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The city of Lansing has red-tagged this boarded-up property. The backyard is surrounded by a dilapidated wooden privacy fence. The second-floor window on the back is completely gone, while …
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Todd Heywood
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10/27/22
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Pay increases for teachers, “right-sizing” and educating students caught up in the juvenile justice system are among the issues of concern to the candidates for the Lansing Board of …
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Todd Heywood
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10/27/22
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Fifty years ago, just like today, Michigan voters were faced with perplexing decisions in the upcoming election. In addition to Richard Nixon facing off against Sen. George McGovern for president, …
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Bill Castanier
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10/27/22
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Old Union Depot, 637 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing
Locals will recognize this week’s Eye Candy as Clara’s, a popular restaurant on Michigan Avenue for nearly 40 years before closing …
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James Knarian
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10/20/22
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MONDAY, Oct. 10 — A candidate for the Grand Ledge Board of Education is defending himself against allegations of domestic violence, anger control issues and abuse found in his second divorce …
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Todd Heywood
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10/14/22
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Lansing native Russell Hilding, who died at age 100 last year, was the last surviving Buchenwald Airman. He left behind a trove of memorabilia.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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10/13/22
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Gail Thompson sat in front of her home on Alpha Street in Lansing’s Second Ward Sunday afternoon. Gail’s husband, Raymond, delivered her hot chocolate while she conducted a garage …
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Todd Heywood
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10/13/22
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Lansing might not be known as “Beer City, USA” like our friends on the west side of the state, but the 517 area still has a plentiful assortment of locally made craft beers and breweries ...
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Sarah Spohn
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10/6/22
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A long six years ago, the East Lansing Food Co-op was trampled, like a rare mushroom, in a slow-motion stampede of competing health food and specialty food stores. It was a sad …
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Lawrence Cosentino
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10/6/22
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This week’s Eye for Design (above) used to house an arcade. If you know which building it is, send an email to knarianj@mail.lcc.edu and you could win an Eye for Design mug! …
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James Knarian
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10/6/22
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In his career as an educator, Lansing Community College President Steve Robinson has been a great many things. One of them, though, has not been a historical preservationist — until …
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Dawn Parker
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10/5/22
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Francis Schafer first encountered Monica Schafer, the Republican nominee for the Ingham County Board of Commissioners District 15, at a senior citizens event in Williamston. He liked her, he said, …
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Todd Heywood
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10/5/22
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Three candidates for the Grand Ledge Public Schools Board of Education sat quietly at a table in the Grand Ledge Public Library. They listened as Linda Lee Tarver, a GOP activist...
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Todd Heywood
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9/29/22
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In the not-too-distant future, fledgling artists here may get the support they need to spread their wings through a space in East Lansing where they can both live and work …
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By Dawn Parker
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9/29/22
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Meet Brian Daniels and Ryan Kost, who are running to represent the First Ward on the Lansing City Council on Nov. 8.
Daniels, 36, served in Iraq where he was injured. As part of his journey …
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By Todd Heywood
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9/29/22
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MONDAY, Sept. 28 — CATA will remove its shelters from Frandor, but the shopping center’s owner relented on banning buses for at least six months.
Mayor Andy Schor said he brokered the …
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Todd Heywood
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9/28/22
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Environment links to cancer focus of new Michigan study
By CAMERYN CASSCapital News Service
LANSING – A new University of Michigan study aims to understand how environmental exposures in …
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By CAMERYN CASS
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9/26/22
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LANSING, Sept. 23 — The future of housing in Michigan may come from ideas that are more than 100 years old.
Michigan needs about 75,000 new houses over the next five years to keep up with …
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Liam Jackson
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9/23/22
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If there are seasons in the life of a city block, it’s been a long winter on the 900 block of West Saginaw Street, in the heart of the city’s near west side.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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9/22/22
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Heritage Hall is the long-awaited addition to the Capitol that is the result of over three years of construction, during which the area was largely inaccessible and surrounded by chain-link fence. …
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James Knarian
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9/22/22
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