Hillsdale City Council elections are fast approaching and an Oct. 23 registration deadline looming, no candidates are registered to represent Ward II. Barring a change in the city charter, and unless a resident of Ward II decides to run, the district will be unrepresented on the council beginning in November. “With the vacancy that sits...
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October 8, 2015July 12, 2022City News
City endorses downtown senior home project
Cleveland real-estate investor Peter Jobson wants to turn Smokers Club Beer & Wine into a retirement home, and the city of Hillsdale is enabling his project to move forward by lowering the tax rate on the property and changing the property’s zoning variance. Jobson, president and CEO of Excel Realty Investors, LLC, applied for a...
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October 8, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Hillsdale: one of Michigan’s ‘safest cities’
Hillsdale is one of Michigan’s safest cities, according to a recent Munetrix study. This is based on data collected by the municipal metrics firm for a 2014 study determining Michigan’s 15 Safest Cities. It rated Michigan cities by “crime per capita,” including Part I and Part II crimes. Hillsdale was not included in the study....
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October 1, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Trace Adkins Performs At County Fair
When Trace Adkins took the stage at the Hillsdale County Fair at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night, it was a moment many members of the audience had looked forward to for a long time. Sherry Huff drove from Holly, Michigan to attend the concert with her two daughters Hannah and Abigail, who live in Hillsdale. “I’ve...
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October 1, 2015July 12, 2022City News
Hillsdale businesses support Internet sales tax
Michigan became the 26th state to require online retailers — including Amazon, Inc. — to collect Internet sales tax. Starting Oct. 1, shoppers will pay the same six percent sales tax when shopping online as they do in traditional brick-and-mortar shops. Many business owners, including owner of P&E Distributors in Goodlettsville, Tennessee Donnie Eatherly, support...