Courtesy | Unsplash Gunmen attacked the Nigerian village of Yelwata in June, burning homes to the ground and killing as many as 200 people, most of them internally displaced Christians sheltering in a Catholic mission. The massacre speaks to a larger, shameful reality: Nigeria has become the deadliest country in the world to live as...
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Keefer House hotel granted fifth extension
The Keefer House Hotel, located downtown, is undergoing renovations. Jillian Parks | Collegian The Hillsdale City Council voted 7-1 at its Oct. 6 meeting to grant CL Real Estate Development until Dec. 31 to complete the Keefer House Hotel project. This new deadline will extend a tax incentive under the Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act to...
Scrapbooking: memories on paper, not online
Pinterest girls will know: scrapbooking, junk journaling, bullet journaling, and any form of physical crafty media are making a comeback as popular forms of creative expression. In an effort to keep memories from becoming just a photo lost in an Instagram feed, many people, specifically young women, have returned to the time-consuming craft that scrapbooking...
Holy Ascension plants Orthodox mission in Hillsdale
The Holy Ascension Orthodox Church in Albion, Michigan planted St. Olga of Alaska Orthodox Church as an outreach in Hillsdale in August 2024. The St. Olga of Alaska mission rents the building of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, located in downtown Hillsdale. The timeline for its establishment as a permanent church is unknown, according to Rev....
QUICK HITS with Lori Curtis
Curtis in 2007. Courtesy | Lori Curtis In this Quick Hits, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Lori Curtis discusses the crowning of Charlemagne, Pacific Grove, and Celestial Seasonings Tension Tamer tea with lemon. What is something you’ve recently learned that surprised you? How much it costs to have doctors do absolutely nothing when you fracture...



