Month: March 2014

Despite a heated debate over Linda Brown’s first appointment as Hillsdale’s city manager three years ago, the decision to negotiate a new contract for her was approved during Monday’s council meeting. Brown’s contract ends May 15, and the council approved moving forward with a new one in a 6-1 vote. Councilwoman Emily Stack-Davis voted against the...

Time seems to stop in Volume One Books, located in downtown Hillsdale. It feels as though everything were held suspended, as though – just maybe – this bookstore were a world unto itself; as though Lady History herself could walk in and feel perfectly at home. Cross the threshold. The change is palpable, the environment...

Hillsdale City Attorney Lew Loren recently announced the city is not authorized to sell streets, thus limiting the potential solutions for road funding. “In my opinion, the city has the authority to vacate and close streets, but no authority to sell them or the land over which they traverse,” Loren said in a letter to...

58th district state representative candidates explain views and why they deserve the seat Brad Benzing 1) Smaller government and local control. 2) It comes down to legislative experience. I’m the only candidate who’s held elected office. I’ve served three terms as county commissioner. I’ve done two-and-a-half decades of policy work in Lansing. And I’ve testified...