Month: April 2013

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A taste of the Mediterranean
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A taste of the Mediterranean

When a customer walks in the door, he smiles and immediately throws some meat on the grill. He needs no other prompting as he adds spices and oil, then finishes up. He wraps the sandwich in paper and then fist bumps the customer as he asks about last night’s basketball game and hands him his...

Ann Hart’s journey to Hillsdale
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Ann Hart’s journey to Hillsdale

  Ann Hart, professor in English, began teaching at Hillsdale College this Spring. She is currently teaching Great Books II while working part time as an editor for Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs, a quarterly journal on foreign policy. Hart’s love for the written word has taken her all over the country, from city...

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Police Blotter

The following is a list of calls compiled and reported by the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department.   Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department April 6 A 30-year-old Jonesville man was arrested on a bench warrant for throwing objects at a car and a disorderly person bench warrant. A $1,000 bond with 10 percent allowed was posted. April...

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This week in… Hillsdale History

1861 — Immediately following the fall of Fort Sumter, Hillsdale College students answer the Union’s call-to-arms, providing the most enlistees by percentage of any non-military American institution. Despite four years of a tiny and virtually all-female campus, Hillsdale’s resilience would ultimately earn its seat among the mere 20 percent of pre-Civil War colleges to survive...

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Hillsdale farmer’s market preps for 5th season

As winter draws to a close and spring arrives, the Hillsdale farmer’s market prepares to open again in mid-May, the weekend after Mother’s Day. “You can’t fight with Mother’s Day,” said the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market President Glenn Frobel.  “If you want to open a market on Mother’s day, you’ll fail.” The administrative team, led by...