Tuesday to give a ‘Taste of Manchester’
May 10, 2013 by Mark
Manchester residents who love food and consider a good meal an event will need to save up their appetite for the 4th Annual Taste of manchester.
The event is a culinary celebration, but is [Read more]
Lost shade turns to art
April 14, 2013 by Mark
A quartet of local artists has just got underway with a woodcraft competition, and the race is on to get their pieces finished by the June deadline.
Back in October 2011, a snowstorm proved to [Read more]
Downtown about to move on up
March 10, 2013 by James
In its continued effort to revitalize downtown Manchester, the local board of director is considering a proposed plan to improve pedestrian access, rethink parking, improve lighting, and rejuvenate downtown landscaping.
The current 803 parking spaces include [Read more]
Today’s meeting seeks to settle matter of vacant buildings
February 5, 2013 by Mark
Manchester’s ongoing attempt to rid the town of vacant and blighted properties may be resolved during a meeting of the Manchester board of directors today (February 5).
A proposal to [Read more]
Innovative idea revitalizing Manchester Main Street for 2013
January 5, 2013 by Mark
Imagine Main Street, a Manchester organization dedicated to maintaining a vital downtown area, has put on its thinking cap and found a way to help would be entrepreneurs. Starting with 11 vacant storefronts, Imagine Main Street is working to [Read more]
Manchester businesses holding strong
December 21, 2012 by Mark
Two very different, but equally encouraging, stories emerged as we moved into December in the Manchester, Connecticut region – both showing that small businesses are more than holding their own in the area.
In November, music store Summit Studios expanded and [Read more]
Fiftieth time a charm in Manchester
November 15, 2012 by James
Amby Burfoot is a long-time runner and a local legend who will be entering the Manchester Road Race for the 50th time this Thanksgiving Day weekend. If he completes the race, he will tie the [Read more]
Phi Theta Kappa welcomes dectet of MCC students
October 13, 2012 by Mark
Ten students from Manchester Community College (MCC)were recently granted the most prestigious international award that a young student could hope for – membership into the [Read more]
A mazing adventure arrives in Manchester
September 21, 2012 by Mark
The 11th annual Family Fun Farm corn maze, near Manchester, Connecticut, is now open for anyone who dares to find their way through one of the most elaborate and eye-catching corn mazes in [Read more]
Manchester walkers can learn on the move
August 21, 2012 by James
An annual stroll through Manchester to visit the middle of Cheney Brothers Landmark Historical District makes up the Cheney District History Walk, for which local history-hunters may [Read more]
