Public parking in downtown Hillsdale is at a premium, after the January opening of the Hillsdale Brewing Company. Customers are encouraged to use the lots near the post office and next to the Great Wall Chinese restaurant, despite the new business’s proximity to two private lots and extra space near the railroad tracks on Hillsdale...
Category: City of Hillsdale
Best of Hillsdale
Nearly 200 students and faculty responded to a Collegian survey about local favorites. Categories and choices on the survey were determined by the Collegian editorial board, but allowed write-in opinions. These highlighted businesses won by the majority of the votes in their category, as determined by campus’ favorites. Best Burger: Hunt Club By Calli...
Gun found in student’s bag in Pittsford school shooting
Pittsford Middle/High School went into a hard lock down when school officials found a handgun in a 13-year-old male student’s bag at 1:43 p.m. on March 14. Police were notified and worked alongside the school to restrain the student, according to the Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Office. “Some students came to us and said that...
Cascarelli’s Fruit Store bombing lives in family lore
In the early hours of the morning on Sunday, June 24, 1923, an attack was launched in an attempt to destroy the fruit shop of the Cascarelli family, a hardworking, Italian family living in Hillsdale, Michigan. And the perpetrator is still a mystery today. The Cascarellis found their home in the hushed, quaint town...
Historical Society seeks fire truck
Following an unnamed collector’s offer to sell a 1931 Seagrave fire truck to the Hillsdale County Historical Society for a reduced price, the society is trying to raise $10,000 to bring the truck back to the city. “This truck is a very important part of Hillsdale’s history and we would like to see it...




