On this year’s Local Comic Shop Day, shoppers at local comic shops bought comics for half off; participated in buy one, get one free deals; and picked up special edition comics and pamphlets of the latest news from the comic universe. Local Comic Shop Day is like Black Friday for Hero’s Nest, Hillsdale’s comic...
Author: Kate Patrick (Kate Patrick)
Talk money to me: How to use your credit card
As a burgeoning adult, you’re probably often barraged by credit card companies begging you to take their cards and spend money with them and earn all kinds of exciting rewards that usually involve less cash back than you hoped for. You’re probably aware the latest financial crisis had a lot to do with unpaid credit...
‘Doctor Strange’: Cheap gags and weak plot are nothing to marvel at
It’s nearly impossible to fault Benedict Cumberbatch — but it’s becoming increasingly easy to criticize Marvel Studios, LLC, as it continues to make the same superhero movie over and over again. Marvel’s latest film, “Doctor Strange,” features Cumberbatch in the lead role alongside Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. While the acting was...
BPU installs generators for liability purposes
The city of Hillsdale’s backup generators have been out of service for the past four years, but in two months they will be completely upgraded with newly-installed cooling towers. Total repairs — which began in 2015 — cost more than $470,000, funded by the Board of Public Utilities’ budget. Assistant Director Chris McArthur said the...
Johnson gains more votes, supporters than last run
Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson won nearly four percent of the vote in Michigan Tuesday, despite, four years ago, running as a write-in candidate and capturing less than 1 percent in the Great Lakes state. Early Wednesday morning, election results showed Johnson was well under the five percent national popular vote threshold that would...




