May 02, 2025

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Saline Student-Athletes Honored with the Rich Tompkins Multi-Sport Athletic Award

Honored for their excellence both on and off the field, Saline student-athletes Peyton Widen and Jordan Wickham were named as two of eight state winners of the Michigan High School Coaches Association Rich Tompkins Multi-Sport award. At the May 28 Saline Area Schools Board of Education meeting, both were recognized. The Rich Tompkins Multi-Sport Athletic ...

Opa! It’s Ann Arbor’s Ya’ssoo Greek Festival time–June 7, 8, 9!

Greek cuisine and homemade pastries, dance performances by church youth, live music by Enigma, tours of a Byzantine-architecture church, a raffle grand prize trip to Greece for two, daily raffle prizes donated by area businesses, and much more! With its food, entertainment and atmosphere, the Ya’ssoo Greek Festival of Ann Arbor is a great way ...

A Millage Renewal is expected to go before Chelsea, Dexter and Saline voters

Going before school boards around Washtenaw County is a resolution asking districts to support renewal of the Washtenaw Intermediate School District Special Education Millage. This millage renewal is proposed to go before voters county-wide in the November 5 General Election. The Saline, Dexter and Chelsea school boards have all looked at the renewal proposal. The ...

A Ribbon Cutting for Dexter Community Schools Celebrating True Collaboration

With the cut of the ribbon, the Dexter community took a big step forward in establishing a permanent home for the Dexter Senior Center and creating a Multigenerational Community Center. Dexter Community Schools welcomed the community to a ceremonial ribbon cutting held on the morning of May 20, just outside of the Dexter Wellness Center ...

Saline Awards Varsity Letters to its Washtenaw United Hockey Players

The Saline Area Schools Board of Education May 14 meeting was a memorable one for the Washtenaw United High School Hockey Team. It saw the Saline contingent of the team receive their Varsity Letters. During the meeting, Saline Superintendent Stephen Laatsch introduced the team and their coaches to the school board and gathered public. The ...

Scio Township’s Skip Davis is Honored for his Service

For his decades of service, Skip Davis was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement award. From the Vietnam War when he was a 19-year-old serving in the infantry to his present day role as the Scio Township Fire Investigator, Davis has made it his life’s mission to faithfully serve. His service was recently recognized by 1-800-BOARDUP, ...

Saline High School’s Connecting Program Honored as Innovative and Transformative

As an innovative educational opportunity, the Saline High School Connecting Program was honored and featured at a recent event attended by several Michigan government officials, including Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Saline Area Schools sent out a social media post about the event: “We were immensely proud today to honor the SHS Connecting Program at the What ...

Saline’s David Mellor is a true example of a great teacher

You could easily say the honors and awards say it all about Dave Mellor and the career he’s had as a teacher, but the students he’s positively impacted probably said it best. Mellor is an Agriscience, Food and Natural Resources Educator and FFA Advisor at the South & West Washtenaw Consortium at Saline High School. ...

The A2Y Chamber and LaFontaine honor two of Dexter Community Schools’ best

For exemplifying what is best in their profession, two Dexter teachers were recently named by the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Regional Chamber as the LaFontaine 2024 Teacher of the Year winners. Kalli Nowitzke, a Special Education Teacher at Dexter Community Schools and Jennifer Johnson, Third-Grade Teacher at DCS’s Wylie Elementary were named Teacher of the Year winners ...

Lyndon Township

Lyndon Township is getting the word out on the Broadband transition

Lyndon Township is transitioning to a new operator for the community-owned broadband network. To make sure this is a smooth change, it’s asking the community for some help. The new operator is ACD.net, which is based in Lansing. Township officials say the existing operator is not giving the township access to the needed customer contact ...

Honoring Chelsea’s Top Five Academic Scholars

Chelsea’s Top Five academic performers were recently recognized and honored for their hard work. On April 24th, five students from Chelsea High School were recognized at the annual Southeastern Conference Banquet held at Weber’s Inn. The students were: Lillian Synder, Cypress Gabriel-Menegay, Ryan Fredrickson, Wynne Van Hoek and Gavin Taylor. They represent CHS’s top 5 ...