Successful 50th Annual Canoe Race despite snow
Forty-nine years ago, in 1967, the first boat and canoe race was held as part of Manchester’s centennial celebration. The race has gone through changes throughout the years, including the decline and elimination of rowboats, adding categories for women, introducing kayaks, introducing sprints, and shifting the month in which the race takes place. This year’s event, although not […]
Main Street Bridge dedication & ribbon cutting
Late Sunday afternoon, after many of the canoe race participants had loaded up their crafts and headed out of the village, a crowd gathered for the bridge dedication ceremony. Before the event started, the spectators who’d gathered were treated to a live brass band playing marches. At 4 pm, Village council president Pat Vailliencourt took up the […]
Manchester’s Science Olympiad team competes at county level
Manchester’s Elementary Science Olympiad team competed at the the Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad on Saturday held at Pioneer High School against 39 other schools in 4 categories in the largest Elementary Science Olympiad competition in the country. Head coaches Lynn Miller and Jill Noble along with coaches Jeff White, Kent Miller, and Holy Majorprice lead ten 2nd […]
SRSLY Manchester has kicked off the Parents Who Host Lose the Most Campaign
SRSLY Manchester has kicked off their Parents Who Host Lose the Most campaign. This is a public awareness campaign educating communities and parents about the health and safety risks of serving alcohol at teen parties. It encourages parents and the ENTIRE community to send a unified message that teen alcohol consumption is unhealthy, unsafe, and […]
Father & son who competed in first Canoe Race return for 50th celebration
Sunday’s canoe race had a very special team competing in the Men’s category: Team #45, Lee Pauken and his father Donald. The Paukens had driven up from Indiana to participate in the 50th Canoe Race celebration because they had competed together in 1967 in Manchester’s very first canoe race in the father/son category. The first time […]
60 days to raise $40,000! – Fundraising campaign begins for Kingsley-Jenter House Community Place
On May 9, the Manchester Area Historical Society (MAHS) launched its new fundraising campaign for the Kingsley-Jenter House, its headquarters at 302 E. Main Street. This fund-raiser is specifically focused on creating a repurposed and upgraded community meeting place, which can accommodate many needs in our community for small groups and events in a setting […]
Main Street Bridge opens!
The much-anticipated opening of Manchester’s Main Street Bridge finally happened on Friday morning, May 6, shortly after 9 am. A previously publicized opening ceremony was cancelled due to rain, which had caused the bridge painting to be a few days behind its original schedule. But painting and pavement markings were completed on Thursday, making way […]
Road flooding leads to school bus stuck in swamp
Friday afternoon, while trying to avoid flooding across Buss Road in Manchester Township, Manchester Community School Bus 94 was pulled into mud and sank in a swampy area, resulting in the bus being stuck at a precarious-looking angle. While it produced dramatic photos and exciting stories for the students on the bus, superintendent Cherie Vannatter […]
Friends of the Library install a Little Free Library in Chi Bro Park
Chi Bro Park, a Manchester village park located on Ann Arbor Hill Road north of Main Street, plays host to many things from the weekly farmers market to summer volleyball games and this year, to part of the Annual Canoe Race festivities. But as of Friday evening, it is playing host to something new. On […]
Section of Austin Road to be re-surfaced this week
The Washtenaw County Road Commission will be milling the existing road surface and placing a new hot mix asphalt surface on Austin Road between M-52 & Clinton Road this week between May 10th and May 13th (dates subject to weather delays.) The road will not close so no detour will be posted.
