To promote downtown commerce and celebrate the fall weather, the Hillsdale Business Association held its fifth annual Awesome Autumn street festival Tuesday evening. Local storefronts kept their doors open past normal hours and offered free goods ranging from candy to pumpkin spice chai lattes to entertain Hillsdale residents. This year, new additions to the festival...
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October 8, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Local pilots: letting airport manager go was a ‘big mistake’
Pilots and administrators in Hillsdale’s aviation community flocked to the Hillsdale City Council meeting Monday to share their opposition to its recent decision to fire Hillsdale Municipal Airport Manager James Scheibner. Despite Scheibner’s contract expiring more than a year ago, he continued serving as airport manager and receiving his salary until council voted to terminate...
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October 8, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Mackie wants city to be ‘more progressive’
Three months into his contract, Hillsdale City Manager David Mackie is bringing an attitude shift to Hillsdale’s city government. Mackie is already building a closer relationship between his office and Hillsdale College as well as making important updates to the city’s municipal airport. “You will see an attitude shift during my tenure: being progressive, but...
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October 8, 2015July 12, 2022City News
College Night replaces Jazz from the Underground
Once a weekly venue for various student jazz combos, the Underground is dropping its Thursday night jazz in favor of a more diverse program. In place of Jazz from the Underground, the bar beneath Broad Street Downtown Market is hosting College Night, a Thursday evening program including a DJ, live bands, trivia, karaoke, and comedy....
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October 8, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Hillsdale Mixed Martial Arts center relocates
The Hillsdale Fitness and MMA Center downtown moved from 54 N. Howell St. across the street to 63 N. Howell St. after owner Steven Gossett decided the original location was too large. The 54 N. Howell St. location was “just a temporary solution,” Gossett said. “We were looking when we first started for a small...