On the corner of Maumee Street in Jonesville sits the dimly-lit and doily-dressed Grosvenor House, where members of the community gathered this past Saturday evening, on Oct. 27 to hear local history and spooky tales from the Civil War era. Paul Hosmer, professor of physics at Hillsdale College and board member of the Grosvenor...
Some Hillsdale professors fall in love with the city and decide to stay — even after they retire from teaching. Over the years, Hillsdale College professors come and go, but some professors remain in the area, continuing to contribute to the community. Will Morrisey came to teach in the politics department at Hillsdale in...
The City of Hillsdale adopted its first-ever tagline at a Feb. 5 city council meeting. The new slogan — “Family. Tradition. Opportunity.” — will appear on city signs and documents as well as its website. It also could be added to city vehicles such as police cars in the future, as well. Chosen by...
The locked box by the register at the Finish Line restaurant caught their eyes: “Frank Talk, 50 cents.” Who sells a magazine that way these days? And for that price? But that was the price of satisfaction for my housemate’s curiosity last week. She and her friends discovered a publication that has papered the...
If the four biggest coffee shops in Hillsdale — Checker Records, Jilly Beans, Biggby’s, and Rough Draft, — have anything to say, the increasing variety of coffee shop experiences in town have had no negative influence on business, but rather have increased activity in downtown. Checker Records is known for not only its...