Hillsdale City Council elections are fast approaching and an Oct. 23 registration deadline looming, no candidates are registered to represent Ward II. Barring a change in the city charter, and unless a resident of Ward II decides to run, the district will be unrepresented on the council beginning in November. “With the vacancy that sits...
Year: 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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City endorses downtown senior home project
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...
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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...