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Doug Marrin

PHOT0S: Antique Autos Make a Stop in Dexter

PHOT0S: Antique Autos Make a Stop in Dexter

Each year after Labor Day, owners of pre-1916 cars drive their prized possessions from Lansing to Dearborn. This year, they made a stop in Dexter at the Dexter Area Museum on their way to Dearborn to attend the 2025 Old Car Festival at Greenfield Village. On September 5, old cars and the people who love ...

Saline Alum and Published Author Returns for Release of New Book

Saline Alum and Published Author Returns for Release of New Book

“They’ll recognize some people if they grew up in the 80s, there for sure.” Saline High School graduate (‘93) and novelist Michael MacBride is releasing his latest book, At The Wake, later this month. To commemorate its launch, the author will hold a book signing hosted by Saline’s very own Fine Print Bookshop, on September ...

STN Staff

Little Library Installed at Chelsea First United Methodist Church

Little Library Installed at Chelsea First United Methodist Church

Photo: Jacob Turner stands next to the new Little Library he built outside Chelsea First United Methodist Church. The library, located at 128 Park Street, includes books and a prayer request box for the community. Photo courtesy of Rev. J. Gordon Schleicher A new Little Library now stands outside Chelsea First United Methodist Church at ...

Early Concert Bands in the Chelsea Area

Early Concert Bands in the Chelsea Area

Photo: This photo of the Whately, MA, Coronet Band offers an example of what a late 19th-century cornet band looked like. These all-brass wind ensembles were a popular feature of American and British community life, performing at public events and gatherings. Before the age of recorded music, cornet bands like this one were a primary ...

Steven Sheldon

Three Men and a Tenor Entertain Crowd at Saline Fair

Three Men and a Tenor Entertain Crowd at Saline Fair

Photo: Three Men and a Tenor performing at the Saline Community Fair on August 30, 2025. Photo by Steven Sheldon. Legendary UCLA basketball John Wooden once said “the truest test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.”  It suggests that private behavior, not just public performance, demonstrates a person’s ...

Lonnie Huhman

Dexter Township Re-Launches Metroparks Pass Program

Dexter Township Re-Launches Metroparks Pass Program

A pass that provides you with access to hiking and biking trails, golf and disc golf, canoeing or kayaking on the river, and plenty of space to simply reconnect with nature. That’s what Dexter Township is offering its residents.   Dexter Township announced on Sept. 2, the return of its Metroparks Pass Program, which has ...

STN Staff

Movie Review: “Caught Stealing”

Movie Review: “Caught Stealing”

By Bob Garver             “Caught Stealing” is one of those twisty crime thrillers where it seems like the filmmakers cast as many interesting names as they could and then wrote the movie around using them all. For example, at no point did I feel it was necessary for the film to feature Matt Smith as ...

STN Staff

Quilting Season’s August Donation Sale Draws Huge Crowd in Saline

Quilting Season’s August Donation Sale Draws Huge Crowd in Saline

The Quilting Season’s annual August Donation Sale, held on Saturday, August 23, 2025, drew an enthusiastic crowd that filled the parking lot at 7025 E. Michigan Ave. Quilters, crafters, and supporters browsed tables overflowing with fabric, yarn, crafting supplies, and books, all donated by friends and customers to benefit The Quilting Season Charities. “All of ...

STN Staff

Call for Participation in a Community Mural in Saline’s Leather Bucket Alley

Call for Participation in a Community Mural in Saline’s Leather Bucket Alley

The Community is hereby invited to help paint Leather Bucket Alley. Cleaning & prep Sept. 2–3; Community painting Sept. 4–14, 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. daily (weather-dependent) Saline Main Street invites neighbors, families, and friends to help transform Leather Bucket Alley into a vibrant ground mural celebrating our city. Cleaning and surface prep will take place September ...

Katharine Dexter McCormick Pt 5: Champion of Women’s Equality and Legacy at Gordon Hall

Katharine Dexter McCormick Pt 5: Champion of Women’s Equality and Legacy at Gordon Hall

Photo: Katharine speaking at the dedication of McCormick Hall at MIT, 1963. Courtesy MIT Museum Editor’s Note: Katharine Dexter McCormick, the granddaughter of Dexter’s founder, Samuel Dexter, was born on August 27, 1875, in Dexter in Gordon Hall. During her life, she made a significant impact on women’s equality in the areas of suffrage, birth ...

Doug Marrin

Dexter Senior Center Board Leads the Way to a New Chapter

Dexter Senior Center Board Leads the Way to a New Chapter

Photo: Dexter Senior Center Board members with political and civic leaders at the official groundbreaking of the new Dexter Senior Center. Dexter Senior Center Facebook. The Dexter Senior Center celebrated the open house of its new facility on Friday, August 22, 2025. The bright and welcoming building is the product of years of effort from ...

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