Pilots and administrators in Hillsdale’s aviation community flocked to the Hillsdale City Council meeting Monday to share their opposition to its recent decision to fire Hillsdale Municipal Airport Manager James Scheibner. Despite Scheibner’s contract expiring more than a year ago, he continued serving as airport manager and receiving his salary until council voted to terminate...
Author: Thomas Novelly (Thomas Novelly)
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‘Poor planning’ costs city more than $200K
The Hillsdale City Council decided to sell more than $200,000 worth of little-used sludge removal equipment at its Monday meeting. The decision came after council members realized they contracted the sludge removal service to a third-party maintenance crew several years ago. The equipment, purchased in 2012, was used for only one winter season until the...
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DC interns: break a leg (or your wrist) to get ahead
Two weeks into my D.C.-based journalism internship, on my first assignment, I was hit hard by a cab on my way to a low-level congressional hearing. As I was flying through the air, I thought to myself, “I’m not getting paid enough for this.” The impact broke my left wrist, sprained my left ankle, inflicted...
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Mar-Vo moves in, ‘breathes life’ into abandoned mill
At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday, the FW Stock & Sons Mill officially became the Mar-Vo Mineral Company factory, made possible by a substantial subsidization from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The subsidization, given by MEDC to Hillsdale City Manager David Mackie in the form of a giant check, amounts to more than 75 percent of...
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Michigan State Police locate missing child
Nicole Ruffin, the 32-year-old suspect in the kidnapping of her 5-year-old son, was arrested on Monday in Spring Arbor after the Michigan State Police received a tip that the boy had been reunited with his father, according to MSP. Ruffin was charged with one count of custodial interference/kidnapping, which carries a one-year felony charge, and...