Tantre at Twenty-Five
When timber-frame carpenter Richard Andres launched his Chelsea farm in 1993, the word...
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Chelsea
Now Hiring!
For years, the most common window signs in western Washtenaw advertised vacant spaces desperately...
Read MoreSoutheastern Michigan Trout Council
We received forty-three entries correctly identifying the Fake Ad in the Fall Community Observer.”The fake ad is on page 29 of The Community Observer,” wrote Larry Hieber. “It’s about the Southeastern...
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Dan’s Expands Again
The last couple of times owner Dan Kolander made changes to Dan’s Downtown Tavern, there was...
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Carving Out a Partnership
Inside Marlene and John Dusbiber’s timber-framed saltbox house in Sylvan Township, dried...
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Nate Buys Skip’s
“We pressed pause on the Mill Creek project,” says Nate Pound (“Logjam at Mill...
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Kitty Face Opens on Main St.
Bonnie and Scott Cook plan to open their fourth downtown Chelsea store, Kitty Face–featuring...
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Church on Hold
“What more do we need to do for you? Have we offended you in any way?” the Rev. Dr....
Read MoreSamuel Morse
Slightly more than twenty Fake Adders (twenty-two, to be exact) spotted the Fake Ad for attorney Samuel Morse on page 21 of the Summer Community Observer. The name is an amalgam of the first name of one of Detroit...
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Less Stuff, More Happiness
In my nightmares, I am drowning in a sea of china sets, old clocks, early American furniture,...
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Suppressing the Stench
“We smell it daily,” says Rebecca Schneider, who lives uphill from the Saline sewage...
Read MoreWired Lyndon
Lyndon Township voters passed a millage in August to fund their own fiber-optic network. Because it’s not economical for private cable companies to serve sparsely populated areas, 6,000 to 8,000 households in western...
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Congestion Prescription
Traffic congestion has Dexter tearing its collective hair out, so let’s start with something...
Read MoreSmoked Out
Smoke BBQ (formerly Downtown Diner) is permanently closed. After an April fire, the restaurant’s voicemail message said it planned to reopen in a month, but repeated attempts to reach the owners over the summer failed....
Read MoreFood Trucks Come to Saline
Stony Lake Brewing Co. added a patio last summer; this summer’s big hit, apart from their popular beers and ciders, has been food trucks. Owners Jerry and Heidi Tubbs started booking the trucks on weekends. Jerry admits...
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Golf in a Box
California’s Pebble Beach is set to host its sixth U.S. Open in 2019. Ever wondered how you...
Read MoreKayak’s Fate Uncertain
Nate Pound’s stunning series of accomplishments in bringing the Mill Creek Outdoor Adventure Center to life ran into some heavy whitewater, detailed in the Community Observer’s summer issue (“Logjam at Mill...
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Artisan Knitworks Moves to Chelsea
Larry Hart and Sandra VanBurkleo are moving their yarn shop, Artisan Knitworks, from Farmington to...
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Terry B’s Sold
“We’re battling the perception that we’re a special occasion place,” says...
Read MoreChelsea’s Hallmark Dayspring Gifts Closes
August marked the end of an era for Tom Ungrodt when he closed Chelsea Shopping Center’s Hallmark Dayspring Gifts. In 1960, Tom’s father Skip opened the family’s first Hallmark store–Crown House of...
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