In an effort to improve public safety, the Hillsdale City Council voted unanimously to purchase a new truck for the city’s fire department at a Feb. 20 meeting. The truck in need of replacement, a 1989 Federal Motors E1 pumper truck, acquired by the city in 1992, has a faulty pump system that hazards...
Ward 1 City Councilman Adam Stockford announced his candidacy in the 2017 Hillsdale mayoral election in an exclusive interview with the Hillsdale Collegian. The Hillsdale alumnus said he has been considering a mayoral bid for years, and his primary aim as a candidate is to encourage businesses to move to Hillsdale. “We need to...
Only something incredible or awful could happen when 60 people cram into the living room of a half-finished house on Hillsdale St. at 8:30 p.m. on a Friday night. But here they are. At an off-campus house called the Boondocks — where blankets cover the windows, and floor lamps illuminate a band crowded in front...
For sculptor Sarah Hempel Irani ’00, chasing Michelangelo is a life’s work. Irani will share her knowledge of sculpting, when she leads a tour to Italy July 3-13, tracing the career of the Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo from the quarries of Pietrosanta in Tuscany to the cities Florence and Rome, where his most famous works are....
When the rhythm and blues artist R. Kelly revisited his old Chicago South Side neighborhood Hyde Park in 2005, he brought his basketball. A summer camp for inner-city kids had heard Kelly loved the sport and asked if he would come to their gym, play ball with the kids, and teach them the power of...