Karen Lambert is the primary reporter covering the City of Milan for The Sun Times News. Her work focuses on local government, community developments, and issues important to Milan residents, providing clear and accessible reporting on city matters.
Despite freezing temperatures, Milan’s older adults filled city hall Tuesday Feb. 3 and the senior center Wednesday Feb. 4 to seek clarification about the city’s request to Milan Seniors for Healthy Living (MSHL) to come under city control. The proposal, outlined in the Feb. 3 agenda packet, gives MSHL two options: 1) Dissolve and become part ...
For Valentine’s Day this year, the owner of Dora’s Donuts will be showing up in her sprinkle headband and donut shirt to deliver boxes of freshly baked donuts, Dough Notes, and hope. “I’m trying to add a little positivity. That stems back to my late husband,” owner Heather Dora Piotter said. “He was really happy go lucky.
Despite temperatures around eight degrees, Charles Howard walked to the Campfire Grill on Dexter Avenue early Tuesday morning. Then he warmed up inside, waiting for breakfast. “It beats having to drive to the other end of town,” said the Milan resident of more than 60 years, who lives next door. He used to come to ...
Milan City announced it is withdrawing from contract negotiations with the Milan Seniors for Healthy Living Wednesday Jan. 21 at the nonprofit’s first board meeting of 2026, and requested the board dissolve and the senior center merge under the city parks and recreation department. The city and senior center have been without a contract for ...
Milan’s mayor and councilmembers took their oaths of office twice Tuesday Jan. 20, in a tradition that reflects commitment to serve those in both counties that make up the city. Washtenaw County Probate Court Judge Carol Kuhnke and Monroe County 1st District Court Judge Christian J. Horkey administered the oaths of office to Mayor Ed ...
As the Milan Public Library spends January commemorating Michigan inventions of the past—and celebrating the state’s 188th birthday—it is also relying on the community’s ingenuity to determine the best directions for the future. The library is working with a group of University of Michigan School of Information students to obtain feedback on how the library can ...
A small exhibit put together by Shannon Ross-Albers, circulation assistant at the Milan Public library, celebrates the ingenuity of the people of Michigan. When they think of Michigan, many people think of Dearborn native Henry Ford, who invented the Model T and made the automobile available to the public through assembly line mass production. When they think ...
Milan City leaders and community members spent the last meeting of 2025 evaluating the special events policy. They explored whether to simplify the permit process for food trucks, reduce pavilion rental fees, and how to handle events put on by nonprofits for federal holidays. Since the policy went into effect on Jan. 1, 2025, Police ...
The seven members of Milan City’s newest sub-committee will assess how to make parking in downtown Milan easier in years to come. Planning Commission Chair Jim Latham, who also owns Latham’s Downtown Hardware at 37 W. Main Street, said the commission requested the city take a closer look at the issue. “What we want to do is ...
The name of Milan’s newest restaurant, Meraki (pronounced Mey-Rah-Kee) is Greek for “to do something with soul, creativity, or love; to put something of yourself into your work.” Kim Wagenknecht and Christos Kardis, the co-owners of Christos' Meraki Kitchen, have been doing just that as they seek to renovate the building lovingly referred to in Milan as the old Campfire building, in honor of the former Campfire Family Steakhouse, which once occupied the space.
Owner Ryan Wilman knew this year he wanted to help provide food for those in crisis and he wanted to do it with others instead of simply writing a check so everyone could feel the joy of lifting their community. “A lot of people might be tight on money,” Wilman said, “but going out for a couple of drinks isn’t too expensive and it’s fun. That person also got to feel like they were part of something so big. Hundreds of people who came...
Santa Claus gave the gift of song at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Saline, as did musicians from across several counties. At an ecumenical event Sunday Dec. 15, Mr. and Mrs. Claus made an entry after a rendition of Zat You Santa. They then sang Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Rudolph. ...
Three transportation providers now cover transportation for Milan residents 60+ -- or at least those who reside in Washtenaw County. However, rides from the primary provider of senior transportation in Milan are not free.
At their Wednesday Nov. 19 meeting, which extended well past 1 a.m., the Washtenaw County Commissioners allocated an annual $128,000 to the Milan Seniors for Healthy Living, hired a new Director of Aging Services to administer the more than $11 million from the Older Persons Millage and granted one-time funding for nutrition programs for seniors.
In Tolan Square, a community gathering space in the middle of Milan’s downtown, is a monument with the faces of three city leaders. The last of those, Isabelle Schultz, passed away at age 97 on Nov. 11 at Trinity Health Ann Arbor, the same hospital where she once sat on the Board of Directors when it ...
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