May 09, 2025

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Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Returns to Washtenaw County

On Sat, May 10, Washtenaw County residents will be able to donate a bag of nonperishable food during Stamp Out Hunger, the nation’s largest one-day food drive. Residents who would like to participate in the drive can set their nonperishable donations in recycled, unused bags next to their mailboxes in the morning of May 10. Donations ...

Saline Girls’ Lacrosse Wins Fifth Straight

Photo provided by Mark McCulloch The Saline girls’ lacrosse team clinched at least a share of the SEC title after a pair of conference wins this week to improve to 12-1 overall on the season. The wins pushed the Hornets to 5-0 in the SEC and they can clinch the outright title with a Dexter ...

Saline Stays on top of SEC Red Soccer Standings

Heading into the round robin tournament, the Saline girls’ soccer team sits on top of the SEC Red standings after an 8-0 win over Monroe this week. The Hornets begin round robin play with a 6-0-1 conference record and have games with Huron, Pioneer, and Skyline over the next week to decide the SEC Red ...

Dexter Soccer Snaps Four Game Skid

The Dexter girls’ soccer team snapped a four-game losing streak with an 8-0 win over Ypsilanti Lincoln Thursday night. The Dreadnaughts finished the regular season part of SEC Red play with a 3-4 record and will begin the round-robin tournament this week. Kendall Cabana recorded a hat trick of three goals to lead Dreads to ...

Girls’ Modified Tennis Claims Home Brandon Invite Title

Photo provided by Chelsea girls’ tennis The Chelsea girls’ tennis team may have had one of the toughest schedules in the state this week when the Bulldogs faced five teams from the D3 state rankings in a span of four days. The juggernaut of a week included matches against 1st and 2nd ranked Cranbrook-Kingswood and ...

Chelsea Track and Field Teams Win Corunna Invite

Photo provided by Chelsea Track and Field The Chelsea track and field team both came home with hardware Friday night when the boys’ and girls’ team both won the Corunna Invitational Large School Divisions. The Corunna Invite was a true team invitational with every participant earning points for the team. The girls’ not only won ...

Truck Crashes into House in Downtown Dexter

A single-vehicle crash in downtown Dexter left the front porch of a home damaged, but thankfully there were no reported injuries. The crash happened around 6 p.m. on May 5, at the intersection of Baker Road and Main Street.  The Sun Times News connected with Doug Armstrong, Fire Chief of the Dexter Area Fire Department, ...

Heydlauff’s Appliances’ 2025 Chef Series Begins

Heydlauff’s Appliances will host Afrim Ramaxhiku, the head butcher for Grand River Breweries, The Manchester Market, and The Manchester Market Commissary, and Chef Mike Jacobson, Culinary Director on May 15, from 4:30 – 6pm at 113 N. Main Street, Chelsea for their annual Chef Series. Chef Afrim brings a wealth of expertise and passion, providing ...

STN Staff

Dexter Community Band Hosts Free Spring Concert May 18

By Todd Nissen The Dexter Community Band will host its summer-themed concert on May 18 at the Dexter High School’s Center for Performing Arts. The performance will feature “Casey at the Bat” and Principal Trumpet Richard Savitski performing an original version of George Gershwin’s “Summertime.” For Savitski, a long-time Dexter resident who has been in the ...

Chuck Colby

Shotgun, Always: A Goodbye to Chester

Publisher’s Note: I don’t usually write things this personal. But our editor, Doug Marrin, encouraged me to share this story—he said, “This will resonate with anybody who has lost a pet.” I hope he’s right. Chester was more than a dog. He was part of our story. We never really know how much time we’re ...

Saline Hornet Golfer Collects First Hole-in-One

Photos provided by Debbie Williams-Hoak Saline freshman Jackson Billingsley hit the shot of the lifetime Thursday when he became the fifth golfer in Saline history to record a hole-in-one in competition for the Hornets. Billingsley aced the 133-yard 16th hole at Ella Sharp Golf Course in Jackson. The slope of the hole made the shot ...

A New Residential Proposal Goes to Scio Township

A developer is hoping Scio Township will rezone a vacant property south of Jackson Road so it can build residential townhome units on it. This new proposal went before the township’s planning commission on April 28. According to the township planner, the applicant, M/I Homes Inc, is requesting a conditional rezoning from the current PUD ...