Lyndon Uphaus honored at the 2017 Washtenaw County Agriculture Banquet
At the 2017 Washtenaw County Agriculture Banquet held on March 16th, the Washtenaw County Dairy Livestock Council presented their Distinguished Service to Agriculture Awards to Manchester’s Lyndon Uphaus and to Robert Mast from Dexter. These awards are given in recognition of many years of dedication and service to the agricultural community in Washtenaw County. More […]
Library makes digital archive of The Manchester Enterprise available online
In conjunction with the Sesquicentennial of the Village of Manchester, the Manchester District Library has begun digitizing its historic collection to provide broader and more convenient access to the history of our community. Tamara Denby, Manchester District Library History Room Volunteer; Char Major, Emanuel Church History Committee Member; and Fritz Swanson, Secretary of the Manchester District […]
Seed Library restocked
The Manchester Seed Library, located next to the front desk of the Manchester District Library, 912 City Road, was restocked with a donation of new seed packets from the Community Garden Committee and the Garden Mill in Chelsea. This was a smaller number of seed packets then in previous years, so if you have seed packets […]
Larceny from auto in the Village
From the Sheriff’s Department: On March 9th at 4:35pm, deputies responded to the report of a larceny from auto in the 400blk of Adrian Street, Manchester Village. Sometime between 6pm on March 8th and 8:30am on March 9th suspect(s) entered and unlocked vehicle that was parked in the driveway. While inside the vehicle, suspect(s) stole prescription […]
Residents still recovering from windstorm and power outages
Like most of the rest of Michigan’s lower peninsula, the Manchester area experienced a windstorm on Wednesday that disrupted daily life, caused property damage, and resulted in no school for a day, due to widespread power outages. The actual windstorm on Wednesday caused dangerous driving conditions with trees and branches down in roads, rendering some […]
Sponsors sought for Sesquicentennial, and next planning meeting set
The Manchester Sesquicentennial Planning Committee is holding its next Planning Meeting on Tuesday, March 21, 7 pm at the MAHS Kingsley-Jenter House located at 302 E. Main. Organizer Ray Berg stated, “We’ll continue with defining the events, schedule and volunteer assignments for this event, to be held August 1-8, 2017 celebrating the 150th anniversary of […]
First competition of the season for Robotics team
The Digital Dislocators are back from their first competition of the FIRST Robotics Competitions’ (FRC) 2017 season. In the three days of competition, the team did a lot of hard work and had fun too. The competition consisted of twelve qualifying matches, with the possibility of playoff matches. The Digital Dislocators team is made up […]
Manchester hosts district band festival, MHS will proceed to states!
This past weekend, the power returned just in time for the Manchester band program to go ahead and host the District 8 MSBOA band festival at the High School as planned. Beginning Friday afternoon and concluding Saturday, twenty-five bands from area schools came to participate in the festival. Both the Manchester High School Concert Band […]
Winners galore at 18th Kiwanis Crazy Cash Night!
The Borek-Jennings Legacy Event Center was transformed Saturday night and filled with laughter as the Kiwanis Crazy Cash Night held its 18th annual event. Kiwanis spokesperson Pat Vailliencourt declared the event a great success for everyone involved. The popular Crazy Cash Night is a reverse raffle, where the last number drawn wins the biggest prize. […]
Klager teacher to retire & follow her dream …by opening downtown antique shop
One topic of frequent discussion among residents who spend time downtown, is what to do about the vacant store fronts. While some of the recent additions like March Hare didn’t make it, others like Dandy Lion and Over the Edge are thriving and Unforgettable Photos just moved back to street level, there is more news on […]
