May 25, 2025

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Chelsea Senior Center Awarded Wildflower Grant

More native pollinators will be busy at work this summer dancing amid wildflowers at the Chelsea Senior Center (CSC) entrance. With the support of Chelsea School District, Chelsea Area Garden Club and Chelsea Area Fire Authority, CSC’s Trinh Pifer Intergenerational Garden was awarded a $1,250 grant from the Wildflower Association of Michigan (WAM) to implement ...

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CHS Robotics Team Wins Second Impact Award

Ethan Holly Forty teams with over 1400 student competitors gathered at Lake City High School this past weekend to battle it out in the FIRST Robotics Competition. When the dust had settled Chelsea High School’s team 1502 stood tall in the playoffs of this robust event. Each year, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science ...