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50501 Michigan organizer Colton Hughes on the state Capitol steps at the April 5 “Hands Off!” rally.
‘I’ve never had to hide who I am’: 50501’s Colton Hughes
When Colton Hughes walked onto the state Capitol grounds March 4, he was just like every other protester there: angry with the Trump administration and wanting to do something about it. more
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U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett (left) and Harold A. Pope, president of the NAACP's Lansing branch. Barrett turned down Pope's invitation to appear in person at a town hall scheduled for Tuesday.
Barrett passes on another town hall during next week's congressional recess
FRIDAY, APRIL 18 — The president of Lansing’s NAACP branch expressed disappointment today that U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Charlotte, will not attend next week’s town hall meeting with … more
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MSU police handcuff a protester, one of 19 arrested during a sit-in in the Hannah Administration Building organized by the Hurriya Coalition
MSU protest peril: Revoked visas fuel fear
It was a rare occurrence: an activist group asking people not to protest. more
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Photo by Raymond Holt WLNS’ new fence was being built this week along Saginaw Street on Lansing’s east side.
WLNS fortifies the Fourth Estate with 8-foot fence
WLNS-TV is building an 8-foot-tall wrought iron fence with spikes in front of its Saginaw Street headquarters after the Lansing Board of Zoning Appeals denied its request last year for a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. more
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Paul Gentilozzi, of Gentilozzi Real Estate, at Monday’s groundbreaking ceremony for Tower on Grand: “For the next two years, we’re going to build Lansing’s tallest building.”
Work begins on downtown Lansing’s grandest vision
Since the pandemic sent state employees home, a debate has persisted over downtown’s future. more
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Protest
Thousands flocked to the state Capitol Saturday to protest the Trump administration as part of a national, coordinated “Hands Off!” rally — one of an estimated 1,400 across the country. more
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Dusty Horwitt
Former commissioner seeks BWL reforms in city charter
A former Lansing Board of Water & Light commissioner has proposed the city charter be changed to require the City Council to pick the BWL’s internal auditor instead of the public utility’s Board of Commissioners. more
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Lansing law criminalizing ‘opposite sex’ restroom sees likely repeal
A resolution to repeal part of Lansing’s restroom ordinance seems likely to pass, following strong public support at a public hearing. more
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Constituents will have an opportunity to question U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett at a town hall Monday that his office announced today, but by telephone, not in person, as demonstrators demanded at this March 21 protest outside the Charlotte Republican's downtown Lansing field office.
Barrett sets telephone town hall for Monday night
THURSDAY, APRIL 3 — Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Charlotte, announced his second telephone town hall this morning.  The event will begin at  7:30 p.m. Monday.  Barrett will be in … more
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A 1936 postcard of Eastern High School in its glory days. On the right is the entrance to Jon Young auditorium.
Too little, too late dictated old Eastern’s fate
When old Eastern High School’s iconic cupola was torn to pieces Thursday despite assurances from University of Michigan Health-Sparrow that it would be saved, a sense of urgency reverberated through Lansing. more
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The cupola, which was atop the west wing when Eastern opened in 1928, as it appeared last week before the demolition crew destroyed it.
Bits of Eastern survive
The cupola, wood paneling, a folk-art mural, many of the auditorium’s 1,660 seats, apparently all 16 of the Art Deco/Craftsman chandeliers that hung above, hundreds of Flint Faience tiles … those were just some of the artifacts lost in old Eastern’s demolition. more
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The cupola, which was atop the west wing when Eastern opened in 1928, as it appeared last week before the demolition crew destroyed it.
‘They were never going to do it’
Ray Ellison knows a thing or two about salvaging Lansing demolition sites — he’s been doing it since the 1960s. more
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Photographer Raymond Holt captured what remained of the Jon Young Auditorium this morning as a demolition crew prepared to finish tearing down old Eastern High School landmark building on Pennsylvania Avenue north of Michigan Avenue to make room for University of Michigan Health-Sparrow expansion plans.
Eastern is all but gone: Rubble and memories remain
SATURDAY, March 30 — Anyone wanting to see the inside of the Jon Young Auditorium of old Eastern High School — what's left of it — should head there this weekend. Beyond … more
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An excavator tears apart the Jon Young Auditorium of old Eastern High School, the last phase of demolition by University of Michigan Health-Sparrow to make room for expansion on its eastside Lansing campus. The auditorium stood on Eastern's south end on Jerome Street, a block north of Michigan Avenue.
Final step: Old Eastern auditorium demolition under way
FRIDAY, March 28 — All but a small part of old Eastern High School remained this afternoon. Photos show what was left as of 2 p.m. of the Jon Young Auditorium on what was once the south … more
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Old Eastern High School's cupola amid unsuccessful last-ditch efforts to save it yesterday.
Videos raise questions about efforts to save old Eastern’s cupola
FRIDAY, March 28 — Videos of demolition of old Eastern High School depict what appears to be a haphazard and improvised effort yesterday to save the cupola atop the landmark building. The … more
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In the balance: Amateur photographer Randy Eberbach captured old Eastern High School's iconic cupola hanging precariously from a piece of roof as University of Michigan Health-Sparrow demolished the landmark west wing on Pennsylvania Avenue to make room for expansion.
Despite assurances, old Eastern's iconic cupola comes tumbling down
THURSDAY, MARCH 27 — The old Eastern High School’s cupola fell into pieces today despite University of Michigan Health-Sparrow’s promise to preserve it as a planned memorial garden … more
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E.T. MacKenzie Co. of Grand Ledge begins Tuesday tearing down the landmark west wing of old Eastern High School, which faces Pennsylvania Avenue on Lansing’s east side. University of Michigan Health-Sparrow, which is demolishing it to make room for expansion, has promised to save the iconic cupola for a memorial garden.
End in sight: Demolition begins on old Eastern’s historic wing
In 2016, some community members opposed selling Eastern High School to what was then the Edward Sparrow Hospital Association. more
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University of Michigan Health-Sparrow has confirmed ts promise to alumni to save the old Eastern High School cupola, which it plans to install in a memorial garden it will create after it completes tearing down the landmark building.
UM-Sparrow to save old Eastern’s cupola, destroy many other artifacts
FRIDAY, March 21 —University of Michigan Health-Sparrow said today that it intends to preserve old Eastern’s cupola, despite preservationists’ concerns . But there is little … more
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U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Charlotte, skipped a town hall at Michigan State University. The organizers left a chair on stage for him.
Hundreds attend town hall sans Barrett
SATURDAY, March 22 — Constituents of U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett held a town hall today without the Charlotte Republican. more
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As demolition encroaches on the most historical portions of old Eastern High School, alumni and preservationists are looking for answers about the fate of artifacts, including the school's cupola.
Artifacts from old Eastern are in danger, preservationists worry
WEDNESDAY, March 19 — As demolition of old Eastern High School approaches the landmark building's most historic sections, alumni and preservationists worry important artifacts will be … more
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