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In case anyone is trying to reach me on Friday, April 26,  via email or by phone, I’m not ignoring you. Really. I’m actually taking a whole day off. In fact, although I’ll be in town and covering a few … Read more

This week, I had several people tell me that they hadn’t seen a story on Chelsea Update that I’d either told them I would publish on a specific day or it was posted under a specific tab on the top … Read more

Oh what a difference a year makes. Last year on St. Patrick’s Day, I was planting some of my hanging vegetable baskets while my gardening friends told me I was nuts. No one in Michigan plants anything outside so early, … Read more

This week readers may have noticed several new things on Chelsea Update. Alan Scafuri, the site’s IT guru, added a fun puzzle game for readers. It’s on the right hand side of the page under local links. Although I rarely … Read more

The re-launch of Chelsea Update is now 6 months and thousands of stories old. And I’m still smiling every day writing these stories and taking the photos. If you like what you’ve been reading, I hope that you will make … Read more

  Although we’re already well into January, it’s not too late to resolve to do something fun, new, healthier, educational, faith-based or just plain different in 2013. With all of Chelsea Update’s server problems during the end of 2012 and … Read more

So, the transition from Chelsea Update’s old server to the new one didn’t go as smoothly as planned and for that I’m truly sorry. Readers’ newsletters listed stories that weren’t available on the site. Stories and photos showed up then … Read more

Chelsea Update is now four months old, and I’m so thankful to the community, readers and local businesses for all of your support. Each day, new community members contact me with ideas, news and requests for stories, and I’m only … Read more

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a little more than three months since I relaunched ChelseaUpdate. Somehow, because this venture is so much fun for me, it seems like just a few weeks ago that I closed several chapters … Read more