Heather Newman on June 16th, 2010

Drivers on north Main Street got a surprise this morning: the driver of a Toyota Tundra owned by Conklin Plumbing lost control and crashed into a house at 604 N. Main Street. As you can see in the photo gallery below, the truck is actually holding up what’s left of the porch.

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Heather Newman on May 14th, 2010

Chelsea Chief of Police Ed Toth is reminding residents to lock their homes’ doors and windows today after a burglar stole items from a house in the 500 block of West Middle Wednesday night. The residents were inside asleep.
“Citizens at the residence heard some noises in the residence, woke up and discovered someone had been [...]

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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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Heather Newman on March 11th, 2010

Lock your cars, folks; thieves struck last night in Chelsea, stealing electronic items from multiple cars between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.

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Heather Newman on March 10th, 2010

Ah, Chelsea in the springtime: the buds are plumping, the sun is shining… and the siren is wailing.

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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 December 16th, 2009

The City of Chelsea Police Department is joining with other law enforcement agencies for a special crackdown on drunk driving that begins today and ends January 3.

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Heather Newman on December 15th, 2009

Chelsea Police are looking for more area residents to sign up for Nixle, the information service that allows the department to broadcast important information about crimes, accidents and even road construction to local residents via e-mail or text message.

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Heather Newman on November 12th, 2009

The Downtown Development Authority, City of Chelsea and Chelsea Police Department are working together on a present for downtown parkers: ticket-free parking during the holidays.
As it stands now, patrons who visit the city are occasionally caught by the three-hour parking limits, which were originally enacted to prevent employees from taking all close public parking spaces [...]

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Heather Newman on October 9th, 2009

Local authorities are looking for a man responsible for at least two Chelsea home invasions in recent days.

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