The City Council voted 9-0 during its Nov. 18 meeting to approve a Commercial Rehabilitation Exemption for Olmstead LLC’s restoration project of Silos Fun Park. A CRE freezes a majority of the property taxes on a building that is at least 15 years old and undergoing substantial repairs. The goal of the tax exemption is...
Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook just endorsed Donald Trump for re-election — or so some Democrats thought, after the social media company expanded the freedom to advertise on their site. Senator and presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is running advertisements on Facebook with this false claim to call out the platform’s new policy of expanding what...
Hillsdale County Sheriff Tim Parker sighs as he looks over a sheet scribbled with shifts for the week –– he just doesn’t have enough officers to fill all of them. Like many sheriff and police departments across the nation, the Hillsdale County Sheriff Department can’t find enough qualified applicants to fill all of its open...
The city council voted unanimously in its Nov. 4 meeting to extend the deadline from Nov. 16, 2019 to July 1, 2020, for either serious repairs or demolition of the 65 and 65 1/2 Westwood St. property. The dilapidated house has been a major topic of discussion at council meetings this year as it violates...
City council members and residents debated the designation of a Neighborhood Enterprise Zone and the demolition of the property at 65 and 65 1/2 Westwood at an Oct. 21 city council meeting. The NEZ reduces the tax burden, up to half of property taxes, on existing homes that undergo repairs and remodeling. It also offers...