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Hillsdale Brewing hosts indoor winter market
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Hillsdale Brewing hosts indoor winter market

The Hillsdale Farmers Market, which usually ends in October, has opened indoors for the city’s first winter market. The winter market runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every other Saturday in the back room of the Hillsdale Brewing Company.  “It’s slower than the summer markets, but there are definitely some familiar market faces,” said...

Parents speak against explicit books, sue Dearborn school board
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Parents speak against explicit books, sue Dearborn school board

DEARBORN, Mich. — Michigan parents are suing a school board with the help of a Hillsdale-based lawyer for approving sexually explicit library books.  Parents with children in Dearborn Public Schools notified the Board of Education of their intent to sue at a Monday night board meeting. Parents, represented by  attorney Daren Wiseley, claim the school...

‘Depraved’: residents condemn drag show
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‘Depraved’: residents condemn drag show

[EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been edited for clarity since publication.] Community members say they are “shocked” after a local bar hosted a charity drag performance last month. Local charity Survivors Strong organized Drag Queen Bingo, which took place last month at 55 Below, a bar on Broad Street. Tickets to the show cost $25,...

Former Alito clerk advises students
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Former Alito clerk advises students

  When Paul Ray woke up one morning and decided to be a lawyer, he had no idea he would one day clerk for an associate Supreme Court justice and serve in former President Donald Trump’s administration. “I didn’t start thinking about law school before my senior year. I was going to teach English and...

Former stabbing suspect faces charges for stalking, assault, resisting police
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Former stabbing suspect faces charges for stalking, assault, resisting police

The City of Hillsdale Police Department arrested a repeat offender on Sept. 20 for multiple counts of resisting an officer, among other charges.  According to a Hillsdale police press release, 39-year-old Shaun David Helton was arrested last Tuesday on two counts of resisting and obstructing police, domestic assault, aggravated stalking, violation of conditional bond, and...