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City prepares for spring with cleaning and construction
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City prepares for spring with cleaning and construction

The City of Hillsdale will begin its spring construction within the next few weeks. The Hillsdale Department of Public Services has already begun some of its general spring cleaning duties, and will begin its new project reconstructing Hallett Street, from Reading Avenue to the west city limits, next month. According to City Foreman Jason Blake,...

Whitmer’s proposed fuel tax would be highest in nation
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Whitmer’s proposed fuel tax would be highest in nation

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed gas tax would catapult Michigan into first place for the highest fuel tax in the country.  Whitmer made fixing Michigan roads a priority in her gubernatorial race, but her proposal faces serious opposition from Republicans, who promised to shoot down Whitmer’s proposed 45-cent-per-gallon gas tax.  “We’d have the highest gas...

Condemned building to be demolished
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Condemned building to be demolished

The City of Hillsdale will demolish the condemned building at 23 and 25 N. Broad Street by fall of 2019, according to Zoning Administrator Alan Beeker.   Beeker is currently going through the six bids he received for the demo process. He said he will will submit his choices to the City Council at the...

‘For something greater we can come together’
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‘For something greater we can come together’

Moments before David Boswell learned he had won Artworks of Hillsdale’s Artist of the Year Prize, he stood before his students at Hillsdale High School, helping his chorale warm up for rehearsal. For Boswell, his final year of teaching looks remarkable like the previous 25 – investing in the musical community of his students and...

Council approves OPRA for Keefer House
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Council approves OPRA for Keefer House

During its meeting on April 1, Hillsdale City Council passed the Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act for the Keefer House, LLC, which will provide property tax exemptions for for the next 12 years.   Mayor Adam Stockford said the Keefer House, LLC submitted its application for the rehabilitation project to start July 2019, with a projected...