April 28, 2025

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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 ...

Late Bulldogs Rally Comes Up Short

Cover- STN File Photo The Chelsea basketball team tried to overcome a 16-point deficit but came up just short in a 66-62 loss to SEC White leading Adrian Tuesday night. The loss dropped the Bulldogs to 6-5 overall and 0-2 in the White, while Adrian improved to 9-1 overall and 2-0 in the conference. Chelsea ...

STN Staff

Trinity Health Ann Arbor, Livonia and Chelsea Hospital Acquire Next Generation Surgical Robots, Including New ‘da Vinci 5’ Systems

Trinity Health Michigan announced the acquisition of “da Vinci 5” robots at Trinity Health Ann Arbor and Chelsea Hospital, and a “da Vinci Xi” robot at Trinity Health Livonia, further strengthening its standing as home to one of the most comprehensive robotic surgery programs in southeast Michigan. The first surgery using the da Vinci 5 ...

Was Linus Right?

Was Linus Right? By Steve Gwisdalla Originally Published on January 16, 2025 Hello Tribe of Up. Over the past several weeks, I have had the pleasure of speaking to several people from several local communities. People have had genuinely nice things to say about my little slice of The Sun Times News. The top two ...

Doug Marrin

Chelsea Residents Step Up to Help in a Time of Need

Ann Johnston’s Fall Shows the Strength of a Caring Community On the chilly afternoon of January 2, 2025, a simple walk with a heartfelt purpose turned into an unexpected ordeal for Ann Johnston. Ann, who lives with her husband Bob on McKinley Street in Chelsea, had been on her way to deliver a small gift ...

Chelsea Schools’ Director of Safety and Security Talks Narcan and School Threat Training

In his most recent report to the Chelsea School District Board of Education, Doug Whitsel, the district’s Director of Safety and Security, updated the board on the introduction of Narcan into the district as well as about some helpful training through the Michigan State Police. Whitsel’s report went before the board at its Jan. 13 ...

Local Schools Report No Impact from Data Breach

Like Saline schools, Dexter, Chelsea and Milan also said they were not impacted by the PowerSchool data breach. The Sun Times News asked Dexter Community Schools Superintendent Chris Timmis about the breach that reportedly happened in December to PowerSchool, which is a cloud-based K-12 software provider.  It’s been reported that a compromised credential was used ...