Conservation District offers trees for fall
You can provide wildlife habitat, control erosion, establish windbreaks and screens, and reforest open land by planting conifer trees available through the Washtenaw County Conservation District Fall Conservation Tree Sale. Conifer trees, animal repellents, tree planting aids and bird nest boxes are available. Order forms can be obtained at the Conservation District Office, 7203 Jackson […]
WCSD plans Labor Day traffic enforcement
After a 28 percent spike in alcohol-involved traffic fatalities in 2015, The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office, Pittsfield Township Police Department, and the University of Michigan Police Department will conduct stepped-up drunk driving enforcement as part of the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. This takes place from August 18 through September 5. Statewide, […]
Reward Doubles for Information on Slain Trumpeter Swans
On August 16, the Huron Valley Humane Society (HSHV) increased the reward to $2,500 for information which would lead to arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for intentionally killing a family of trumpeter swans in Freedom Township. Donations from concerned citizens have more than doubled the reward money, which was originally set at $1,000. Trumpeter swans are […]
Back to School with the Manchester District Library
Beginning Monday, August 22, and continuing through the end of September, the Manchester District Library will be collecting school supplies for Klager Elementary School. Please bring your donations of pencils, crayons, paper, folders, Kleenex, markers, and other general school supplies to the front desk. The library will give these items to the Klager teachers to use as they see […]
Freedom Township acts on fence issue
After several months of discussion, at its August 9 meeting the Freedom Township Board reviewed proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments submitted by the township’s Planning Commission, and voted to approve all but one of the proposed amendments – waterfront lot setbacks – which will remain at the current 50 feet rather than the proposed reduction to 25 feet. Valisa […]
Manchester Wellness Coalition announces upcoming new publication
The Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce and the 5 Healthy Towns Foundation, represented by the Manchester Wellness Coalition, recently announced a new publication coming this fall. In October, the 5 Healthy Towns Foundation will launch its first issue of Connected. This bi-annual, high-quality magazine will contain several articles on health and wellness topics, covering the five communities […]
What ARE those huge loads?
Many times over the last month, readers have asked about gigantic metal tubes being transported by a strange, specialized semi-rig along county roads, specifically on M-52 through Manchester. The Mirror’s publisher, Fritz Swanson, asked the Washtenaw County Road Commission (WCRC) if permits had been issued for these unusual loads to be passing through the community. The response, […]
Schools to be affected by loss of migrant population
The former DuRussel farm in Freedom Township has long hired a significant number of migrant workers to help throughout the summer growing season. The workers have traditionally included a number of young families, and some families have been coming to Manchester each summer for generations. A federally-funded summer program has provided fun, educational opportunities, and noon […]
Masonic Lodge 148 celebrates lodge rededication with ceremony & open house
The temple room was filled to capacity with many Manchester residents, and Masonic dignitaries from all over Michigan, for Manchester’s Masonic Lodge 148 re-dedication ceremony. The Lodge could have rededicated the temple, located on the third floor of the Comerica building, sooner, but wanted to complete recent renovations to the turn of 19th century temple. […]
Donations sought for Bridgewater Township monastery after fire destroys church
The church at the Monastery of the Ascension of the Lord, a 53-acre religious community on Sheridan Road north of the village of Clinton, was destroyed by fire around noon on Friday, August 12, 2016. No one was injured. According to the Daily Telegram, fire departments from Manchester Township, Saline, Clinton, Tecumseh, Sand Lake, and Ridgeway Township fire […]
