Heather Newman on June 9th, 2010

You’ll no longer need a Michigan parks sticker to get into Waterloo or Pinckney Recreation Areas this fall. Instead, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is instituting a “recreation passport” system.

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Heather Newman on June 9th, 2010

If you’ve been meaning to try out the Yellow Door – say after reading our last story – this is definitely the week to go.
Paul Cousins, formerly of Dexter’s Cousins Heritage Inn, will be the guest chef at the Chelsea Community Kitchen breakfast fundraiser this Thursday.

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Heather Newman on May 28th, 2010

It’s summer, which means the Pierce Park rock is changing shape every few hours.

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Heather Newman on May 20th, 2010

Walkers will circle the track for 24 hours in this year’s American Cancer Society Relay for Life in Chelsea, starting Saturday at 10 a.m. at Pierce Lake Elementary.

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Heather Newman on May 14th, 2010

It’s that time of year again: the best opportunity in town to get low-priced annuals and perennials from the tireless folks in the Chelsea Area Garden Club as part of their annual Plant Sale.

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Heather Newman on May 7th, 2010

While you’re putting your Faith in Action food donations out for postal worker pickup on Saturday – see the story below – you might consider packaging up your cans and bottles as well.
The Chelsea High School Lacrosse Team is collecting deposit cans and bottles as a fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday (May [...]

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Heather Newman on April 28th, 2010

In a pleasant change for Farmer’s Market shoppers, Park Street will close this summer to allow the market to spill across the road. The road will close from 7 a.m. until noon each Saturday from May 1 through October 30. Specifically, it’ll close from Municipal Lot 1 (across from the Chelsea United Methodist Church) to [...]

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Heather Newman on April 14th, 2010

Before it was moved to Pierce Park, before people painted the lovely tributes (to births, deaths, birthdays and even philosophical musings) you see on this site in the gallery to the right, even before high schoolers scrawled graffiti on it, the rock existed as a local landmark.

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Heather Newman on April 12th, 2010

It may not feel like this this morning – 31 degrees?? brrrrr – but spring has definitely come to Chelsea, no matter what the calendar or thermometer says.

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Heather Newman on March 20th, 2010

Two prominent residents of Chelsea passed away this week: Charles Krausse, M.D., former Chief of Staff and Emergency Room Chief of Chelsea Community Hospital; and Daniel S. Whitesall, Chelsea Police Department Dispatcher.

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