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Comcast, nbc host recycling event
Comcast and NBC Universal are hosting Green is Universal eCycling from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Comcast’s Lansing headquarters, 1401 E.
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Door security system upgrade in Shaw Hall
Joining other residence halls across campus, door security systems will be installed during the next two months in Shaw Hall, according to an e-mail sent to residents. Next Monday, work to place external and internal card-reader access systems will begin to be built next to each building door. Construction workers might be noticed between 6 a.m.
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Bureau created to help with financial protection
A little more than three months after the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or the CFPB, is being launched. The bureau will be especially relevant for students and young Americans as they engage with credit products in a new, clearer light.
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Community celebrates U.N.’s 65th anniversary
Traditional Indian dancers filled Hannah Community Center with the sound of music and dancing feet Sunday in celebration of the 65th anniversary of the United Nations, or UN. Events began Sunday with the United Nations Day 2010 Dinner/Program at the center, 819 Abbot Road, hosted by the Greater Lansing chapter of the United Nations Association of the USA.
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Swirlberry closes with no warning to staff
Swirlberry, a frozen yogurt shop at 228 Abbot Road, closed suddenly Monday after little more than a year of business. Employees, including the manager, were given no prior notice the store was closing and the business was open Sunday, said Audra Russell, a communicative sciences and disorders senior and former employee.
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Summit focuses on sustainability, community
Citizens concerned about the future of Michigan’s environment and economy came together this weekend in a two-day summit aimed at making MSU and Michigan a little more green. The first Greater Capital Area Sustainability Summit was a series of meetings, presentations and speakers brought together during a two-day period in hopes of addressing the issues Michigan’s urban areas face and discussing potential solutions in terms of green energy and community involvement.
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Local nurses speak out about understaffing
Local nurses made their concerns about understaffing at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital clear by filing an official report citing instances of unsafe staffing conditions. Members of the Professional Employees Council of Sparrow Hospital, or PECSH, submitted “Misplaced Priorities: The Deteriorating Condition of Safe Patient Care at Sparrow Hospital,” to the Michigan Department of Community Health on Thursday morning.
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Sweep updates E.L. sex offender information
There are 900 registered sex offenders in Ingham County. And police don’t know where 31 of them are. These are the results of recent sex offender sweeps through the tri-county area of Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties.
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Amtrak ridership increases from 2009
The total number of riders at the East Lansing Amtrak station, 1240 S. Harrison Road, increased about 15 percent from fiscal year 2009 to fiscal year 2010, said Lori Mullins, East Lansing’s community development analyst.
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Habitat for Humanity provides graduate student with home
Habitat for Humanity didn’t just give Anna Malavisi a home. It gave Malavisi — who came to East Lansing from Bolivia several years ago — a family. And on Wednesday, Malavisi, a philosophy graduate student at MSU, was surrounded by both. The dedication ceremony for the home Malavisi and her three daughters will inhabit took place in the kitchen of the near-complete house.
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E.L. fall leaf collection continues
The city of East Lansing is offering fall bulk leaf collection, which started Monday. Leaves will be picked up on the city’s east side this week as well as the weeks of Nov.
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City holds energy efficiency class
The city of East Lansing partnered with the Greater Lansing Housing Coalition and Hometown Housing Partnership to hold East Lansing’s first Homeowner Education and Resource Organization, or HERO, class. The class was held at Michigan Energy Options, 405 Grove St., to give local residents the opportunity to learn about their home’s energy systems and use, said Amy Schlusler-Owens, a community development specialist with the city of East Lansing. “It’s essential to educate homeowners not only on energy efficiency, but also on the way that they can minimize their overhead costs for home ownership,” she said. One of eight registered families and residents attended.
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Alumna inducted to Women's Hall of Fame
Mary Aikey has spent an entire lifetime fighting for causes she believed in. In one night, she was given recognition for it all. Aikey, a former executive director of Greater Lansing’s Young Women’s Christian Association, or YWCA, and an MSU alumna, was one of 10 women inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame by the Michigan Women’s Historical Center.
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E.L. named one of top seven cities for economic growth
Football is not the only thing landing East Lansing in the top seven. The city was recognized Tuesday as one of the top seven cities in the state for creating a positive environment for entrepreneurial growth and economic development.
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Smoking ban on properties applies to medical weed
The Property Management Association of Mid-Michigan and the Ingham County Health Department held discussions last week to explore options for tenants and landlords regarding medical marijuana.
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Snyder still leads polls after debate
Many experts considered Sunday’s debate to be Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero’s last chance to gain ground on Republican gubernatorial candidate and Ann Arbor businessman Rick Snyder, but according to a new poll, he failed to do so. Snyder still holds a 20 percent lead over Bernero, with only 13 percent undecided, the poll by East Lansing-based Mitchell Research & Communications Inc. found. About 24 percent of respondents said they watched “most” or “all” of the debate.
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Voters to decide outcome of Potter Park Zoo
Growing from a few elk in 1920 to more than 160 species today, the Potter Park Zoo has educated and entertained Lansing residents for 90 years — but at the polls on Nov.
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Candidates propose business tax changes
Starting a successful business is never an easy task. For start-up businesses working to get off the ground, it can be even harder, in part because of a generally unpopular state tax called the Michigan Business Tax, or MBT.
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Grant to revive DART with more funding
A grant given to the Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney’s office will be used to restart a former program for domestic violence victims and offenders.
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Grant to help promote new business growth
The Lansing area could see several new businesses spring up after an entrepreneurial support organization called Leap Inc. received nearly $200,000 from the Regional Entrepreneurial Collaborative grant program. Leap Inc. was one of nine state organizations to receive the grant, which was funded through Michigan’s No Worker Left Behind Program and sought to promote new business growth in the state, according to a statement from Gov.