May 02, 2026

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Matt Rosentreter

Matt Rosentreter serves as Junior Editor at The Sun Times News, where she covers city government while also handling key editorial responsibilities behind the scenes. Her work includes page layout, responding to reader and community emails, managing public notices and obituaries, and reviewing articles before they go to print. Her role helps ensure accuracy, clarity, and consistency across each edition.

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Matt Rosentreter

Ann Arbor Church to Host Second Annual Gun Buyback

Ann Arbor Church to Host Second Annual Gun Buyback

Ann Arbor’s St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church will sponsor a gun buyback event Oct. 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The buyback, in an aim to address and reduce gun violence, will allow people to bring unwanted guns with intact serial numbers and turn them over to the church, where the weapons will be broken ...

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TimberTown Trailhead Dedicated to Local Rescue Officer

TimberTown Trailhead Dedicated to Local Rescue Officer

TimberTown’s Border to Border (B2B) trailhead was dedicated Sept. 30 to Captain Joel Gentz, a Chelsea graduate who was killed in action in 2010. According to Gentz’s mother and father, who had the opportunity to cut the ribbon for the dedication, Joel was an avid outdoorsman who was involved in Chelsea High School’s (CHS) cross ...

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Dexter Council Evaluates Property Sale Proposals

Dexter Council Evaluates Property Sale Proposals

Dexter City Council discussed two proposals they received for the purchase of land at the intersection of Meadow View Drive and Dexter-Ann Arbor Road, commonly referred to as the “MAVD property,” at their Sept. 22 meeting. The city originally purchased the property as a potential site for construction of a new firehouse, but ultimately Council ...

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Saline Council Discusses Future of Fire Services

Saline Council Discusses Future of Fire Services

After commissioning a report on local EMS and fire services in November of 2024, Saline City Council received a detailed presentation on possible options for the future of the city’s emergency services. According to Deputy City Manager Elle Cole, the “study looked at workload, response times, staffing, capital needs and governance structures.” “To evaluate the ...

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Dexter Council Expands Social District

Dexter Council Expands Social District

Dexter City Council voted to expand the Dexter Social District at their Sept. 22 meeting. “The purpose of the boundary expansion is to include Monument Park, in order to attract more visitors to Downtown Dexter, support businesses and events in the Downtown, and promote greater vibrancy and activation of public spaces in the Downtown,” the ...

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Chelsea Council Continues Residential Developments

Chelsea Council Continues Residential Developments

By Matt Rosentreter City Council entered into an agreement with the developers of the Rockwell building and approved two ordinances regarding tax abatement of the Manchester Rd. property at their Sept. 15 meeting, continuing the city’s growth goals outlined in its Master Plan. Both developments will focus on affordable/workforce housing, a need emphasized by some ...

City of Saline Takes Next Steps in Davenport-Curtiss Acquisition

City of Saline Takes Next Steps in Davenport-Curtiss Acquisition

Photo: The Davenport-Curtiss Mansion in Saline, MI, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Credit: Andrew Jameson, 2010, Wikimedia Commons under a Creative Commons License. City Council approved a preliminary agreement with the Curtiss family regarding the city’s potential purchase of the Davenport-Curtiss mansion, located on E. Michigan Ave., Saline, at the council’s Sept. 2 meeting. ...

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Chelsea Council Discussion of Manchester Road Property Continues

Chelsea Council Discussion of Manchester Road Property Continues

Chelsea’s City Council took the next steps in developing 1155 Old Manchester Rd. by passing the first reading of two ordinances regarding the property at the Sept. 2 meeting. The ordinances, which allow for tax exemptions for certain affordable housing projects in the city, were passed unanimously after discussion by council members and several public ...

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Chelsea DDA Discusses Noise Ordinance Response

Chelsea DDA Discusses Noise Ordinance Response

The Chelsea DDA recently proposed a change to the city’s noise ordinance, which was unanimously voted against at Chelsea City Council’s Aug. 4 meeting. The proposed change would raise the maximum output allowed by businesses from 61dB to 91dB, and several community members spoke at public comment regarding concerns about potential hearing damage, which can ...

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Discussion of Saline Rec Center Continues in Council

Discussion of Saline Rec Center Continues in Council

Discussion regarding the budget for repairs at the Saline Recreation Center continued at Saline City Council’s Aug 18 meeting. The Rec Center’s HVAC system, which has had a series of breaks and repairs since fall 2023, experienced a critical failure this February. The replacement for the building’s Dectron unit is scheduled for November 2025. In ...

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Saline Council Updated on Wastewater Treatment Plant Progress

Saline Council Updated on Wastewater Treatment Plant Progress

Tetra Tech’s Sr. Vice President Brian Rubel speaks at the Aug 18 Saline City Council meeting Saline City Council was presented progress updates on the construction of the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) by Brian Rubel, Sr. Vice President from Tetra Tech, the company awarded the contract by council. According to Rubel, construction is primarily following ...

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Leather Bucket Alley Artist Selected by Saline Main Street

Leather Bucket Alley Artist Selected by Saline Main Street

Michigan artist Curtis Wallace was selected from two finalists to paint a ground mural for Saline’s Leather Bucket Alley by Saline Main Street. Mary Dettling, Saline Main Street’s executive director, brought the proposed art to City Council at the Aug 18 meeting, where it was approved unanimously. “It’s wonderful to have these local artists want ...

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