Diva Royale
Jeff Daniels lives in Chelsea and commutes to work on both coasts. While appearing on Broadway, an...
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Chelsea
A Jukebox for the Algonquin
The Purple Rose bills A Jukebox for the Algonquin as a “serious comedy about sex, drugs, and...
Read MoreRobin Hills Adds a Restaurant
The Nest Cocktail Bar & Kitchen opened in mid-April at Robin Hills Farm on M–52 north of Chelsea. Husband-and-wife chefs Vanessa and Phil Coulson had been parking their food truck, Sanich Union, at area venues, including...
Read MoreTrading Spaces
“This is where I wanted to be,” says Culture Creations owner Laura Scriven from her new location between Bumble’s Dry Goods and the Common Grill. The space became available in February when Scriven’s friend MaryAnne Thomas...
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Chelsea Outfitters
On a weekday afternoon, Mack and Lilly Trenary munch on an after-school snack in the back of their...
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From Nepal, With Love
Curt Winans describes his wife Menuka as “a magnet” for people. When she moved to Chelsea in 2016...
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Dingell’s View
Interviewed two weeks before the election, “the mob mentality” topped Debbie Dingell’s list of...
Read MoreDems Dominate
“It’s a beautiful day,” says Ann Arbor state senator Jeff Irwin two days after Michigan Democrats won the executive, legislative, and judicial state elections on November 8. “We have a whole new set of opportunities to make our...
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New Life on Main St. in Chelsea
The former Vogel’s and Foster’s clothing store on S. Main in Chelsea is now home to two retailers...
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New Pathways
If you stand on the corner of Freer and Dexter-Chelsea roads, at the northwest edge of the Oak...
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Susan and Palmer Morrel-Samuels
“It’s the kind of neighborhood that draws people out,” Susan Morrel-Samuels says over coffee in...
Read MoreQuestion Corner, August 2022
Q. Can you explain Michigan’s rules for ordering wine shipments? A. Michigan’s laws governing alcohol sales are labyrinthine. When the 21st Amendment ended Prohibition in 1933, the state set up a three-tier regulatory system: a...
Read MoreLong Covid
It’s called “Long Covid,” and Smith is a member of a particularly susceptible population. In a new U-M study, one in four women reported symptoms lasting more than ninety days, compared to one in six men. “I didn’t need to be...
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Overdose Deaths Rise Again
As recently as twenty years ago, the county saw only a few heroin deaths a year—mostly older men...
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Election 2022
In overwhelmingly Democratic Ann Arbor, where the mayor and all ten city councilmembers belong to...
Read MoreQuestion Corner, July 2022
Q. “Not infrequently the mail delivery person will stomp across my front yard, and through my garden, to get to the next delivery, next door. Isn’t she/he expected to stay on the sidewalk?” A. A USPS communications specialist...
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Unemployment Hell
Jennifer Larke’s descent into unemployment hell started in April 2020. Not just because she lost...
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Lonely Dogs
“It was a good time to be a homeless animal,” says Huron Valley Humane Society director Tanya...
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Abortion after Roe
Briere, now retired to California, is speaking of the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that...
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St. Joe’s Rebrands
In April, St. Joe’s parent, Trinity Health Michigan, announced that it would consolidate branding...
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