April 24, 2025

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Articles for category: Chelsea

Matt Rosentreter

Chelsea’s Community Social Worker Offers Walk-in Appointments

Chelsea hired its first community social worker, Emilee Fetters, in October of last year to help residents navigate the resources available to them. Fetters now offers open office hours for walk-in appointments multiple times a week at the Chelsea District Library and the Chelsea Senior Center. “Over the past few months, we’ve seen a significant ...

STN Staff

Chelsea Hosts Families for Friedreich’s Ataxia Foundation Fundraiser

The Families for Friedreich’s Ataxia Foundation is grateful for the incredible support from Chelsea and the surrounding communities. On March 1st, the foundation hosted its very first fundraiser at Revel Run in Chelsea, and it was an unforgettable evening! With delicious food, great music, and heartfelt generosity, the event was a huge success and made ...

Doug Marrin

Ruth Jennings: FIA’s 95-Year-Old Volunteer

Photo: Ruth Jennings surrounded by a few of her co-volunteers. Photo courtesy of FIA. By Doug Marrin with Lisa Carolin There is no age limit for volunteers at Faith in Action (FIA), the Chelsea-based nonprofit organization dedicated to alleviating hunger and poverty in the community by providing financial assistance and vital resources. Chelsea resident Ruth ...

STN Staff

Chelsea’s Earth Day Celebrations

Chelsea is welcoming Earth Day, April 22nd, with three events designed to be inspiring, creative and fun. An Earth Day Contest will kick off a month of activities by asking friends and neighbors to submit their best ideas for making Chelsea a more sustainable, earth-friendly city. Launched in Mid-March, the winning entries will be announced ...

STN Staff

Chelsea Ballet’s Don Quixote Performance Comes to CHS

Ballet Chelsea is excited to announce its upcoming performance of Don Quixote, hosted by Chelsea High School on April 12 and 13, 2025. This beloved ballet combines humor and romance and showcases the exquisite talents of Ballet Chelsea’s dancers. Tickets will be available on the Ballet Chelsea website, www.balletchelsea.org, starting March 10. Don Quixote is ...

Lyndon Township is looking at Zoning Text Amendment with Single-Family Homes

Lyndon Township has a proposed ordinance change before it pertaining to single‑family dwellings, whether constructed on a lot or a manufactured home. The change could come in not adding language, but rather by taking some words out. The zoning text amendment, if approved, would involve a section on Compatibility Determination when it comes to single-family dwellings. To learn ...

Doug Marrin

CPD Weekly Report, 3-11-25

Incident #: 25-718 Location: 1100 block of S. Main Street Date: March 3, 2025 Time: 2:38 pm INFORMATION: While on routine patrol, an officer was dispatched to the 1100 block of S. Main Street for the report of a counterfeit complaint. Upon arrival, the officer made contact with the complainant who stated that a customer ...

Steven Sheldon

Chelsea Youth Theatre’s Shrek Entertains Sold Out Performance

The Chelsea Area Players Youth Theatre opened the curtain on Shrek Jr at the sold-out 840- seat Washington Street Education Center (WSEC) Friday evening.  Featuring a cast of sixty 3rd -8th grade students, led by 8th grader Kathryn Dunn as Fiona, 7th grader W. Rock Thompson as Shrek and the very entertaining 8th grader Charlotte ...

Matt Rosentreter

Zoning Ordinance Amendment Adopted by City Council

An update to the language of zoning ordinances regarding kennels in Chelsea has passed its second reading. Chelsea Animal Recreation Center brought concerns to the Council about the restrictive language of the original ordinance and the inability for kennels in a non-rural environment to follow the guidelines several weeks ago. Working with the Planning Commission ...

STN Staff

Two-Part Community Discussion to be Hosted by One World One Family

One World One Family is again sponsoring a Community Discussion that is aimed at increasing the overall level of social justice knowledge in the local community. This time, the group will be taking a broader view of the current events and looking to see where they have parallels in history or in other countries. This ...

STN Staff

SRSLY Thanks Community for Support of 2025 Autism Awareness Night

SRSLY Chelsea and Chelsea Athletics are calling their first ever Autism Awareness Night a success, all thanks to the community. The Coalition received $1,000 in donations while selling out their fundraising shirts at the Chelsea Varsity Basketball games on Friday, Feb. 21. “It gave me so much gratitude to see our community come together and ...