During Hillsdale’s first Adoption Day, seven children found new homes and “forever families.” Judge Michelle Bianchi presided over the event, reading reference letters vouching for the adoptive families, reading observations made by caseworkers, and allowing people to make statements about the adoptive families. Local families gathered in the Hillsdale County Courthouse to finalize adoptions on...
Mary Randall Preschool celebrated its 50th anniversary in October and will be celebrating it again with a reception after its annual Christmas program on Dec. 8. “We’re inviting all of [the Women’s Commissioners] to come back,” Sonja Bindus, Director of Mary Randall Preschool said. “We’re just going to have this Christmas celebration-slash-50th anniversary.” The...
The Hillsdale County Veterans Hall of Fame will be holding its annual award and induction ceremony at 7 p.m., Nov. 9 in the Phillips Auditorium. Ten soldiers, a veteran for each war from the War of 1812 to the Iraq War, will be inducted, as well as one military unit, according to a press release...
Peyton Bowen is a senior from Santa Clarita, California. She is majoring in politics and is a member of the Hillsdale College swim team. When did you start swimming competitively? About 14 years ago, when I was 8. Why got you started in swimming? Basically, I was so uncoordinated that I couldn’t do any other...
When the wedding of two theater students coincides with the first play of the school year, the production ends up with something rare: a majority freshmen cast. Next week the Tower Players perform Shakespeare’s “All’s Well That Ends Well,” the final production directed by Director of Theatre George Angell. The cast features mostly underclassmen, including...