Several business owners have asked the City of Hillsdale to rename Uran Street in the city’s industrial park, citing a common mispronunciation as their cause of discontent. “We don’t really know where the name Uran came from,” said Hillsdale Terminal Vice President of Engineering John Condon. “But we do know that we don’t like...
Year: 2018
‘Ready Player One’ is kind of cool and kind of boring
“Ready Player One” may be the best movie of 2018 — but only if you transform your theater viewing into a multi-sensual experience. Here’s a short list of things my girlfriend Hannah and I did to keep ourselves from leaving the theater during this latest Steven Spielberg sci-fi trainwreck: 1. Engaged in a knuckle-biting thumb...
New businesses put pressure on public parking possibilities
Public parking in downtown Hillsdale is at a premium, after the January opening of the Hillsdale Brewing Company. Customers are encouraged to use the lots near the post office and next to the Great Wall Chinese restaurant, despite the new business’s proximity to two private lots and extra space near the railroad tracks on Hillsdale...
Maddie Peter is the Water Queen
As the salmon-colored sun nestles the Florida skyline, Maddie Peter reclines on the bow of the Black Horse. Hotels and high-rises, burnished with pink-orange, fleck the coast of Clearwater Beach in front of her. Sometimes, on nights like this, dolphins glide among the boats docked at the ramp. From her place on her grandfather’s yacht...
Disney princesses must teach good values and morals
“Have courage, and be kind” was Ella’s motto in the 2015 Disney film “Cinderella.” Not “have an abortion and don’t appropriate other people’s cultures.” But if Planned Parenthood has its way, Disney princesses will be a lot more involved in modern social justice and political causes, and little girls will learn very different lessons....




