There was no snowstorm to stop the Dexter Air-Raid attack Saturday as the Dreadnaughts rolled past Birmingham Groves 41-6 to advance to the D2 state finals for the first time in school history. The last time Dexter reached the state semifinals in 2022; the game was played in near blizzard conditions in Portage and the …
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Dexter Volleyball Coach Picked as SEC Coach of the Year
Setting the standard and helping each player flourish, Dexter Varsity Volleyball Coach Erin Penn was named the SEC Red Volleyball Coach of the Year for good reason. Mike Bavineau, Dexter’s Director of Athletics, said Coach Penn “is a tremendous asset to our athletic department and is well deserving of the award.” The SEC Red Division is made ...
Saline–Skyline Water Polo Eighth at MWPA State Finals
The Saline–Skyline boys’ water polo co-op wrapped up a milestone season with an eighth-place finish at the Michigan Water Polo Association State Finals, marking just the second State Finals appearance in program history — and the second in as many years. It also capped a season in which the team spent the entire fall ranked ...
Adrian High School’s “The Outsiders” Is A Hit
Under the direction of Adrian High School’s Emily Gifford, the manager of the Julianne & George Argros Performing Arts Center, fifty-four actors opened the season with the Christopher Sergel play “The Outsiders,” based on the book by S.E. Hinton. The Outsiders looks at life in 1967 Tulsa, Oklahoma. The themes are all too familiar. All ...
Saline Girls Swim and Dive 7th at Division 1 State Finals
The Saline girls’ swim and dive team placed seventh overall at the MHSAA Division 1 State Finals, finishing with 107 points. Ann Arbor Pioneer won the meet with 404 points, followed by Jenison with 249 and Northville with 193. Junior Maria Baldwin led the Hornets by earning all-state honors in three events. Baldwin placed 8th ...
Theft at the New Dexter Fire Station
It sounds like someone made off with some copper pipe from the under construction fire station in downtown Dexter. The incident was reported to police early on the morning of Nov. 21. The new station is currently being built and is located at the same spot as the old station #1, at 8140 Main Street. ...
Saline Mobilizes Quickly to Support Thorncrest Tenants Facing Sudden Evictions
Photo: Pastor Kimberly Secrist-Ashby and Deputy City Manager Elle Cole Meet at Thorncrest Apartments. Photo by Sue Kelch A wave of sudden eviction notices delivered late on Halloween night has set off an urgent, community-wide effort in Saline to support dozens of Thorncrest apartment residents now facing the possibility of losing their homes. City officials, ...
Scio Township Preserves 16-Acre Fletcher Farm Through Conservation Easement
By Barry Lonik Photos by Barry Lonik The Scio Township Land Preservation Program recently closed on a conservation easement purchase from Carol Fletcher. The property is nearly 16 acres in size with frontage on the east side of Zeeb Rd. north of Scio Church Rd. Most of the property is agricultural and it includes an ...
St. James’ Episcopal Church Hosts 20th Annual Cookie Walk
St. James’ Episcopal Church in downtown Dexter invites the community to its 20th Annual Cookie Walk on Saturday, Dec. 6 from 9:30 am until noon at 3279 Broad St. This Cookie Walk began in 2004, organized by Sandy Hansen. It continues to be a fund raiser for St. James’ outreach projects. It has steadily grown ...
Chelsea City Council Vacancy Filled
Chelsea City Council voted at the Nov. 17 meeting to elect Jacqueline Bullerman to fill the vacancy left by former council member Beth Morris’s resignation. Bullerman will finish the remainder of Morris’s original term, which was set to end in November of 2027. Both Bullerman and additional candidate Michael Happy had the chance to speak ...
Dexter’s Claire Dubuque picks Central Michigan University
Dexter student-athlete Claire Dubuque has a sense of pride and excitement after signing with Central Michigan University. As a standout field hockey player on some talented Dexter teams, Dubuque is looking forward to the next level. The Sun Times News caught up with Dubuque to ask her about the signing. “I am so excited that I ...
Four Months After Other Washtenaw County Cities, Milan’s Senior Center Awarded Funding
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.
Milan Journalist, Founder of Greater Milan Area Community Fund, Milan Children’s Preschool dies at 97
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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