Wednesday, October 8th is National Walk to School Day
Wednesday, October 8th is National Walk to School Day. This yearly event gives Manchester Klager Kids and Middle Schoolers a chance to learn the safest route to their school so they can enjoy a healthy and safe walk to school every morning. Kids and parents should meet at Carr Park at 7:30am, or at Chi-Bro […]
Talkin鈥 Trash in Manchester—Part 4 of 4
by Alan Dyer and Ray Berg In July 1879, the Council received complaints concerning the dangerous conditions that existed in the tannery area, the bank of the upper pond where a pig sty was located, and certain unnamed premises on Exchange Place.聽 The following week the village attorney was asked to draft an ordinance relative […]
Calendar for October 6th–October 12th
The Mirror has pulled information from multiple websites and have combined them into a community calendar聽here. Sports schedules can be found聽here. If you have events that you would like added to this calendar, please e-mail us at themanchestermirror@gmail.com and we鈥檇 be more than happy to do so. Each Monday we will highlight activities that are […]
Talkin鈥 Trash in Manchester—Part 3 of 4
by Alan Dyer and Ray Berg Introduction In Parts 1 and 2 of 鈥淭alkin鈥 Trash in Manchester鈥, the authors described the excavation of rural middens, or accumulated trash heaps which originated locally in the 19th century, on Ray Berg property in Freedom Township. These middens yield artifacts which provide insight into the living habits, diets […]
Calendar for September 29–October 5
The Mirror has pulled information from multiple websites and have combined them into a community calendar聽here. Sports schedules can be found聽here. If you have events that you would like added to this calendar, please e-mail us at themanchestermirror@gmail.com and we鈥檇 be more than happy to do so. Each Monday we will highlight activities that are […]
Austin Road Construction Starts Today – What You Need to Know to Plan Your Commute
The Washtenaw County Road Commission will begin work on Austin Road this Monday, September 22nd. (You can check out their website for the basics.) The project includes a series of safety upgrades and will continue into November. According to the WCRC, the project will extend two culverts in order to provide proper ditch slopes and […]
Alber’s Apple Orchard Ready for Another Delicious Season
The cider press is running at Alber’s, and there are already a lot of apples and donuts ready for Manchester residents to enjoy. Using an original Mt. Gilead cider press that was installed at the orchard in 1890, the Bossory family is preserving for our community a century of tradition. As ever, there will be […]
Calendar for September 22–28
The Mirror has pulled information from multiple websites and have combined them into a community calendar聽here. Sports schedules can be found聽here. If you have events that you would like added to this calendar, please e-mail us at themanchestermirror@gmail.com and we鈥檇 be more than happy to do so. Each Monday we will highlight activities that are […]
Talkin鈥 Trash in Manchester–Part 2 of 4
by Ray Berg and Alan Dyer聽聽 In Part 1 of this series on early trash disposal methods around Manchester, we examined the excavation of a Freedom Township midden, and聽 the discovery of layers of artifacts which reveal aspects of the pioneers鈥 lives. Other objects removed from this rural midden include various A. Overholt whiskey bottles, […]
Cameron LaDouceur Memorial Golf Outing This Saturday
A Golf outing is planned for this Saturday, September 27th at Reddeman Farms Golf Club.聽The Cameron LaDouceur Memorial Foundation is hosting this event. This new local聽non-profit will see that聽all proceeds return to the community: one example of their charitable work so far as been donating money to the聽Manchester Fire Dept. to purchase a Kubota RTV […]
