Seeing the artists at their easels around the community means one thing in Dexter. It’s the Paint Dexter Plein Air Festival. This is the 12th year for this annual event. The festival is held from August 12 to 17. The Paint Dexter Plein Air Festival is always held during the third week of August. The ...
Photo: The tangled remains of a large steel crane at the shallow site of Haltiner Barge (aka Scanlon’s Barge), one of the stops on Alpena Shipwreck Tours. Photo: Thunderbay.noaa.gov Alpena, Michigan, gateway to the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, offers a fascinating window into the maritime history of the Great Lakes. With 160 identified shipwrecks and countless more ...
Inspired by a visit to the Renaissance Festival, John Conklin of Webster Township took an Applewood tree and turned it into a work of art that will be on display next month during ArtPrize. Conklin created a life size sculpture of a female dancer called “Spill the Wine.” He entered his sculpture into the acclaimed ...
How schools get their money is confusing and misunderstandings often lead to unnecessary contention. Public school funding in Michigan is complex and draws from multiple sources. Reliable funding directly affects the quality of education, the availability of resources, and the equity of opportunities for all students so having a clear grasp of how it works ...
A visit to Michigan’s Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park Photo: Ebmodaakowet, known as the Bone Man, depicted shooting an arrow of knowledge into future generations. Photo by Doug Marrin. In the heart of Michigan’s thumb lies a unique historical treasure, the Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park. “Ezhibiigaadek asin” (aysah-gabah-ahdek ah-sin): knowledge written in stone announces ...
See who won the Democratic nomination for County Sheriff and more Voters across Michigan turned out to cast their ballots in yesterday’s primary election. Of the 324,138 registered voters in Washtenaw County, 83,375 weighed in on regional ballot initiatives and set the stage for partisan candidates in the November general election. Washtenaw County’s 26% turnout ...
After its surprising discovery in some overgrowth near the Hayes State Park, the headstone of Dea (Deacon) Ethel Walker is back in place at the Hudson Mills Cemetery. The journey began about 18 months ago when Cheryl Beuning and her husband bought a house and property near Hayes State Park in the Irish Hills. Beuning ...
After a selection process that included 24 applicants and 13 interviews, the Chelsea School District (CSD) Board of Education approved the recommendation to have Amanda Clor become the next Principal of Chelsea High School. With the start of the school year just weeks away, the school board approved this important hire at its Aug. 5 ...
With some help from a planning assistance grant, Scio Township is moving forward with a project for the Jackson Road corridor. The township board was awarded a grant from the organization, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG). At its July 23 meeting, the Scio board accepted the SEMCOG planning assistance grant and authorized the Township ...
There’s a need, according to Scio Township officials, to take another look at putting a fire services ballot question before township voters. So come November 5, voters will again be asked whether or not they want to pay more to add more to this essential service. This will come a year after Scio voters said ...
The Dexter Community Aquatics Club (DCAC) had a successful summer at the two state meets it competed in. They had several swimmers placing in the top 16, a silver medal relay, and two different State Champion swimmers in three events. There were two state meets. One for 14 and under swimmers that took place at ...
Kettering University’s unique blend of cooperative and experiential education has a few local connections this school year, which has already started at the university in Flint. Including students from Chelsea, Dexter and Grass Lake, Kettering University announced the new group of A-Section students arrived on campus on July 11 to begin their studies. Kettering said students ...
Long awaited and much needed, the official groundbreaking for the Dexter Senior Center was held on July 27, before a crowd of gathered community members, elected officials and local senior citizens and older adults. Construction of the senior center, which is located at 2810 Baker Road, has already begun, but this was the official groundbreaking ...
Back in town from an international tour with Broadway royalty, Patti LuPone, Dexter’s Brad Phillips is returning to The Ark to celebrate a childhood immersed in music and the bright future ahead of his daughter, Alyson, before she sets off for her first year at college. This one-night-only event will be a celebration of the ...
Local father and son team, Gary and Dan Graves, started their new podcast as a way to help University of Michigan athletes with one of the biggest topics of conversation in modern college athletics. Both are Michigan alum and both live in Saline. They said they started their podcast to help Michigan student-athletes with NIL (name-image-likeness). ...
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