NORTH MANCHESTER — Manchester Main Street encourages local businesses and residents to help “Light Up The Town” this holiday season. To kick things off, merchants are asked to outline their windows in white lights by Nov. 6, in time for the Holiday Open Houses. In November, Manchester Main Street will add to the festivities and downtown decorations with holiday storefront artwork by Manchester Community Schools’ students.

Soccer sectionals continued around the state Tuesday. Here is a recap of sectionals involving our area teams.

By RENATA ROBINSON Executive Director, Manchester Main Street NORTH MANCHESTER — Manchester Main Street will host its fourth annual Light Up The Town Holiday Gala from 5:30-11 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. This progressive dinner event will feature specialty treats from North Manchester’s finest restaurants, bars and entertainers. Two historic venues will be transformed into holiday …read more.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Whitko and Tippecanoe Valley competed at Saturday’s Three Rivers Conference Cross Country Championships.

SOUTH WHITLEY – Garrett Elder ran for 300 yards and four touchdowns as Whitko shut out Manchester, 35-0, in football Friday night.

AKRON – Alec Craig accounted for four touchdowns and 236 total yards as Tippecanoe Valley rallied for a 36-27 win over Manchester Friday night.

BOURBON – A review of Triton sports for Tuesday, Sept. 22.

SOUTH WHITLEY — A recap from Whitko’s 12-0 win over Tippecanoe Valley Friday night.

NORTH MANCHESTER — Manchester Main Street is extremely grateful for all the wonderful community support that helped make last weekend’s 3rd Annual Eel River Arts Festival a huge success.

WARSAW – A review of Warsaw sports for Thursday, Sept. 10.

NORTH MANCHESTER — Manchester Main Street’s 3rd Annual Eel River Arts Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12.

SYRACUSE – There was certainly a bad taste in the mouths of players from both the Manchester and Wawasee girls soccer teams Tuesday night.

WARSAW – Warsaw just needed one spark to stoke the fire, one that kept burning the entire 80 minutes. The Lady Tigers had more than enough mustard to frustrate Manchester, 10-0, in a varsity-only girls soccer match Thursday evening in Tiger Town.

NORTH MANCHESTER – Photos and recap from Wawasee’s win over Manchester in boys tennis action Monday night.

NORTH MANCHESTER — The dog days of summer are finally here and North Manchester’s downtown storefronts have been spruced up with a new batch of colorful student artwork.

NORTH MANCHESTER — As students, faculty and staff prepare for a new academic year, The Princeton Review — a leading guide for college-bound students — has once again included Manchester University in its “Best in the Midwest” listing.

By RENATA ROBINSON Executive director, Manchester Main Street NORTH MANCHESTER — Manchester Main Street is hosting the third annual Eel River Arts Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, in the Eel River Gardens, located at the intersection of Main Street and Market Street, downtown North Manchester. The art fair will feature …read more.

The Indiana Shock travel softball program is looking for players to complete 10U, 12U, 14U and 16U rosters for the upcoming season. The teams are girls’ fast-pitch travel programs based out of North Manchester which play in competitive tournaments from fall 2015 through summer 2016.

By RENATA ROBINSON Executive Director, Manchester Main Street In recognition of National Historic Preservation Month, the Manchester Main Street Historic Preservation & Design  committee presented its first annual Preservation Awards May 19 during the “Celebrate Preservation” program at the North Manchester Center for History. A collaborative partnership between the Historic Homes Preservation Group, a sub-committee …read more.

[weaver_youtube eGP3_XD8sHw rel=0] SYRACUSE – It was a crowded night on the fairways of South Shore Golf Club as the Wawasee boys golf team hosted a trio of opponents for a warm-up before this weekend’s Wawasee Invitational. The Warriors were far from their best on Thursday night but shot a total team score of 163, …read more.

Softball Romps Again Wawasee seems to have found its offensive stride as Northern Lakes Conference works through week one. After crushing Warsaw Monday night, Wawasee posted an 18-spot on Elkhart Memorial Thursday in hammering the host Chargers 18-8. Allissa Flores and Paige Hlutke each homered and combined for six hits and seven RBIs as Wawasee …read more.

Softball Back On Track At Manchester After a tough early week on the road, Wawasee softball got back in the win column Friday night with an 8-1 win at Manchester. Danielle Gunkel continued her torrid start to the season with a double among her four hits, two RBIs and two runs scored to lead the …read more.

By RENATA ROBINSON Executive Director, Manchester Main Street Manchester Main Street held its Annual Meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at the Main View in downtown North Manchester. 2015 MMS Board Vice President, Jim Smith, welcomed the Board, committees and members in attendance, and highlighted several MMS town improvement projects from the 2014 Annual Report that …read more.

AKRON – As the final seconds ticked off the clock the home crowd could be heard chanting, “T-R-C! T-R-C!” It was a moment the entire Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team has been waiting for all season. The final buzzer went off and with that the Lady Vikings were officially Three Rivers Conference champions. Their final …read more.

[weaver_youtube rd8GVRpFWCg rel=0] NORTH MANCHESTER – He may be a favorite son in the Triton community, but he was wearing enemy colors Tuesday night. Manchester girls basketball coach Jake Everett, who starred for Triton’s 2008 state championship team and was the Arthur L. Trester Mental Attitude Award winner that season, couldn’t guide his club to …read more.

WARSAW – Warsaw boys basketball coach Doug Ogle may want to bottle whatever words of wisdom that he shared with his team at halftime Thursday night. The message that Ogle shared with his talented team sure got some second-half performance out of the host Tigers. Warsaw opened the final half on a 14-0 run to …read more.

NORTH MANCHESTER – After a hot start to the boys basketball season, Manchester brought Wawasee back down to earth Friday night. Chainey Zolman scored 19 points and the Squires bottled up the Warriors in a 44-37 final at Manchester. Zolman, a standout transfer from Tippecanoe Valley, scored 10 points in the first half and did …read more.

WARSAW – Warsaw opened the Tony DeBrota era in fine fashion Tuesday night, crushing Manchester in both boys and girls swimming duals. The Tiger boys swept all 12 events to post a 151-23 scoreline while the girls also swept in a 130-39 final. DeBrota took over the programs this season after serving as an assistant …read more.

By RENATA ROBINSON Manchester Main Street Executive Director Manchester Main Street is thankful for the tremendous support of local businesses and residents in helping “Light Up The Town” this holiday season. The Main Street business corridor is dazzling with festive white lights outlining the merchants’ windows. You may also notice that the Discover North Manchester …read more.

By RENATA ROBINSON Manchester Main Street Executive Director Mark your calendars for North Manchester’s most memorable night out on the town. Manchester Main Street’s Third Annual “Light Up The Town” Holiday Gala will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. This progressive dinner event will feature specialty treats from North Manchester’s …read more.

Manchester Main Street’s Second Annual Eel River Arts Festival is this weekend, Sept. 13, in the heart of downtown North Manchester. Saturday’s 10 a.m.to 3 p.m. Art Fair is free to the public, highlighting area artists’ work – Perry Collins, Janet Ecklebarger, Elizabeth Wamsley, Candie Cooper, Gallery 64, Shanghai Tai and many more. Come meet …read more.