WWRA Facebook page informs area residents
Western Washtenaw Recycling Authority invites area residents to “like, follow and share” its new and improved WWRA Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/wwrarecycles. The WWRA will be using the page to keep the community updated on everything the community needs to know about their mission and all things “reduce, reuse, and recycle. “Our Facebook page will be much more […]
Civic Club with its long and proud history, faces disbanding
More than 70 years ago, in 1946, the Manchester Exchange Club was formed. This group of local businessmen and other prominent citizens of Manchester was started to promote civic activities that would benefit the youth of the community. So named because Main Street’s business district was formerly known as Exchange Place, in 1955, the Exchange Club […]
Donna Lasinski updates residents on Broadband bills at coffee hour
Manchester’s State Representative, Donna Lasinski, made a stop in Manchester Saturday morning to hold a coffee hour in the Village Room. To a packed room, she gave an update on the bipartisan auto insurance reform on which she is working and discussed the status of the two broadband bills in the house. She answered questions […]
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. […]
