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A Technology Refresh Coming to Chelsea Schools

A Technology Refresh Coming to Chelsea Schools

The Chelsea School District is expected to devote $194,628 toward new technology purchases. Introduced at the March 9 school board meeting, the Chelsea school board looked at a recommendation made by Ryan Spencer, the district’s Director of Technology, which will see the purchases of new “iPads for South Meadows 3rd grade students, Beach Middle School ...

Chelsea District Library Hosts 18th Annual Midwest Literary Walk

Chelsea District Library Hosts 18th Annual Midwest Literary Walk

Chelsea District Library (CDL) is thrilled to announce the 18th Annual Midwest Literary Walk lineup featuring Montana Poet Laureate Chris La Tray, George Orwell Prize Fellow Carmen Bugan, and New York Times Bestselling Author and Cartoonist Nathan Pyle. Each year, Midwest Literary Walk showcases award-winning authors from around the country at historic venues throughout downtown ...

Lyndon Township Supports Historical Marker Application

Lyndon Township Supports Historical Marker Application

The Lyndon Township Board of Trustees put its support behind an application to have a historical marker be placed in recognition of the Wild Goose Country Club and Subdivision. To demonstrate this after the board’s vote at their March 10 meeting, Lyndon Township Supervisor Pam Byrnes wrote up a letter of support for the Historical ...

Local Women Build Connections Across Chelsea, Saline And Milan

Local Women Build Connections Across Chelsea, Saline And Milan

In Milan, Jessica Meingasner set out to create something simple: a community event where every family could participate, regardless of cost. That idea grew into the Milan Area Historical Society’s Spooktacular, now drawing hundreds of residents each year for free food, activities and pumpkins. Across Washtenaw County, women like Meingasner are shaping their communities in ...

Lonnie Huhman

Chelsea Grad Part of Winning Big Ten Relay Team

Chelsea Grad Part of Winning Big Ten Relay Team

Bringing home the gold, Will Barhite, a 2021 Chelsea High School graduate, earned a great victory at the recent Big Ten Indoor Championships.  Barhite was part of the University of Michigan’s distance medley relay team at the Big Ten Indoor Championships, which was held at the end of February in Indianapolis at the Fall Creek Pavilion. ...

The Lazy Gardener: When Doing Nothing is the Best Care

The Lazy Gardener: When Doing Nothing is the Best Care

Welcome to The Lazy Gardener, a regular column that celebrates low-effort, nature-friendly approaches to creating a healthy, thriving garden. Barbara Gregerson is a Consumer Horticulture Educator with Michigan State University Extension who helps gardeners make informed, environmentally friendly choices. Have you seen them, those ambitious people who can’t wait to get into their garden at ...

Area Students Perform at Chelsea Choral Festival

Area Students Perform at Chelsea Choral Festival

A choral piece arranged by composer Phil Silvey and developed through a creative arts project in a Saline classroom was among the favorites performed at Chelsea High School Choral Festival. The work Nine Hundred Miles was part of a collaborative project between Silvey and former Saline choir teacher Norma Freeman, said longtime Milan Choir director Shayla Powell, whose concert ...

Lyndon Township Plans Road Work

Lyndon Township Plans Road Work

The Lyndon Township Board approved its 2026 Road Work Agreement with Washtenaw County Road Commission (WCRC) at its March 10 meeting. The biggest cost project in the plan at $127,000 is work on Boyce Road from M-52 to the county line. The estimated amount expected to be paid by Lyndon under the agreement is $203,676 ...

CPD Weekly Report, March 8-14, 2026

CPD Weekly Report, March 8-14, 2026

Incident #: 26-1000 Location: 200 block of Harrison Street Date: March 12, 2026 Time: 9:38 am INFORMATION: While on routine patrol, an officer was asked to respond to the Chelsea Police Department lobby to contact a complainant who wanted to file a larceny report. The complainant went on to state that she had been allowing ...

STN Staff

Chelsea City Council Passes ICE Resolution

Chelsea City Council Passes ICE Resolution

Chelsea City Council passed a resolution requiring Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) officers to make themselves clearly identifiable when engaging in legal activity in the city of Chelsea at the March 9 meeting. “I see this resolution as really about keeping our community safe and ensuring that everyone feels comfortable accessing city buildings and public ...

STN Staff

2026 Woman of CSB Award Recipient Announced

2026 Woman of CSB Award Recipient Announced

Marelvi van Reesema (center) accepts her Woman of CSB Award. Photo: Chelsea State Bank (CBS) Chelsea State Bank presented the fifth annual Woman of CSB Award to Marelvi van Reesema, for her longstanding commitment to childcare and preschool excellence in Chelsea, which has impacted countless families in her 30+ year career. “It is my distinct ...

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Michigan Impressionist Opens Solo Exhibition at Geek Brush Studio

Michigan Impressionist Opens Solo Exhibition at Geek Brush Studio

Geek Brush Studio announced a solo exhibition featuring the work of Sue Craig, one of Chelsea’s most prolific artists. The exhibition, on view now through the end of April, showcases a curated collection of Craig’s original oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, and watercolor-pastel combinations, a body of work that captures the spirit of Chelsea, the surrounding ...

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