Less than a mile from Central Hall and adjacent to St. Anthony’s Catholic Church stands a series of stone buildings. Known to students as the “old mill,” these decaying structures once served as the F.W. Stock & Sons Mill, founded by a Prussian immigrant. For a time, it was “the largest family owned plant east...
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February 7, 2013July 12, 2022City News
Council approves clerk, dump truck
At a meeting on Monday, Feb. 4, the Hillsdale City Council approved a new city clerk and the purchase of a new dump truck, and discussed the maintenance of contaminated former industrial sites. The council required a new clerk due to the resignation of Julie Kast, the previous clerk, before the expiration of her term....
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January 24, 2013July 12, 2022Features
Galloway v. Simpson
Capulets and Montagues, Hatfields and McCoys, Jets and Sharks — intense factional rivalries have dominated human history and culture from time immemorial — even prompting James Madison to comment on the “violence of faction” in Federalist No.10. Despite the fine Georgian architecture, statues of historical icons, and a commitment to the good, the true, and...
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January 24, 2013July 12, 2022City News
Council approves leases, contracts
The need for a temporary replacement for the city clerk position after the resignation of city clerk Julie Kast led to the Hillsdale City Council discussing whether clerk should be an appointed position instead of elected. Councilperson Brian Watkins, acting as mayor pro tem in the absence of Hillsdale Mayor Doug Moon, said that he...
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December 6, 2012July 12, 2022City News
Council approves ‘reactive’ emergency plan
At its meeting on Monday, Dec. 4, the Hillsdale City Council discussed the emergency preparedness of the city and its finances. A local woman also spoke on fracking during general public comment. City Manager Linda Brown first addressed the issue of approving the Hillsdale County Hazard Mitigation plan. Brown said that the Plan had already...