Kids can check out sports equipment for free!
by Sara Swanson Do your kids want to try golf, but you don’t have golfing equipment? How about fishing but you aren’t sure they’ll like it and don’t want to make the investment before they try it? Or maybe it is a Saturday and they want to play basketball, football or baseball, and no one […]
5 Healthy Towns Foundation hiring for a newly-created position
by Marsha Chartrand The 5 Healthy Towns Foundation is seeking an Intramural Sports & Recreation Coordinator who will serve as the point person for a new, exciting inter-community project that seeks to work with schools, local government, park systems and other organizations to leverage assets in our community into vibrant recreation hubs. “Under the direction […]
Faced with the loss of many long-standing Manchester events, DDA seeks solutions from community
by Sara Swanson Wednesday, May 3, Manchester Downtown Development Authority (DDA) held a special meeting with the focus on saving long-standing community events. While community events come and go along with changing interests and demographics, a significant number of long-standing events are ending all at once. The DDA organized the meeting to catalog the events […]
Manchester Jr/Sr High School Bands excel at States
On Friday, May 5, Manchester Jr/Sr High School hosted Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association’s Section 16 State Festival. Both Manchester bands had qualified to perform at the states. Manchester’s 7th/8th grade started off the festival performing at 2 in the afternoon and the High School concert band closed out the festival performing at 7:30pm. […]
Give your brain a break: The power of a quick meditation
submitted by SRSLY Manchester/written by Kathy Walz, Behavioral Health Navigator May is Mental Health Month, and this year, Mental Health America (MHA) is focusing on how our environment and surroundings can impact mental health. MHA is the nation’s leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and promoting everyone’s […]
Shakespeare Club meets, talks Cleopatra, Shakespeare, Ukraine, and the African Slave Trade
submitted by Joan Gaughan, Shakespeare Club Most of what we … and Shakespeare … knew of Egypt’s Queen Cleopatra VII (reigned 51–30 B.C.) has come from Roman sources who viewed her as a temptress who lured Mark Antony into opposition against Octavian, the man destined by Fate to become Rome’s great emperor, Augustus. At the […]
Village of Manchester seeks new water/wastewater treatment operator
by Marsha Chartrand The Village of Manchester is looking for a new employee at the Drinking Water / Wastewater Treatment Plant. Village Manager Michael Sessions regretfully announced last week that Jon Chandler, who has worked for the village for the past three years, has given his notice and accepted an incredible opportunity with the Lenawee […]
WCRC to be working in Sharon Township this week
by Marsha Chartrand Washtenaw County Road Commission (WCRC) has announced that intermittent lane restrictions are expected to be in effect from May 8-18 in Sharon Township on unpaved primary and local road. The roads will only be restricted due to dust control; no road closures are anticipated at this time. For additional information about the […]
Governor Whitmer signs City Charter. Now, for the facts.
by Marsha Chartrand On Tuesday, April 25, it became “officially official.” The letter from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer arrived at the Village of Manchester attorney’s office: “Based on the review by the Attorney General’s Office, I am notifying you that I approve the proposed (City) Charter pursuant to the Home Rule City Act, 1909 PA 279, […]
