April 28, 2025

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Dexter High School SRSLY Leaders Push for Stricter Cannabis and Vape Laws at State Capitol

Student leaders from Dexter High School’s SRSLY club traveled to Lansing to participate in the Michigan Prevention Association’s Advocacy Day on April 23. These student advocates met with State Senator Sue Shink and State Representative Carrie Rheingans to call for stricter regulations on cannabis advertising and flavored vaping products—measures aimed at protecting Michigan youth. Representing ...

Dexter 2025 Bond Proposal Up For Vote

On May 6 Dexter residents will be able to vote on the 2025 Bond Proposal put forward by a collaboration of local community members, students and Dexter Community Schools staff. The bond will be used to improve the infrastructure of the school district’s buildings, including restroom and playground upgrades, new musical instruments for students and ...

STN Staff

Saline Area Players to Present Winnie the Pooh Play

The Saline Area Players are set to perform Winnie the Pooh, a play in two acts adapted by Lindsay Price and based on the beloved book by A.A. Milne. Winnie the Pooh will star local students Smanatha Knapp (Winnie the Pooh), Clara Rose (Rabbit) and Gloria Cousino (Piglet) in the lead rolls, as well as ...

STN Staff

Dexter Community Orchestra Announces Spring Concert

Dexter Community Orchestra will host its annual spring concert on Saturday, May 10 at 7pm at Dexter High School’s Center for the Performing Arts. The concert will include Cecil Forsyth’s Viola Concerto, performed by DCO Youth Artist Competition winner Sophia Chacko. The piece is one of only a handful of viola concertos, as the instrument ...

Mike Williamson

Dexter Girls’ Lacrosse Clips Pioneer

The Dexter girls’ lacrosse team picked up a big SEC win last week when the Dreadnaughts clipped Ann Arbor Pioneer 9-8. The win moved Dexter to 1-1 in the SEC and 3-5 overall. Ella Rogalski had a huge night for the Dreadnaughts with five goals to lead the offensive charge. Maren Miller added two goals ...

Mike Williamson

Dexter Track and Field Hosts April Showers Invite

The Dexter track and field teams hosted their annual April Showers Invitational Saturday. The invite was a non-team scoring event with the top six individual finishers earning medals. The boys were led by Coen Hill with a second-place finish in the 3200 and Julian Linebaugh was third in the 1600. The 4×200 relay team of ...

Mike Williamson

Saline Track and Field Teams Sweep Home Tri-Meet

The Saline track and field teams both had big weeks with SEC Red tri-meet sweeps of Lincoln and Dexter. The boys defeated Lincoln 85-52 and Dexter 104-33. Tyler Parrish was second in the 200 and third in the 100, while Cruz Hanson and Jack Walden took the top two spots in the 400. Brennan Larusso ...

Mike Williamson

Saline Soccer Improves to 11-0 on the Season

The Saline girls’ soccer team remained perfect on the season with three wins this week after picking up three wins. The Hornets opened the week by taking down rival Ann Arbor Pioneer in a make-up of a game that was postponed earlier this season. The weather still wasn’t great for the rescheduled game with cold ...

Mike Williamson

Saline Girls’ Lacrosse Rolls to Pair of SEC Wins

The Saline girls’ lacrosse team improved to 3-0 in the SEC after a pair of conference wins this week. The Hornets opened the week by taking down Ann Arbor Skyline 15-5. Cambell Murphy and Lucy Sweeney led the Hornets with four goals each. Carly Pufpaf added three goals and Ayla Stager two goals for Saline. ...

Dexter Drama Club’s Mamma Mia! Wows Sold-Out House

Photo: Cast of Mamma Mia! Photo by Steven Sheldon The Dexter High School Drama Club staged the Benny Andersson/Bjorn Ulvaeus musical Mamma Mia!, featuring the music of the iconic 1970s pop group Abba, in the Performing Arts Center at the high school. It was not a Broadway quality performance. But it was the best high ...

Mike Williamson

Dexter Softball Blanks Pioneer

The Dexter softball team snapped a five-game skid with a 6-0 win over Ann Arbor Pioneer Friday night. Gracie Walter put the Dreads up with a rbi-single in the first. Dexter added another run in the third thanks to a Pioneer error and pushed the lead to 4-0 in the fourth with rbi-singles from Lizzie ...