High School art show puts student talent on display
Wednesday, March 29th, the Manchester District Library hosted a 2-hour open house for the Manchester High School art show. High School art teacher Angie Griffin has been organizing this event for eleven years. The year's event showcases one-hundred and forty works of art by ninety students. Attendees voted over the course of the evening and selected […]
Klager Elementary 2017 Talent Show (photos)
Klager Elementary's PTO held its 2017 Annual Talent Show last Wednesday with acts ranging from singing to tumbling to dancing to jump roping.
Klager students decorate brown paper bags for the Manchester Market during March is Reading Month
March is Reading Month at Klager Elementary School and one of the first activities students participated in was coloring and decorating brown paper bags for the Manchester Market. Next time you are buying groceries, and you choose "paper," you may find yourself bringing home a one-of-a-kind work of art with your groceries. Photos of Mrs. Stommen's 2nd […]
Exploding cattails in the Clark & Avis Spike Preserve
In addition to our county park, Sharon Mills, the Manchester area boasts seven county preserves. Located in the beautiful rolling Short Hills of Sharon Township is the Clark & Avis Spike Preserve. Sunday's record setting warm weather and sunny skies made for a gorgeous mid-february hike and perfect conditions meant cattail heads were sending seeds […]
Snow Moon and penumbral lunar eclipse (photo)
Friday night, Manchester and most of North America experienced a snow moon (the traditional name for the full moon in February) and a penumbral eclipse. A full lunar eclipse happens when the Earth is right in between the sun and the moon, casting its shadow onto the moon. In a penumbral eclipse, it’s just the edge […]
Chocolate potluck 2017 (photos)
Don't worry if you missed the women's all-chocolate potluck this weekend; you can find a recipe for one of the dishes in the "homefront" section of this week's Mirror here!
Winter sunset in the Ervin-Stucki Preserve
In addition to our county park, Sharon Mills, the Manchester area boasts seven county preserves. Next to the Leonard Preserve, which borders the Village, the closest county preserve to the village is the Ervin-Stucki Preserve in Bridgewater Township. The 126-acre Ervin-Stucki Preserve, which was established in 2003, includes over 1.2 miles of River Raisin shoreline. Currently the Ervin-Stucki […]
Manchester's first winter storm of 2016 - 2017
With a forecasted total of 7 to 11 inches of snow, our first winter storm of 2016-2017 did not disappoint and also resulted in Manchester Community School's first snow day of this school year. Kids will have plenty do to occupy their free time if the temperature hits 33F as predicted, as that is the […]
Christmas in Village 2016 lighted parade
Friday night, shortly before the parade set off from Emanuel's parking lot, parade organizer Denise Collins presented ribbons and prize money to the winning floats on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce. In the business category, 3rd place was awarded to the Jackson Area Tractor Club, 2nd place was awarded to the Lion's Club and […]
