Horning Farms’ “Meat the Need” program provides 99 lbs ground beef to CRC
submitted by Carol Wotring, Executive Director, Community Resource Center The Manchester Community Resource Center recently received a generous donation of 99 pounds of ground beef from Horning Farms through their “Meat the Need” Ground Beef Donation Program. This community-supported initiative allows local residents to contribute funds toward ground beef donations, with Horning Farms matching contributions […]
New Wellness Coalition leadership as Berg steps down after 15 years
submitted by Lori Kintz and Matt Pegouskie, 5HF Wellness, fun, and Ray Berg. For almost 15 years those three things have been a given at almost every meeting and event hosted or sponsored by our local Manchester Wellness Coalition (MWC). At the February MWC coalition meeting, Berg officially turned the reins of chairing Manchester Wellness […]
MCS considers impact of potential federal funding disruptions
by Sara Swanson We reported in October that the school district had received five grants funding literacy, anti-bullying and violence, behavioral interventions, new electric buses, and computer science. You may be wondering with all of the federal funding freezes in the news if any of this funding was affected. They weren’t, but that doesn’t mean […]
The ‘Manchester Enterprise‘ archive is fixed!
by Fritz Swanson If you go to https://themanchestermirror.com/History/ you will find links to every extant copy of the Manchester Enterprise, the newspaper that served Manchester from 1867 until about 2014. Since about 2022, those files were inaccessible because of a technical issue with the web-hosting company that hosts the Manchester Mirror. That technical issue has […]
Worth a celebration! Worth Repeating celebrates 5 years.
submitted by Pat Sahakian, Worth Repeating Worth Repeating invites the community to share our fifth birthday celebration on March 15. We will have free cake for shoppers, and all clothes and shoes will be free for a donation during the week of March 12 to 15. Since the start of our operations in March 2020, […]
County Farm Bureau celebrates Ag Week in Manchester
submitted by Kathy Siler, Washtenaw County Farm Bureau Washtenaw County Farm Bureau will join countless other organizations across the country to celebrate agriculture’s important role in daily life as part of National Ag Week, March 16–22, and Ag Day on Tuesday, March 18. The theme is: Agriculture: Together We Grow. Linda’s Diner, located on M-52 […]
School Board chooses superintendent search firm
submitted by Sandra Wiitala, Manchester Community Schools Board of Education On Monday, March 3, 2025, after hearing presentations from three professional firms offering superintendent search services, the Manchester Community Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to partner with Michigan Leadership Institute (MLI) to guide our district in selecting our next educational leader. Having conducted over […]
Jr/Sr High School principal Wendy Bridges resigns
by Marsha Chartrand In another surprise for the Manchester Community Schools district, on February 28 Superintendent Dr. Brad Bezeau, who announced his own resignation in early February and will complete his term in June, sent MCS families a letter sharing another resignation from the administrative team. The letter stated, “This week at the Lincoln Consolidated […]
Water main valves to be upgraded this spring
by Marsha Chartrand “We don’t have any real serious problems yet — but we want to upgrade things to make our jobs easier before any potential problems get bigger,” said DPW Superintendent Brent Jones while explaining the planned updates to the water main valves within the City of Manchester. He added that many mains and […]
CRC’s wooden nickel program receives funding for 2025 season
submitted by Carol Wotring, Community Resource Center The Community Resource Center (CRC) is pleased to announce it has received a $746 grant from the Manchester Wellness Coalition to continue its successful wooden nickel program at the Manchester Farmers Market this May. The program, funded through the 5 Healthy Towns Foundation, helps make fresh, local produce […]
