Harvest Coming in at Manchester Farmers Market
We’re getting to that late summer season when sweet corn and onions and beans and tomatoes start to聽flow into the Manchester Famers Market held every Thursday from 4pm to 7pm on Adrian Street in the village. Come for the locally grown fresh fruit and vegetables and stay for music down the street at the Gazebo!
Calendar for July 28th 鈥 August 3rd
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 […]
Fair Weather Brings Best Chicken Broil in Years
For 61 years, Manchester has hosted the world at its Famous Chicken Broil. Gary Bross, Co-Chairman of this year’s broil, declared this year “one of the best yet.” Bross noted that perfect late summer weather, as well as the new and widely praised drive-thru, combined to lead the broil to essentially sell out of every […]
New iPads Replace Computers in Children’s Section of Manchester District Library
Three refurbished iPad 3s have replaced the aging desktop computers that once dominated the center of the Children’s section of the Manchester District Library. Worth Repeating generously donated $2500 to purchase the iPads, as well as robust mounting hardware to keep the machines safe from overly-curious little hands. The iPads already have a handful of […]
Lager, Lymph, Germans and Templars in Manchester —聽Part 2 of 6
by Ray Berg and Alan Dyer The Templars Arise The opening of breweries, distilleries and saloons in Manchester led to the growth of both the 鈥渢emperance鈥 movement, which sought to educate the public and reduce alcoholic beverage usage and its subsequent abuses, and the 鈥減rohibition鈥 movement, which sought the outright banning of alcohol as a […]
Manchester Blacksmith Shop A Living Link to the Past
Every year, on the same day as the Chicken Broil, another Manchester institution awakens from slumber. The iconic Blacksmith Shop on Main Street, owned by the Manchester Area Historical Society, is opened and staffed by local blacksmiths who happily give demonstrations of the centuries old shop space that is decked out with all of its […]
Calendar for July 21th 鈥 27th 2014
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 […]
Local Potter, David Nelson, Sells His Work at Ann Arbor Art Fair
David Nelson, local Manchester Potter, was recently spotted at the prestigious Ann Arbor Art Fair. If you want to visit David at the fair, he’s on State Street directly in front of Angell Hall! (Note: my office is in Angell Hall, which is how I saw him!)聽Nelson, whose studio is at 319 Morgan Street in […]
Friendship Does More Than Move Mountains…It Changes Lives–Manchester Woman Walks to Fight Suicide
By Megan Linski (Editor’s Note: Ms. Linski wrote to us several weeks ago about her campaign to fight suicide.聽Ms Linski and her friend聽Becca Maus had聽decided to honor their friend,聽聽Krisen Lison,聽by raising money for聽The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.聽Ms. Linski has returned with a report on her efforts.) 聽16.4 miles is a lot longer in real […]
Calendar for July 14th 鈥 20th 2014
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 […]
