It may not be unusual for Hillsdale residents to see clusters of superheroes strolling through town, but Batman and Superman have been doing it for years. These caped crusaders may not be saving the city, but they try to bring the community together. Hillsdale resident 26-year-old Ryan Littley, also known as the Hillsdale Batman, has...
Hillsdale County GOP Chairman Glenn Frobel will be a member of the Michigan delegation to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, this July. Frobel, who supports Donald Trump, said that it’s impossible to predict what will happen. “I’ll just take it a day at a time, I guess,” Frobel said. “I’m going to be...
These days, being a princess means more than just wearing a crown. The Liberty Princess Co. in Hillsdale — Director Gianna Marchese, a junior at Hillsdale College, said — focuses on exemplifying one of the most important characteristics of being a princess: generosity. Although it does attend private parties to cover the costs of running...
Coffee shop and music store Checker Records celebrated Record Store Day for the sixth straight year on Saturday, joining almost 1,500 stores across the nation in the annual celebration of independent music and independent business. “We had a great turnout,” said John Spiteri, who co-owns Checker Records with his wife Robin. “This is the biggest...
The Hillsdale City Council voted to demolish the remains of the house at 48 Greenwood St. destroyed by fire at a public hearing April 18. The Greenwood house was one of three “blight properties” the council voted to demolish, the other two being 128 S. Manning St. and 240 E. South St. “I can’t see...