Changes at the Art Kettle
Riverfolk Music and Arts Organization announced this weekend that effective April 10th, 2019, the Art Kettle and Riverfolk Music and Arts Organization are restructuring their working arrangement to better meet their respective goals. Riverfolk explained in a press release that “the Art Kettle is expanding to collaborate with a variety of arts communities and spaces […]
Shop sets ribbon cutting ceremony for Saturday
Chippy Barn Mercantile, located within the Shoppes of Alber Mill, will be celebrating its 6 month anniversary in Manchester with an open house and ribbon cutting this Saturday! It was the new Third Thursday vendor shows last summer that attracted sisters Jami Ryan and Kerry Vellieux to Manchester, but it was the old mill that […]
Manchester residents express broadband frustrations to county commissioners
On April, instead of holding their regularly scheduled working session in their usual location in Ann Arbor, the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners met in Sylvan Township Hall, south of Chelsea. They had a much larger turnout than usual, as residents from the western half of the county took the opportunity to attend, including some […]
WCRC celebrates 100 years
by Washtenaw County Road Commission On April 7, 1919, Washtenaw County voters approved the “Good Roads Proposition,” 9,134 in favor, 2,351 opposed. That means that April 7, 2019 marks the 100th birthday of the Washtenaw County Road Commission. For the next 100 years, the staff at WCRC has been working hard to maintain a safe […]
New shop opens in Manchester
It's been less than a year since Terri Stewart started learning about the benefits of CBD oil, but in that short length of time, it has become a passion for her. "I have always appreciated natural, organic options for symptom relief," she says. "I chose to open stores selling pure, organic CBD oil and CBD products, […]
MHS to award former student's diploma 74 years later
John W. Schook, the eldest of nine children, was born November 12, 1927. When he was 17 and in the 10th grade at Manchester High School, he decided to join the Merchant Marines to help support his now-single mother and eight siblings. He served aboard the cargo ship Hinton R. Helper until December 1945, when he was […]
Local farmer sending hay to flood-damaged Nebraska
Manchester farmer John Schiel has a big heart and helps where he can. This weekend he is doing what he can to help with the devastation in Nebraska. And you can help, too. A combination of weather events including significant winter snow fall, warm weather leading to snow melting quickly, and intense downpours produced an […]
Manchester's recycling costs remaining stable
Although communities across the state, and even elsewhere in Washtenaw County, are facing higher recycling costs that could threaten to make programs more expensive or even obsolete, the Village of Manchester is seeing stable costs through its current program. "We contract with Modern Waste, which is a smaller company," explained Jeff Wallace, Manchester Village Manager. […]
Seed library stocked up for 2019, expanding
The Manchester Seed library has been stocked up for the 2019 growing season. Do you need seeds? Come check out the seed library. In April 2014, the Manchester Community Garden Committee teamed up with the Manchester District Library to start the Manchester Seed Library. Located next to the front desk at the Manchester District Library, […]
St. Mary Manchester Fish Fry No. 4 sets new record
submitted by Betty Cummings St. Mary's Fish Fry set a new record for this year, serving 303 drive thru/take out dinners and 500 dine-in dinners for a total of 803 meals! Parishioners of all ages help out at St. Mary's fish fries. Even the youngest ones are eager to work. Twelve-year old twins Jesse (l) and Jeffrey Sangster (r) […]
