Cleveland real-estate investor Peter Jobson wants to turn Smokers Club Beer & Wine into a retirement home, and the city of Hillsdale is enabling his project to move forward by lowering the tax rate on the property and changing the property’s zoning variance. Jobson, president and CEO of Excel Realty Investors, LLC, applied for a...
Month: October 2015
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Hillsdale alumnus improves vote monitor app
Alumnus Andrew Koehlinger ’12 graduated from Hillsdale less than three years ago, but was recently named project manager of VoteSpotter, an app used by 55,000 people to get updates on key votes occurring in Congress as well as state legislatures. VoteSpotter, supported by the Michigan-based Mackinac Center for Public Policy, makes getting updates on state...
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Women’s tennis clinches spot in GLIAC tournament
The Hillsdale College women’s tennis team won two crucial road matches this weekend, putting their season record at 5-3 and securing their spot in the fast approaching GLIAC tournament. “These matches were really important for us to gain confidence for the rest of our season,” head coach Nikki Walbright said. On Friday afternoon, the team...
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Eastern Club holds Mid-Autumn Festival for inaugural event
The newly-formed Eastern Club held its first event, the Mid-Autumn Festival on Saturday evening in the Heritage Room. “The Mid-Autumn Festival is about the harvest, family reunion, and good fortune for the next year,” said sophomore Andrea Lee, historian of the Eastern Club. “The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the day of a harvest full...
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Mistakes halt Chargers in second consecutive blowout loss
For the second straight week, the Hillsdale College football team saw a close game at the half turn into a blowout. Behind 25 unanswered points in the second half, the Grand Valley State Lakers routed the Hillsdale Chargers 46-14 in front of 12,552 fans at Lubbers Stadium on Grand Valley’s homecoming night. With 42 seconds...