Chicken Broil to be featured on Under the Radar: Michigan
Two years ago, the popular PBS television program “Under the Radar: Michigan” featuring the people, places, and things that make Michigan such a great place, visited the famous Manchester Chicken Broil. A short video on the Chicken Broil Facebook page, taken on July 20, 2017 during the crew’s visit shows host Tom Daldin trying to […]
Road work this week
This week the Washtenaw County Road Commision will be working in multiple places of our community. In Freedom Township, Parker Road between Weber and Pleasant Lake Road will have intermittent lane closures for limestone resurfacing. In Sharon Township, in addition to the Sharon Valley Rd Bridge work, Eusades between Jacob Road and Sharon Hollow Road, […]
Sidewalk ramps to accompany summer street work
The street work approved at the May 20 Village Council meeting will be complemented by the addition of Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) sidewalk approaches at each intersection affected by the repaving that will take place this summer. Streets receiving new overlay before September 1 will include South Macomb, from Territorial to Wager; West Duncan, […]
Distemper and parvovirus on the rise in Washtenaw County wildlife and pets
submitted by Humane Society of Huron Valley Raccoons acting strangely. Skunks wobbling around. The Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV) is reporting a significant increase in Washtenaw County wildlife with distemper and parvovirus, diseases that can be deadly to pets if they’re not vaccinated. “HSHV’s Emergency Rescue Department has responded to hundreds of emergency wildlife […]
Superintendent to take on role of Riverside principal
At April’s Manchester Community School’s Board of Education meeting, action was taken to lay off three MCS positions effective June 30, 2019. These positions including High School Assistant Principal/Athletic Director, Mr. Lavell Blanchard; Riverside Intermediate School principal/Director of Special Education, Mr. Gary Puhl III; and Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent, Courtney McLennan. These layoffs, part […]
Chicken Broil announces 2019 sponsors
Something new at the 66th annual Manchester Chicken Broil will be the addition of corporate sponsorships, so the broil can give even more money back to the Manchester community. Although co-chair Michael Tindall says that he received approval almost 10 years ago from the board to pursue this idea, he had felt ambivalent about it. […]
Acorn Market plans April 2020 opening
submitted by Ruth VanBogelen, Acorn Farmers’ Market & Cafe Progress on opening a non-profit food store in the Village of Manchester continues. Planned for April 2020, the store will sell locally produced vegetables, meat and dairy products as well as some prepared items for quick, healthy home-made meals. The store will also feature a small […]
Five village streets to be re-paved this summer
At the May 20 Village Council meeting, DPW supervisor Brent Jones made a recommendation for asphalt overlay work on five streets within the village this summer. Work is scheduled to be complete before the beginning of the school year in September. The streets that will receive new overlay include South Macomb, from Territorial to Wager; […]
Bridge nearing completion & other road work this week
Parker Road between Weber Road and Pleasant Lake Road in Freedom Township will have intermittent lane closures starting Monday June 3. Washtenaw County Road Commission (WCRC) will begin a limestone resurfacing project that is expected to take approximately two weeks. However, all dates are tentative and subject to change due to weather conditions. The road […]
100 years of women’s suffrage
June 5, 1919, 100 years ago this Wednesday, United States Congress passed the National Suffrage Amendment which eventually became the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote. On June 10th, 1919, 100 years ago next Monday, Michigan ratified the amendment. Michigan was one of the first three states in the […]
