Hillsdale’s wastewater treatment plant is on schedule to complete a three-year repair project through the use of a $300,000 loan by mid-September or early-October, according to Board of Public Utilities Interim Director Chris MacArthur. The loan, unanimously approved at the March 5 city council meeting, will help offset unexpected costs encountered during the project,...
When the blue Dial-A-Ride bus trundles up to the corner of Academy Lane, I wave to my driver Mary Rivera. She smiles and waves back. “Are you my rider today?” she asks. I am. One of many. DART’s three buses — or rather its two currently active ones — act as a hybrid school...
To the dismay of nighthawks, The Palace Cafe has locked its doors the past three weeks for the night shift on both Friday and Saturday nights. Dan and Kim Brunette have retired after five years working the night shift that has become so familiar to Hillsdale students. Without the Brunettes, Palace owner Leslie Meredith...
Tucked away on Hillsdale Street is a small brick building with an orange awning called the House of Pizza and BBQ. Most people go for its Ultimate Barbecue Pizza, but for others, it is a place for gaining new skills and new opportunities. “It’s just packed with the barbecue taste,” Hillsdale sophomore Nick...
Senior Sarah Schutte serves as head RA of the Paul House, officially the Dow House, one of Hillsdale’s many historic homes. Built in the Italianate style, houses like the Paul House have a reputation for being eerie, and are the style for the popular depiction of haunted houses. “The house is full of odd...