Every Christmas, up to 10 nursing-home-bound residents make their way to a real home to celebrate the holiday in a relaxed, homey environment with those who love them, thanks to Reading Emergency Unit’s Home for the Holidays Program. The program, which has been around for almost 15 years, offers this service on both Thanksgiving and...
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December 3, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Hillsdale alumnus helps Pai with Thai
Hillsdale alumnus Mason Stuard ’14 reclined in his A.J.’s Café chair sporting a new undercut hairstyle he proudly did himself. His trusty cane and sidekick, York, sits beside him. After receiving a B.A. in history from Hillsdale College, Stuard returned in July of 2015 to complete his online masters in Library Information Science from Kent...
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December 3, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Nation’s oldest working auctioneer lives in Hillsdale County
As the snow fell thick and steady at the Hillsdale Fairgrounds, a crowd of farmers huddled outside around a diminutive figure who commanded his audience with a wooden cane and voice that pierced the biting wind with rhythmic certainty. “C’mon partner! Do I hear a $320, $325?” the elderly man said as the price of...
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December 3, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Time to say goodbye to Cake Thyme
Cake Thyme, the bakery at 59 N. Broad Street that has been a staple of downtown Hillsdale since 2011, has closed its Hillsdale store. Owner Marcia Cole moved with her family to Adrian, Michigan, and operates the business from her new home. “I am selling the building, but I am still running Cake Thyme,” Cole...
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December 3, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Hillsdale Christmas parade to host ‘best float contest’
After attracting about 1,000 people last year, the Light Up Hillsdale Christmas Parade will take place on Saturday at 6:15 p.m., featuring various floats, marching bands, fire trucks, princesses from the 2013 Disney film “Frozen,” and Santa Claus. A contest for best float is new to this year’s parade. “Last year, we had about 30...