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May 15, 2008

Roadwork creates headaches, lease incentives for residents

Updated Wed 9:47pm

Some students looking for apartments for the summer or fall are being faced with a tough decision: $1,000 Visa gift cards or a dependable route home.

As construction continues on Abbot/Chandler Road, some surrounding apartment complexes are offering incentives to help draw in residents in spite of the roadblocks and long detours.

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Program commutes smart

Updated Wed 9:53pm

Walking, biking, carpooling or even taking the bus are all ways Jessica Yorko said contribute to a cleaner planet and a healthier body.

Since May 2005, Mid-MEAC has promoted a program called Smart Commute, in the hopes of assisting community members find alternative modes of transportation that will help save the planet as well as human lives.

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Also in City

  • Former students, teachers to share memories on elementary school

    Updated Wed 9:50pm

    Clarice Thompson, a student at Bailey Elementary School in 1936, said one of her fondest memories of the school was around Christmas time when all the students would gather in the basement to sing carols.

    “It was exciting because the music teacher would have us sing carols and we thought we sounded great because it was echoing off the walls,” said Thompson, who attended the East Lansing school from age four until sixth grade in the years 1936 to 1942.

  • MDOT to cut back on summer projects

    Updated Wed 9:51pm

    The Michigan Department of Transportation will be offering fewer road maintenance activities such as lawn mowing, shoulder and curb sweeping and litter pickup for the rest of the fiscal year.

    These cutbacks will amount to about a 20 percent decease in the department’s summer maintenance budget, according to a press release.

  • Candidates in for fall Senate race

    Updated Tue 8:50pm

    U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., filed for reelection to the U.S. Senate on Monday. If reelected, it would be Levin’s sixth term in office.

    Running in opposition of Levin will be Republican State Rep. Jack Hoogendyk, who also filed his nominating petition Monday, according to news releases.

  • E.L. police captain up for position in Kalamazoo

    Updated Tue 11:37pm

    The city of East Lansing’s loss may be Kalamazoo’s gain.

    East Lansing police Capt. Kim Johnson, who is being considered for chief of the Kalamazoo Public Safety Department, will speak at a public forum with the two other final candidates at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the City Hall Commission Chambers in Kalamazoo.

    Other candidates include David Headings, the current Battle Creek chief of police, and Jeffrey Hadley of the Fort Wayne Police Department in Indiana.

  • Campaign promotes use of safety belts

    Updated Tue 8:52pm

    A new Click It or Ticket advertising campaign is now in effect advising Michigan motorists of upcoming statewide safety belt enforcements, according to a Michigan State Police press release.

    The two-week campaign serves to remind people of the annual Memorial Day safety belt enforcement, beginning May 19 and ending June 1.

  • Scooter popularity ups with gas costs

    Updated Mon 10:28pm

    MSU students aren’t the only ones zipping around East Lansing on their scooters as temperatures and gas prices in East Lansing climb – there also has been an increase in scooter sales as middle-aged residents begin trading in their four wheels for two.

    Bruce Uhal, an MSU physiology professor, said he recently purchased a scooter from Campus Scooter, 412 Albert Ave., because of the money he saves on gasoline, not to mention the free and easy parking on campus.

    “It really makes the most sense right now,” Uhal said.