And the Winner is… Manchester Fair Booklet Cover Design is Chosen
For the second year, Manchester High School art students had the opportunity to submit their concept for the Fair book cover. Out of 15 entries from Mrs. Griffin’s art classes two stood out among the rest, Selena Brown’s (2nd place) and Josie Rickert’s (1st place). The first place winner’s art will be used on the […]
Manchester Street Festival Canceled for 2015 Due to Bridge Replacement
Last week, organizers made public the decision to postpone the Manchester Street Festival for a year. Scheduled for the first Saturday in August, this event includes Run Manchester and in the past has included a juried art fair, marketplace, vintage car show, bed races, rubber duck race and all-day live music. The festival–which usually occurs […]
Mandy Otto of the Cambrian Senior Living Extends Dementia Support into Manchester
Cambrian Senior Living, which currently supports the local Manchester Senior Center with monthly sponsorship of activities, some of their programming needs, cookies, and word searches, recently named Mandy Otto as Life Enrichment Coordinator at their new Memory Care Community. Ms. Otto will oversee all aspects of the activities and events offered daily to enrich the lives […]
Chelsea Wellness Foundation Pledges to Invest $100,000 in Manchester’s Health in 2015
This month The Chelsea-Area Wellness Foundation (CWF) Board of Directors approved $500,000 for its fourth year of investment in the 5 Healthy Towns (5H) program. 5H is the CWF strategy for improving access to opportunities for sustaining and improving health for all residents of Chelsea, Dexter, Grass Lake, Manchester and Stockbridge. In 2015, each community, including […]
Amcor Awards $8,000 Grant to Klager for Classroom Technology
Thanks to Amcor, Klager students from Joanna Van Raden’s fourth grade class had a unique opportunity to work long distance with students in Australia on a design project. Known as the 21st Century Global Cyber Pal Design Challenge, this project allows Klager students from Manchester, Michigan and Greensborough Primary School students in Greensborough, Victoria to develop […]
4th Graders Present TEAM Essays
Eight fourth-grade students from Klager Elementary School presented essays to the Manchester Civic Club on Monday, April 13. The compositions outlined topics they had learned during a 10-week course titled TEAM, which stands for Teaching, Educating, and Mentoring. TEAM is conducted annually at the school in cooperation with the Washtenaw County Sherriff’s Office. The lessons […]
Successful Contra Dance Means More Dances in the Future
Manchester’s first contra dance on April 11th was a success! Nearly 50 people danced the evening away at Emanuel gym to the expert calling of Peter Baker and lively music of Brad Battey, Alex Belhaj, and Manchester’s own, Mike and Sue Gleason. Thanks to the generous support of the Manchester Wellness Center, the Dance, Manchester! […]
NO Ribs and Blues this Year – Mens Club Puts Event on Hold
The Manchester Men’s Club announced this week that after almost a decade, the group will not be holding its annual Ribs and Blues event this year. Held on the third weekend in May, the weather is always hit or miss and in recent years, the cold and rain has translated to small crowds. The event is […]
CAS Receives $2,400 Grant – Will Expand Summer Camp Offerings
Manchester’s Cultural Art Strings/Riverfolk Music and Arts Organization has been awarded a grant of $2,400 from the State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA). The grant was awarded through the MCACA peer review process and was one of 73 applications to compete for MCACA fiscal year 2015 funding. Cultural Art Strings (CAS) will […]
2015 Community Garden Plots Available – Seed Library Restocked
As Community Garden Clean Up Day wrapped up on Sunday, the garden is now ready to tilled, the last step before plots will be open to gardeners to start planting. If you are interested in having a plot in the community garden this summer, you can download a form here: 2015 MCG application. You can […]
