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Closing the Broadband Gap

May 24, 2021 | Community, Featured |

“Eeeeven the speed test is slo-o-ow!” laughs Barb Fuller, her audio delayed and video...

Manchester’s food horizons are looking a bit brighter. An indoor farmers market, conceived as a response to the closing of the village’s only grocery store in early 2019, is up and running in a shoebox storefront. By...

Flipping the Aprill Farm

Oct 11, 2020 | Featured, News |

Extraordinary timing, great good luck, creative financing, and two fortuitous phone calls combined...

Just Imagine Closes

Apr 20, 2020 | Marketplace |

After a decade downtown, Bill Harris will close Just Imagine–his book, toy, and musical instrument store on Chelsea’s W. Middle St.–at the end of March and retire. “My wife and I have plans to finally do...

A Walk by the Mill Pond

Apr 18, 2020 | Community |

Under threatening skies, dozens of wandering geese in Saline’s Mill Pond Park erupted into...

Back to the 1840s

Apr 15, 2020 | Community |

“Gordon Hall is a house we all love. Many, many generous donors are helping to restore it...

Coming to Chelsea

Apr 13, 2020 | Marketplace |

Jason Povlich–owner of Chelsea’s Jet’s Pizza and music venue the Rumpus Room–says he plans to open the Grateful Crow restaurant in the Clocktower Complex this spring. The restaurant, in the space Chelsea...

All That Glitters

Apr 10, 2020 | Marketplace |

We don’t need the Farmer’s Almanac to tell us that we live in one of the top ten cloudiest states. Good news though! Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow, so maybe an early spring? In the meantime, what...

The Pineapple House Goes Virtual

Apr 7, 2020 | Marketplace |

For more than two decades, the Pineapple House has been the northeast anchor for Saline’s...

The Conns Step Back

Apr 3, 2020 | Marketplace |

Main Street’s Mule Skinner Boot Shop closed at the end of 2019 after nearly a quarter-century in downtown Chelsea. Owner Bill Conn started out in 1969 selling handcrafted leather belts and barrettes at the Ann Arbor...

Tax Dollars at Work

Apr 2, 2020 | Featured, News |

County officials feared their eight-year, 1-mill tax, meant to support police and mental health...

Robin Hills Farm Reopens

Mar 24, 2020 | Marketplace |

Robin Hills Farm, a 129-acre “eco-destination and recreation farm” along M-52 just...

Less Subs, Less Pizza

Mar 20, 2020 | Marketplace |

The Subway in Saline’s Country Creek Plaza is closed. Messages left with the Swisher Properties leasing agent went unanswered. Saline still has two Subway locations, one inside the Walmart at 7000 E. Michigan, and another...

Bill Knapp’s Is Back

Nov 27, 2019 | Marketplace |

On a desk inside an office on the southeast corner of Michigan Ave. and Industrial Dr., Marty...

Bone Heads BBQ

Nov 27, 2019 | Marketplace |

At the end of September construction began in the Commons at Sauk Trail space long ago vacated by Flaming Shish, just north of Saline’s Emagine Theatre. It’ll be a Bone Heads BBQ by the end of the year.”Our...