Nearly 300,000 gallons of water from a burst pipe damaged the interior of the Will Carleton Poorhouse, according to Darin Sheffer, Hillsdale Historical Society vice president and curator of the poorhouse. A pipe under the kitchen sink burst during the stretch of cold weather Hillsdale experienced at the end of January. Water leaked into the...
A new summer session course on the American Revolution, sponsored by the Center for Military History and Strategy, will take students on a tour of the East Coast. The trip will take place in May and will last 16 days for $200, and students will visit historic locations such as Fort Niagara, Yorktown, Valley Forge,...
Senior Moira Kate Forrester gives direction to her actors. Courtesy | Charlie Cheng Her hands were stained red after she spent the afternoon standing in the kitchen brewing fake blood. Senior Moira Kate Forrester developed a concoction of cocoa powder, peanut butter, xanthan gum, and red dye to set the scene for her senior project,...
A dusting of Christmas music can’t hurt By Caroline Kurt Opinions Editor When I awoke to a world of white last week, I knew what I was playing on Spotify that day: Christmas oldies like “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” by Andy Williams and “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”...
The Cascarelli fruit store after the bombing in 1923. Courtesy | Hillsdale County Historical Society In the early hours of June 24, 1923, a violent boom rocked the town of Hillsdale. A bomb blew up at the back of the Cascarelli fruit store, destroying windows all along the Broad Street side of the Waldron Block,...