May 09, 2025

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Dexter Schools to Implement No-Transport Zone

Dexter Community Schools will implement a no-transport zone starting this fall, requiring 239 students who live within a 1.5-mile radius of their schools to walk, bike or find a ride to school other than the bus. The area ineligible for bus transportation includes Dexter Crossing, Walkabout Creek, Hilltop, Huron Farms and all students in town ...

Baker Road on Track to Reopen Aug. 23

Construction on Baker Road is staying on schedule and should be finished before school starts. The contractors finished repaving from Grand Street to Main Street on July 24 and spent the week of July 28 working on traffic electrical. Restoration is planned for next week. “Residents should be aware that while the most obvious portion ...

Dexter City Garbage Pickup Time to Stay the Same

At its meeting on July 23, Dexter City Council decided to renew its current solid waste disposal ordinance for five years, leaving garbage pickup time at 7 a.m. The city’s original contract with Waste Management said service can’t begin earlier than 7 a.m.,  but in recent discussions, Waste Management said collection starts prior to then ...

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 ...

Michigan Sailing Club out on Baseline Lake.

The Michigan Sailing Club offers a fun, unique experience

Seated on the shores of Baseline Lake is a unique all-volunteer sailing club that serves the local community and is home to the University of Michigan Sailing Team. It’s called the Michigan Sailing Club. It’s a co-operative club dedicated to the pleasure and fellowship of small-boat sailing. The all-volunteer club offers sailing (both racing and leisurely day-sailing), windsurfing, paddle-craft, swimming, fishing and more. ...

Honored at the Michigan State University's 2024 Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum

Dexter’s Charlotte Schultz earns a first place at MSU’s Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum

With a winning topic of study called, “Investigating LPO NTsR1 Neurons for Regulation of Obesity and Obesity-Induced Pain,” Dexter’s Charlotte Schultz earned a big honor. Schultz, a 2021 graduate of Dexter High School, took a first place in the recent Michigan State University’s 2024 Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF). This is MSU’s premier showcase ...

Dexter Golfers Open SEC Play

The Dexter boys’ golf team opened SEC play this week and came away with one win in three matches. The Dreadnaughts hosted Chelsea and Ypsilanti Lincoln Tuesday and split the matches. The defeated Lincoln 182-185 and fell to the Bulldogs 156-182. Braden Richards led the Dreads with a round of 40 to finish third overall. ...

STN Staff

Hot-Shooting Skyline Takes Down Dexter

The Dexter basketball team did not have an answer for the hot outside shooting of Ann Arbor Skyline in a 72-58 loss to the Eagles Tuesday night. Skyline hit 11 three-pointers on the night, including five in the fourth quarter to keep the Dreads from rallying. Dexter trailed by six heading into the fourth quarter ...

Debbie Dingell Delivers Donuts from Dexter!

Representative Debbie Dingell at The Dexter Bakery with the whole crew. The congresswoman bought 80 dozen to deliver to various media outlets in her region. Photo by Chuck Colby. Publisher’s note – Last year on Fat Tuesday, The Sun Times News office got visited by a member of U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell’s office. This was the first ...

STN Staff

Chelsea Hockey Blanks Dexter

The Chelsea hockey team remained undefeated in the SEC after an 8-0 win over Dexter Saturday. The Bulldogs and Lenawee United are tied for the top spot in the SEC White with two huge games between the two over the next two weeks. Chelsea made short work of the Dreadnaughts Saturday with the 8-0 mercy ...

Lonnie Huhman

Welcome to Dexter

The sign is on Baker Road. photo courtesy of the Dexter Lions Club Dexter has a new sign and it all came about through community partnership. Located on Baker Road, the welcome sign went up last month. To learn more, the Sun Times News connected with the Dexter Lions Club, who played a big part ...