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Hillsdale’s  Hidden Hobbies:  Jack Duffy
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Hillsdale’s Hidden Hobbies: Jack Duffy

Jack Duffy is a junior at Hillsdale College. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. How did you learn how to make kimchi?  A couple years ago, a friend gave me a book called ‘Wild Fermentation’ by a man called Sandor Ellix Catz. It includes fermentations from all manner of cultures. There are...

Contact Center to move downtown this summer
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Contact Center to move downtown this summer

The Contact Center will relocate to a new office downtown this summer from the basement of Kendall Hall to accommodate the college’s growth.  “The move was really necessitated by a shortage of space on campus,” Contact Center Director Mary Margeret Spiteri said.  The new Contact Center will open on Howell Street, about a 10-minute walk...

Local group offers to prepare taxes for free
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Local group offers to prepare taxes for free

Hillsdale County residents who earn less than $57,000 will be eligible for free tax-return services through a new program that begins on Jan. 31.  The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program will also serve residents of Jackson and Lenawee counties. Eligible residents have the opportunity to seek assistance in person at the Arbor Church in Spring...

Alumna Sam Widmer ’21 elected to local school board
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Alumna Sam Widmer ’21 elected to local school board

Hillsdale alumna Samantha Widmer ’21 was elected to the board of education in her hometown of Gibsonburg, Ohio, on Nov. 2, becoming the youngest member of the Gibsonburg school board. Widmer said she considered running for office soon after accepting a full-time job in her hometown.  “When I found out that I was coming back...