After reassessing project plans for the rehabilitation of the Dawn Theater, Hillsdale’s Tax Increment Finance Authority has received two construction bids closer to the City’s allotted budget. TIFA’s Consultant Mary Wolfram said TIFA has also changed architect companies and is currently looking into using Gary W. Anderson Architects, who is working with C.L. Real Estate...
In preparation for a mission trip to Uganda this summer, a team of members from New Hope Church of Camden are in the midst of fundraising through the local community to support the trip. Team Uganda has raised about half of the approximately $49,000 needed to fully fund the trip, which will take place in...
Since 2010, roughly 25 trees have been planted through the City of Hillsdale’s public-sponsored tree planting program. But according to City Forester Gary Stachowicz, that’s still not nearly enough. “The idea was if we have so many trees come down and only so much money to replace them, we would allow people or businesses that...
Permit restrictions could force the “Hillsdale, It’s the People” sign on M-99 to come down, unless the City of Hillsdale decides to adopt the sign. At Monday’s city council meeting, resident Ted Jansen, who headed the project last summer to reinstall a sign in the city with the slogan, “Hillsdale, It’s the People,” addressed the...
After the controversial Ward 1 Hillsdale City Council election last year, Dennis Wainscott, the candidate who received the second-highest amount of votes, filed a quo warranto application for a complaint, challenging the validity of the election. His application was denied by Judge Archie Brown of the First Circuit on Monday. Quo warranto is a type...