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Citizen petition fails to stop Barry Street road repairs
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Citizen petition fails to stop Barry Street road repairs

Barry Street residents sign petition to oppose SAD. Christina Lewis | Collegian The Hillsdale City Council rejected a petition last week from Barry Street homeowners to opt out of the city‘s road repair program because they submitted a single document rather than a set of individual letters.  The City of Hillsdale uses SADs to fund...

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Chargers dominate local schools in Hillsdale Tune-Up

The Chargers won 18 events and earned three provisional qualifying marks at the Hillsdale Tune-Up Meet on Feb 21, competing against athletes from the Albion College, Trine University, and University of Olivet. On the track, junior Emil Schlueter won the 5,000-meter race with a time of 15:50.51.  “The home environment is always fun. It takes...

Enough about aviation crashes: end the blame game
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Enough about aviation crashes: end the blame game

Anyone paying attention to the news the past couple of weeks has probably concluded that there’s “something going on” with aviation right now. This year has already seen two high-profile wrecks in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., and a miraculously non-fatal accident in Toronto. The same people who’ve caught a whiff of “something going on” have...

Council raises rates for Dial-a-Ride
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Council raises rates for Dial-a-Ride

The city council voted to raise fares for Dial-A-Ride at its Feb. 17 meeting. Courtesy | Wikimedia The Hillsdale City Council approved a fare increase for its Dial-A-Ride service as city officials strive to cover a funding gap caused by inflation and a drop in money from the Michigan Department of Transportation. Dial-A-Ride has provided...

Meet Hillsdale College’s Three White House Correspondents
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Meet Hillsdale College’s Three White House Correspondents

Left to right: Reagan Reese ’22, Phillip Wegmann ’15, and Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell ’24 are White House correspondents. Courtesy | Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell What’s new about reporting on the Trump administration for Philip Wegmann? The RealClearPolitics White House reporter and 2015 Hillsdale grad is drinking more coffee. How many cups per day? “My mother might...