2017 volunteer recognition banquet nominees announced
While often volunteering is its own reward, for the 30th year the Manchester Community Resource Center (CRC) will hold a Banquet where local organizations can recognize a volunteer from their organization for their volunteerism. Last week, the CRC released the list of this year’s volunteers and the organizations that have nominated them for recognition: Barry Allen by the Manchester […]
WCRC announces local road work projects
The Washtenaw County Road Commission last Friday announced a number of late fall road work projects that will affect drivers county-wide. The schedule includes scheduled road work for the upcoming week –Monday, Oct. 23 through Sunday, Oct. 29, and two rural Manchester-area routes are affected. In Bridgewater and Freedom Townships, Bemis Road between Ernst and Schneider […]
Village Council, DDA continue discussions of vacant building ordinance
Discussions are continuing at recent meetings of the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and Manchester Village Council, on the possibility of implementing an ordinance that would discourage owners from keeping vacant storefront buildings in the downtown area. Recent meetings which included merchants and DDA have hashed out the pros and cons of such an ordinance, which […]
Manchester Township votes to End AshKay Island rentals
Following up on the issue of the AshKay Island vaccation rental discussed in depth at the September Manchester Township board meeting (and in a previous article), last Tuesday the Manchester Township board voted unanimously to take legal action against Andy Bobo, owner of the AshKay Island rental on Iron Mill Lake. The goal of the legal action […]
Watkins Lake, a waterfowl refuge in addition to a park
Watkins Lake State Park and County Preserve–located partially in Manchester Township and partially in Jackson County–offers hiking, bird watching, upland hunting and mountain biking and is now a designated waterfowl refuge. The lake has historically been and continues to be a stop over for migrating waterfowl, but in the past, human disturbance cut down on the lake’s use […]
Text Messaging Service Aims to Improve Children’s Literacy
The Manchester District library is part of a new service that aims to improve childhood literacy … with text messages! Parents of kids 5 and under can receive messages suggesting easy, fun ways to incorporate learning into their everyday lives. The more words children hear in their early years, the easier it is to learn to […]
Lock it or lose it! Secure your gun
Earlier this summer, the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office reported investigating 20 stolen vehicles in the month of July and how significant of an increase that was for this area. Many of the vehicles that were stolen or broken into were taken by opening an unlocked door. Some of these vehicles also had unsecured guns that were stolen. […]
The Biggest Tree in Manchester!
The Manchester Mirror is excited to announce the results of the summer long search for the biggest tree in the Manchester area! The contest ran from June 1st to August 31st. The Mirror partnered with Klager Elementary School who distributed paper measuring tapes and entry forms to every student, and with 5 Healthy Towns through the […]
Is Manchester prepared for an emergency? Freedom Township soon will be!
If you were outdoors in the village on Saturday at noon, you may have heard the monthly test of the county-wide outdoor emergency warning sirens. However, if you were anywhere in the Manchester area, other than within a mile of the siren located on the water tower next to Chi Bro Park, you probably heard nothing. […]
Downtown businesses extend hours on Thursdays, bring in new retail & food options for shoppers
It’s not too early to start your holiday shopping, and now you can do it right here in downtown Manchester on Thursday evenings! Starting October 19th, downtown merchants will be staying open until 8 pm every Thursday! Businesses that have confirmed that they will be extending their hours and/or offering special Thursday evening deals include […]
