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Explore Greater Lansing’s haunted history
Whether or not you believe in ghosts, spirits and other paranormal entities, the following “haunted” locations throughout Greater Lansing provide plenty of fascinating lore and historical tidbits for those looking to immerse themselves in spooky season without breaking the bank. more
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Members of the Ingham County Democratic Party meeting Wednesday night at the Fiesta Charra restaurant on Lake Lansing Road listen as Vice Chair Robin Smith (top left) remembers Theodore "Ted" Lawson, the group's secretary, who was fatally shot Sunday while canvassing for a Lansing City Council candidate.
Ingham County Democrats mourn the loss of Ted Lawson
FRIDAY, Oct. 13 — Four days after Ingham County Democratic Party secretary Ted Lawson was fatally shot, the party mourned his loss at its monthly meeting on Wednesday. “People … more
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Ted Lawson (left), a slain Democratic Party official, and Jody Washington, a candidate for the Lansing City Council.
Washington extols slain Democrat's 'great integrity' — a month after her angry verbal attack on him, witnesses say
  THURSDAY, Oct. 12 — Like a lot of people who knew Ted Lawson, Lansing City Council candidate Jody Washington posted her feelings about him after he was fatally shot last Sunday. … more
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Al Bay, owner of the Wild Goose Inn, in the public parking on Albert Street in East Lansing that he and other business owners are fighting to keep from being developed into housing. The City Council is expected to decide on Tuesday (Oct. 17).
Downtown businesses fight City Hall over EL housing plan
Last spring, Al Bay and other East Lansing business owners were hit with some startling news. more
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Dudley Pete, 72, has lived at his home at 1218 N Jenison Ave since 1975. In all that time, he said he’s never felt unsafe until Ted Lawson was shot Sunday afternoon. “The scariest part of it all is the idea that it would happen in our neighborhood. This is a nice neighborhood, a quiet neighborhood where everybody’s trying to get along with everybody,” Pete said.
‘Devastating’ shooting rattles northwest Lansing neighborhood
TUESDAY, Oct. 10 — Dudley Pete has lived since 1975 near the 1100 block of North Jenison Avenue in northwest Lansing where voting activist Ted Lawson was fatally shot on Sunday afternoon. … more
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These three houses at 123, 125 and 127 Ferguson St. in the Eastfield Neighborhood on Lansing’s east side are among eight homes that Sparrow Health System acquired six to seven years ago and has left vacant.
Sparrow to spare vacant eastside houses, at least for now
Some eastside Lansing residents have been concerned that Sparrow Health System is going to tear down eight vacant homes it owns in the Eastfield Neighborhood, which is just east of the Michigan Avenue hospital. more
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Sheryl Fundunburks Stephens (left) and Mary Jackson were among the volunteers at the Lansing City Clerk’s Office in the South Washington Office Center who helped prepare 14,400 absentee ballots that were mailed last week for the Nov. 7 General Election. City Clerk Chris Swope said 93% of absentee voters thus far have taken advantage of the new Permanent Mail Ballot list that automatically sends them ballots as long as they are registered to vote. Voters have until Nov. 3 to request a mailed ballot at www.LansingVotes.gov, where more information is available.
New faces outnumber old in Lansing at-large races
The Lansing City Council stands to lose a combined 30 years’ experience when Carol Wood and Patricia Spitzley retire at the end of the year. more
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Lansing’s former Grand Trunk Railroad station now sits next to the Lansing Board of Water and Light headquarters, hosting BWL Board of Commissioners meetings and training for employees.
Another season of historical walking tours wraps in REO Town
If you’ve never been a tourist in your own city, you’re missing out on interesting architecture, transportation history and … Fruit Wars? more
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Hill Harper and Barack Obama have a long association, going back to their days as law students at Harvard, where they played basketball together. Despite their friendship, Obama hasn’t indicated support for any of the Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate.
Harper hopes to climb Capitol Hill
A couple of Sundays ago at the East Lansing Farmers Market, I was approached by a campaign worker for U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin. more
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Credit card surcharges are increasingly common at locally owned businesses, as these door signs attest.
Grin and pay it: Credit card surcharges spread in Lansing
Delta Township resident Liz Beal has long been frustrated by the growing number of local businesses and services that have adopted credit card surcharge fees. more
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These two buildings in the 400 block of West Kalamazoo Street would become a homeless shelter for men and women without children if the Lansing City Council approves.
‘Gimme Shelter,’ the Lansing Rescue Mission asks the City Council
Faced with a dramatic increase in homelessness, the City Rescue Mission of Lansing has been looking for additional shelter space in the downtown area. more
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The City Rescue Mission want to purchase the historic Glaister House, at the corner of Walnut and Kalamazoo streets, as part of its homeless shelter proposal.
Rescue mission’s shelter plan offers hope for historic neighbor
The City Rescue Mission’s potential purchase of the property it hopes to turn into a homeless shelter would notably include the 147-year-old Glaister House, which is on a list of endangered historic properties in Greater Lansing. more
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(From left) East Lansing City Council candidates Noel Garcia Jr., Christopher A. Wardell, Kerry Ebersole Singh, Mark S. Meadows, Rebecca Kasen, Joshua Ramirez-Roberts, Daniel E. Bollman and Erik Altmann participate in a League of Women Voters candidate forum at the Hannah Community Center last night.
East Lansing City Council candidates differ on ballot proposals
  FRIDAY, Sept. 15 — East Lansing’s eight at-large candidates for three seats on the City Council are split on a trio of ballot measures set to appear on the Nov. 7 ballot.  more
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This photo by Gerald G. (Doc) Granger, who worked for the Lansing State Journal, shows the Masonic Temple building in the foreground and what is now known as Boji Tower beyond it.
Masonic Temple approaches century mark with renewed future
The former Masonic Temple at 217 S. Capitol Ave. has been out of use since 2008, but it may soon be the site of Lansing’s new City Hall. more
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Lansing Mayor Andy Schor (left) at the press conference today with Ron Boji of the Boji Group on the second floor of the old Masonic Temple announcing that the building will become City Hall if the City Council approves.
City Hall headed up the street to the old Masonic Temple
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13 —The historic Masonic Temple on Capitol Avenue will be the home of Lansing’s new City Hall if the City Council approves, the Schor administration will announce today. … more
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The City Rescue Mission wants to convert two office buildings on Kalamazoo Street between Walnut and Chestnut streets into a homeless shelter and close the men's shelter on Michigan Avenue in downtown Lansing.
City Rescue Mission seeks to add homeless shelter facilities on Kalamazoo Street near the Capitol Complex
THURSDAY, Sept. 7 — The City Rescue Mission is looking to expand with a new homeless shelter in two buildings on Kalamazoo Street near the Capitol Complex. “We’ve been … more
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More than a dozen power lines off Old Lansing Road were brought down by last Thursday’s storms. Crews were still working on repairing several of them Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 29).
What a climatologist makes of what we just went through
Just after 9:40 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 24), an EF-2 tornado with a maximum wind speed of 125 miles per hour struck Greater Lansing, resulting in two confirmed deaths in Ingham County being tallied among the five statewide casualties that were reported over the weekend. more
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U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin in her District office in downtown Lansing’s Federal Building.
Slotkin approaches the U.S. Senate race from the center
The race to select a Democrat to run for Debbie Stabenow’s seat in the U.S. Senate is shaping up, in part, as progressive vs. moderate. The moderate is Elissa Slotkin, who is in her third term in the U.S. House representing Greater Lansing. At least two of her opponents, Hill Harper and Pamela Pugh, are making a point of running to her left. The Democratic primary is still almost a year away, but the race is very much in motion. more
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Paul Gentilozzi and his son John pose in the lobby of the Atrium Building, which will be the gateway to the 25-story Tower on Grand from Washington Square.
Racing the clock on downtown growth
It takes a second to blink off the noonday glare of downtown Lansing and adjust to the butterscotch glow of the historic Atrium Building on Washington Square. more
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Two views of Riverview220, the Lansing Housing Commission’s mixed-income and mixed-use apartment complex planned for the 400 block of South Grand Avenue in downtown Lansing.
Mixed-income apartment complex slated for Lansing’s Grand Avenue
The Lansing Housing Commission is going ahead with plans for a $22.5 million mixed-use and mixed-income income apartment building in the heart of downtown Lansing after receiving a state tax credit, the commission’s executive director said. more
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