May 14, 2025

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Chelsea Turns Out to Celebrate New TimberTown Courts

By Natalie Davies Chelsea Pickleball celebrated three years of work towards an outdoor facility on Monday when the courts at TimberTown opened. More than 100 community members showed up for a ribbon cutting followed by open play. Local pickleball players and groups, including Chelsea Pickleball and Chelsea Senior Center Pickleball, started planning for outdoor courts ...

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Milan’s Wilson Park to Get a Facelift

By Natalie Davies The City of Milan received a $954,500 grant to update Wilson Park and fairground location. The Spark Grant is administered through Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources with money from the American Rescue Plan Act. Milan was one of 31 projects selected out of 400 statewide applicants, according to the city’s website. “Michigan ...

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Old wooden play structure

TimberTown Play Structure to Close for Repair and Rebuild

Community News  The play structure and the south pavilion at TimberTown Park will be closed on July 8, 2024 through the grand re-opening of the play structure on Aug. 17. Preliminary site work for the TimberTown Reimagined project will start to prepare the area for the main BUILD week on Aug. 6 through 11, 2024.  ...

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SASS Saline Food Truck Festival

Community News  Saline Area Social Service (SASS) is proud to promote the third annual Saline Food Truck Festival. This fundraiser will be held at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds on Saturday, June 15th from 11-3. Proceeds from this event support the mission of Saline Area Social Service and help local families in need.  This is ...

The Great Garden Plot Betrayal

By Paul Schubert I am not the first to discover that a young man’s best-laid plans can be overturned in an afternoon, but that realization hit me with the impact of a well-aimed shovel when I was a young man of fourteen. In 1940, I was in sixth grade when my family decided to move ...

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Jacob’s Fresh Farm: Making Local Food Sustainable

By Delaney Krause What started as a passion project has quickly grown into a cornerstone of the community. Jacob’s Fresh Farm is located on the outskirts of Chelsea, just off Fletcher Rd, and offers an incredible variety of family-friendly activities as well as a profound commitment to naturally grown produce and flowers. Jacob’s Fresh Farm ...

Dexter Soccer Falls to OLSM in Regional Semis

The Dexter girls’ soccer team saw its tournament run come to an end with a 5-2 loss to Orchard Lake St Mary’s in the D2 Regional semifinals in Waterford Tuesday night. The Dreadnaughts could not overcome three OLSM goals in the season ending loss for Dexter. Orchard Lake St. Mary struck first just over a ...

Chelsea Softball Season Ends in Regional Finals

Another exceptional Chelsea softball season came to an end Saturday when the Bulldogs fell to Milan 11-3 in the D2 Regional Finals in Fowlerville. The Bulldogs finished the season with a 26-11 overall record with another SEC White title and Chelsea fifth straight district title. Two big innings doomed the Bulldogs in the regional final ...

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Chelsea Council Synopsis, 6-3-24

By Natalie Davies Chelsea City Council met on June 3 to consider the fiscal year 2024-25 budget, create official Gun Safety Awareness and Juneteenth days, ratify labor contracts, and approve a new shade structure in Palmer Commons. Budget City Council unanimously passed the departmental Budget of $40,640,543 for the fiscal year 2024-25. Utility Rates City ...

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Music in the Air Delights the CDL Audience

By Virginia Krueger Chelsea District Library (CDL) brought music and joy to the community on June 1 and 2. Music in the Air originated to bring classical music out of the concert hall and away from the restrictions of expensive tickets and formal attire. This year’s event was unique in showcasing some very special local ...

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Chelsea State Bank Customers Gain Access to Complimentary ATMs Worldwide

Community News  Chelsea State Bank customers now have access to 55,000 complimentary ATMs, worldwide announced by CSB’s President & CEO earlier this week.  “We recently partnered with the Allpoint ATM Network, which gives our valued customers complimentary access to ATMs all over the world,” said Joanne Rau, President, and CEO, of Chelsea State Bank. “Providing ...