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Wainscott, Jansen seek Ward 1 seat in vacancy election
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Wainscott, Jansen seek Ward 1 seat in vacancy election

Following City Councilman Brian Watkins’ resignation at a March 5 city council meeting, Hillsdale residents Ted Jansen and Dennis Wainscott are preparing to face off for the vacancy left by Watkins in his Ward 1 council seat. Watkins’ emailed his resignation to Council, stating that his job as a travelling public relations officer for Toyota...

Road repair crew at work after floods
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Road repair crew at work after floods

  Hillsdale County Road Commission crew members are at it this week, filling in potholes that have dried out from last week’s heavy rains. Several roadways became impassable, as rainfall and snowmelt flooded streets and some basements, according to City Police Chief Scott Hephner. Now three patch crews are working to fill the spots that...

A crowd of red noise: feeling the facts at CPAC 2018
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A crowd of red noise: feeling the facts at CPAC 2018

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — “No, I’ve got nothing against him. But those hats. Red doesn’t look good on anyone’s head,” the woman in the red elephant-printed Lilly Pulitzer mini skirt says to me. I don’t know her, but we’ve become lobby friends, trapped in a growing mob of young conservatives locked outside the revolving doors...

French far-right leader allies herself with conservatism at CPAC
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French far-right leader allies herself with conservatism at CPAC

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — French Far-Right leader Marion Maréchal-Le Pen spoke in favor President Donald Trump’s “America first” policies at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday. According to Maréchal-Le Pen, Trump’s 2016 presidential victory fits into what she said was a sweep of national pride among nations dissatisfied with globalist leaders in 2016. She...