June 17, 2025

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Articles for author: Chuck Colby

Creekside 6th Grade Ads 

From Chuck Colby, Publisher Since 2021, The Sun Times News has been featuring the work of young graphic artists from Creekside Intermediate in Dexter in our annual Student Ads Edition. Several businesses in the Dexter area sign up each year to have ads created for them, multiple students submit entries for each business, and the ...

The Helpful Hardware Man

Running a small-town newspaper involves a lot of things: newsprint, ink, constant caffeine, and boxes. So many boxes. Boxes full of postcards. Boxes full of newspapers. Empty boxes that once held newspapers and now just hold dust, empty cans of Red Bull, a pair of dirty socks and protein bar wrapper. To manage all this, ...

Chuck Colby

The Ribbon has Been Cut at 42 North in Dexter

Community News The Dexter Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, September 18th for Dexter’s newest restaurant, 42 North Social House. The restaurant had a special private opening later that evening and is now open for business. The Sun Times news has plans to visit and provide a restaurant review in the near ...

A Century of Life and Lessons: Silver Maples’ Centenarians Defy Aging Stereotypes

From Christina Kim While the beautiful gardens at Silver Maples of Chelsea include babbling fountains, they don’t promise a Fountain of Youth. Instead, individuals who call Silver Maples home have found their own secret to longevity: embracing aging and the holistic wellness-focused lifestyle that is offered by the community. This positive aging experience has supported ...

Dogs on stage at The Encore Musical Theatre in Dexter, Michigan.

Encore Theatre Goes To the Dogs

When Dan Egeler looked at the set from the Encore Musical Theatre Company’s production of “I’m Not Rappaport”, starring The Love Boat alumni Fred Grandy (Gopher), Ted Lange (Isaac) and Jill Whelan (Vicki Stubing), he thought there had to be some way that the beautiful stage could be used during the Theatre’s dark hours.  Egeler, ...

Debbie Dingell Delivers Donuts from Dexter!

Representative Debbie Dingell at The Dexter Bakery with the whole crew. The congresswoman bought 80 dozen to deliver to various media outlets in her region. Photo by Chuck Colby. Publisher’s note – Last year on Fat Tuesday, The Sun Times News office got visited by a member of U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell’s office. This was the first ...

Chuck Colby

Near, Far, Antics Wherever They Are: Jeff Daniels’ “Diva Royale” Keeps The Laughs Flowing At The Purple Rose Theatre

By Hugh Gallagher, Published with special permission from PULP and The Ann Arbor District Library. Jeff Daniels’ funny, silly, and embraceable comedy Diva Royale is—as the program announces—back by public demand at his Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea. The original article appears here: https://pulp.aadl.org/node/623148 Three stay-at-home Michigan moms form a close bond with their devotion to Canadian diva Celine Dion and their discontent with ...

Chelsea Rotary to Host Free Screening of Captivating Documentary “We Can be Heroes”

On November 9, at 7 pm, the Chelsea Rotary Club is hosting a must-see event in the Chelsea High School Auditorium around a free screening of the documentary We Can be Heroes (WCBH). WCBH is a captivating documentary that follows the life of Taylor “Machine Gun” Duerr, a world-class boxer from Detroit battling heroin addiction. This powerful ...