Month: October 2012

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City council still resolving resident’s State Street request

  The reconstruction of State Street in Hillsdale is completed, save for one issue concerning changes made to a resident’s yard during the months-long process. Though the project’s completion was delayed several times, it is now basically complete, said City Manager Linda Brown. In addition to allowing drivers around the area to use State Street...

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The 3-Minute Interview

Flynn is the general manager and vice president of Hillsdale’s WCSR radio station. He is on air from 6 a.m. to noon on weekdays and also gives play-by-play broadcasting for high school sports.   How long have you been in this business? I grew up in the business because my father and my uncle both...

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Dial-A-Ride service increases in three-month trial

Hillsdale Place resident Alexix Kozub hoisted herself out of her stiff chair and approached the podium in the City Council chamber Oct. 1, preparing to speak. She simply said that she thinks Dial-A-Ride going to Walmart twice a month is a good thing and will enable residents to get goods not available from downtown businesses....

Fair most successful in five years
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Fair most successful in five years

After eating fried everything, people resumed their diets, and children brought their 4-H projects home. Others figured out where to display ribbons and trophies, or what to do with a 700-pound pumpkin. And fair personnel began to clean up and plan for next year. Scott Dow, the fair manager, said the attendance of the 2012...

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Students attend Paul Ryan rally

Approximately 20 Hillsdale College students drove to Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., to see Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan at a rally on Oct. 8. A caravan of five cars travelled east to join the 4,000 people who attended the event. The rally filled the basketball stadium serving as a stage for Ryan and...