A Few Good Men will host a community-building dinner “A Few Good Pancakes” on Nov. 18 from 5 until 8 p.m. at Hillsdale Free Methodist Church. The event will include live music, breakfast food, and an opportunity to become more involved with AFGM. A $5 donation is appreciated with admission. “The goal,” Anna Shoffner, AFGM...
Author: Vivian Hughbanks (Vivian Hughbanks)
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Hillsdale Historical Society presents annual home-beautification awards
After 20 years of renovation, Mimi and Richard Sies’ home gained one last detail: a certificate to hang. The Sies were one of four recipients of annual preservation and beautification awards from the Hillsdale County Historical Society on Oct. 28 at the Will Carleton Poorhouse. Two homes and two businesses were honored by the Historical...
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Match day raises more than $200k
Usually, the second floor of the Hillsdale County Community Foundation is pretty quiet. But on Oct. 18, the room became the site of the largest annual day of giving in Hillsdale County. Throughout the day, 950 donors from all over Hillsdale County met with representatives from Hillsdale area nonprofits during the Hillsdale County Community Foundation’s...
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A Few Good Men goes nonprofit
By the end of the semester, Hillsdale College won’t be the only place you could find A Few Good Men. The organization’s board of directors is working with a lawyer in town to file the paperwork to officially become a Michigan nonprofit: their first step toward involvement on a national scale. AFGM was founded in...
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Vanished Hillsdale
The abandoned factory on E. Carleton Road between Union and Oak Street formerly housed a thriving fur business. Worthing & Alger Co. was founded by H. O. Alger in 1889, according to the Michigan Department of Labor. The business specialized in the tanning and dressing of all types of furs as well as the manufacturing...