramid’s owner Mann Baki’s retirement and the closing of the store, the Chain Gang’s headquarters are moving across the Village to the Manchester District Library. Christine Baisden, who heads up the Chain Gang as […]
Low-income Village residents eligible for internet assistance
Comcast announced earlier this month it is expanding eligibility for Internet Essentials, its broadband adoption program, to include all qualified low-income households in its service area. In the Manchester area, the Comcast Service area includes the Village of Manchester and a few isolated areas along the outside edges of the townships. The expansion is the […]
SRSLY adds new youth programming this school year
submitted by Alex Duranczyk, SRSLY Manchester Coalition Director Do you remember the "SRSLY? Check your Stats" campaign from 2018? This year, our Project Success counselor and SRSLY team are working with students to develop a lunch campaign called "SRSLY--Check in with Us." You will see the team at lunch at Manchester Junior/Senior High School once […]
School board adds two new positions at Klager and Riverside
Last Monday night at the regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting for Manchester Community Schools, two new positions, each titled "Dean of Student Success," were hired for Klager Elementary and Riverside Intermediate schools. "With the administrative shift this year, we wanted to make sure that there is an administrator in each building at all times, […]
Manchester features more than 25 miles of hiking trails
COUNTY-CROSSING BORDER-TO-BORDER TRAIL EXPANDS Recently, the Border-to-Border Trail (B2B) has been in the news again with the exciting ground breaking of the Chelsea-Stockbridge connector. The B2B is a non-motorized pathway that runs through the northern part of the county, connecting Stockbridge, Chelsea, Dexter, Barton Hills, Ann Arbor, and Ypsilanti. More than 40 miles of trail […]
Village continues to seek public input on city status
Village Council met last Monday night with an agenda item to field public questions or comment on seeking city status, but no citizens came forward. Village President Pat Vailliencourt announced that she will be available to meet with residents to answer their questions on at 9 am each Wednesday in the lobby of the village […]
MAGIC Garden Club news
MAGIC members met at the home of Ron and Sue Fielder for a social gathering last week. Three area gardeners were among those present. Rose Boldman, Astrida Punches and Carol Westfall all were complimented for their contributions and for inspiring other gardeners. A tour of the Fielder gardens included discussion of challenges gardeners may have faced in […]
