Heather Newman on January 29th, 2010

The Education Project at the Washtenaw Intermediate School District is looking for donations of unopened packages of socks and underwear. The project serves children and students ages 0-21 in Washtenaw County, including more than 30 in the Chelsea School District, helping them to attend classes and finish their high school diplomas.

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Heather Newman on January 28th, 2010

Chelsea State Bank’s board of directors voted recently to add Marni L. Schmid, director of operations for Dexter Pharmacy, to the board. They also selected Mark Burmis to become vice president of residential lending.
Schmid joined Dexter Pharmacy in 2005, overseeing human resources, advertising and sales, benefit administration and strategic business development. She was previously market [...]

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Heather Newman on January 27th, 2010

Chelsea’s First United Methodist Church will host a free screening of Pray the Devil Back to Hell, an inspirational movie about the close of the second civil war in Liberia in 2003 – and the cooperation between Christians and Muslims that helped bring hostilities to an end. The movie will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday, January 31.

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Heather Newman on January 26th, 2010

Sheridan Books, Inc., is competing a new $1.7 million printing press installation at its location at 613 E. Industrial in Chelsea this month that will double the company’s ability to print four-color books.

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Heather Newman on January 25th, 2010

The Heart and Sole run, which saw its 20th anniversary last year on May 16, may add a bike race to this year’s course.

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Heather Newman on January 14th, 2010

Phoenix Contracting and Architects Design Group (ADG) won the contract to design and build the new $2.5 million police station for the city of Chelsea at the City council meeting on December 8. Here’s a first peek at what their designs would look like.

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Heather Newman on January 12th, 2010

Gary Galvin, former co-owner of the Chelsea Gallery, has stepped down from the Downtown Development Authority.
His term expired and he elected not to reapply, according to the draft minutes of the last Chelsea City Council meeting. Bob Pierce, Peter Flintoft, and Mark Heydlauff, whose terms also expired at the end of December, will continue to [...]

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Heather Newman on January 11th, 2010

A new Web site has launched featuring downtown Chelsea businesses: www.shopthe18.com (pronounced one-eight).

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Heather Newman on January 6th, 2010

More than 400 people attended the second annual SRSLY New Year’s Eve Party at Beach Middle School December 31.

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Heather Newman on January 4th, 2010

Enjoy the snow, everybody! The Timberlake family already did – this is their version of a Chelsea snowman, built on New Year’s Eve.

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