April 25, 2025

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Articles for category: Chelsea

Matt Rosentreter

Chelsea Bike Shop Trades Hands

Former head of service Kevin Sanchez at the shop Aberdeen Bike has become the new owner of the local business. After having discussed it for several months, the bike shop officially changed ownership in October of last year, and Sanchez has been working tirelessly since. According to him, he’s had a passion for biking since ...

Doug Marrin

CPD Weekly Report, 1-21-25

Chelsea Police Department Weekly Press Summary Incident #: 25-189 Location: 1600 block of S. Main Street Date: January 17, 2025 Time: 8:11 am INFORMATION: While on routine patrol, an officer stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. The officer made contact with the driver, who was identified as a 50-year-old Adrian woman. During the course ...

Last Founding Member of Washtenaw United Hockey Leads the Defending State Champs as Captain

When Sydney Clark walked into the Washtenaw United Hockey team’s lockeroom for the first time she knew the team would be unforgettable and that the bond they had would be irreplaceable. That was their inaugural season back in 2020. Now four years later, Clark is helping to lead this year’s team as a captain. The ...

STN Staff

Chelsea Area Garden Club Accepting 2025 Grant Applications

Community News The Chelsea Area Garden Club, CAGC, will award a limited number of grants of up to $500.00 to local nonprofit organizations for sustainable horticulture related projects. Grants support projects that promote the love of gardening, community beautification, environmentally responsible horticultural practices, and conservation through education and by example. The grant form and information ...

Chelsea Bowldogs Off and Rolling

The Chelsea varsity bowling team are both off to strong starts for the 2024-25 high school seasons. The varsity boys are 4-2 on the season and the girls are 3-3 nearing the midway points of the season. The boys started 2-2 on the year, but picked up a pair of wins this week over Pinckney ...

Chelsea Competitive Cheer First and SEC White Jamboree #1

Photo from Chelsea Competitive Cheer Instagram The Chelsea competitive cheer team opened with a strong first-place finish at the first SEC White jamboree of the season last week. After the opening round the Bulldogs were in third place behind host Pinckney and Tecumseh. Things changed in the second with the Bulldogs earning the highest score ...

Chelsea Wrestlers Sweep SEC Tri-Meet

The Chelsea wrestling team picked up a pair of SEC wins with a sweep of a tri-meet at Pinckney. The Bulldogs defeated the Pirates 65-12 and Ann Arbor Huron 66-12. Collin Beckel and James Radu picked up two wins each to lead the Bulldogs. Nine different wrestlers earned one win each in the two matches ...

Chelsea Bounces Back with Rout of Pinckney

The Chelsea boys’ basketball team bounced back from a tough loss to league leading Adrian by rolling to a 56-36 win over Pinckney Friday night. The Bulldogs started slow with Pinckney holding a 6-4 lead, but things quickly turned around with Chelsea going on a 17-2 run to close the first with a 21-8 lead ...

Chelsea Swim and Dive Sweeps Home Tri-Meet

The Chelsea swim and dive team hosted its first home meet of the season last week and came away with a pair of big wins. The Bulldogs defeated Tecumseh 115-70 and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 110-72 to improve to 3-1 on the season. Easton Hodel and Joshua Levine were in on three wins each to ...

Chelsea Hockey Rolls Past Bedford

The Chelsea hockey team used a quick start to cruise past Bedford 5-1 in a SEC match-up Wednesday night. The Bulldogs took control with a three goal first period. Lewis Turner started the scoring for Chelsea when he beat the Mule goaltender early in the first period. Jacob Corcoran then found himself open in front ...

Chelsea Hands Pinckney First League Loss

The Chelsea girls’ basketball team tried to keep pace in the SEC White with a pair of league wins this week, including a big win over Pinckney Friday night. The 48-28 win over the Pirates was the first SEC White loss for Pinckney and kept the Bulldogs one game behind unbeaten Tecumseh in the conference ...

STN Staff

Chelsea Author Pens Mystery Novel

Jessica Hatchigan, who writes as J. R. Hatchigan, moved to Chelsea from a Detroit suburb seven years ago. When she and her husband moved to Chelsea, Hatchigan had wound down a career as a corporate speechwriter, and then as a solopreneur specializing in editorial services. She wanted to concentrate again on her creative writing, something ...

STN Staff

Chelsea AARP Program Hosts Free Tax Assistance Appointments

The Chelsea Senior Center will be hosting tax assistance meetings by appointment beginning January 15. Appointments are required and will be on Thursdays 2/13 – 4/10 at 9:30, 11:30 and 1:30. The service plans to focus on those age 50+ and low to moderate income tax-payers, and will help prepare simple returns, not business with ...

STN Staff

Chelsea Community Foundation Announces 2025 Grant Application Deadline

The Chelsea Community Foundation (CCF) would like to remind potential applicants that the 2025 grant application deadline is February 17, 2025. Local nonprofit organizations with initiatives to foster a thriving Chelsea community are encouraged to apply. Last year, CCF awarded grants to several impactful Chelsea projects, including: These projects reflect CCF’s mission to support programs ...