The city of East Lansing and MSU announced that “Zeitoun,” by Dave Eggers, will be the 2010 One Book, One Community selection. The book follows the true story of Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a Syrian man struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Tasty Twist opened this week at its new 1137 E. Grand River Ave. location, after the East Lansing ice cream staple was ousted from its home since 1957 at 1307 E. Grand River Ave. by the property owner. Owner Scott King was told in November by property owners that they planned to tear down his soft serve shop to expand the adjacent Citgo gas station. He obliged, but not long after, East Lansing Tasty Treat moved into Tasty Twist’s former location.
In an effort to ease Ingham County’s tight budget and ensure parks will be open for the 2010 winter holidays, all Ingham county parks will be closed for furlough days on March 22 and 29 and Dec.
The Environmental Protection Agency released a proposal in January to decrease the primary limit of ozone emissions allowed to between 0.060 parts per million, or ppm, and 0.070 ppm — standards that the Lansing area might have problems reaching
Betty Allen said she never experienced anything as wonderful as the kindness shown to her by some MSU students. Two groups of 12 MSU students painted the 72-year-old New Orleans resident’s home during an Alternative Spring Break, or ASB, trip.
Lower income East Lansing residents interested in developing a business plan can do so through the Entrepreneur Institute of Mid-Michigan’s upcoming Foundations of Business Planning program.
The Douglas J Salon of East Lansing, along with other Mid-Michigan branches of Douglas J Salons, eXchanges and Aveda Institutes, helped raise more than $3,200 during February to support the victims of the Haiti earthquake. The salons encouraged guests to make donations at checkout.
State Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, wants to change the way lawmakers do business. Meadows recently proposed various ideas to reform state government, including reforms of state legislators’ term limits, slashing business tax credits and lowering the state’s sales tax and expanding it to services.
The Michigan-Grand River Avenue Corridor Study whittled down its list of public transportation options to light rail transit, bus rapid transit and modern street car. The project will attempt to connect the Capitol to Marsh Road on Grand River and Michigan avenues through multimodal transportation, which will include bicycle lanes and pedestrian walkways.
When Bob Fish and Mary Roszel decided to open a coffee shop in East Lansing 15 years ago, many people wondered if it would be a profitable business endeavor. On Monday, Roszel and Fish proved their doubters wrong by celebrating Biggby Coffee’s 15th anniversary and offering free tall drinks to Biggby E-ward members at any participating store. In addition, a birthday party was held at the original Biggby shop at 270 W. Grand River Ave.
The East Lansing City Council likely will vote whether to approve a site plan that would convert the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house, 128 Collingwood Drive, into high-end apartments during its 7:30 p.m.
It’s the short walk frequent customers and curious students will make from art gallery Mackerel Sky’s old location to the new one. Friday marked the opening day for the well-known gallery at its new location, 211 M.A.C. Ave., after a five-day break in business for the move.
(SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., will host Chain of Lakes, Brian Westrin, and Brandon and Bethany Foote of Gifts or Creatures on March 27.
The last known wild wolverine in Michigan was found dead about 60 miles northwest of Port Huron on Saturday and will be examined on MSU’s campus, according to The Detroit News. A female estimated to be 7 years old at the time of death, the wolverine was first seen in 2004, 90 miles north of Detroit.
Curt “Grandad” Eure created the Kids Repair Program to reward local kids with bicycles for completing work in the community.
Lansing mayor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero received an endorsement from Michigan AFL-CIO last week, The Associated Press reported. The AFL-CIO represents more than 600,000 active and retired Michigan union members, including United Auto Workers.
Jen Ganzhorn, a 2009 MSU alumna, was a featured artist Friday in (SCENE) Metrospace’s “3-in-1 Show” exhibiting three bronze statues and four other pieces made during her time at MSU. The show was the kick-off event for (SCENE) Metrospace’s 3-in-1 gallery exhibition.
More than 20 students, ranging in age from 5 to 17 years old, performed a piece or two at the MSU Community Music School All-School Recital, which featured young Community Music School, or CMS, pianists and violinists from the local area. CMS, an outreach division of the MSU College of Music, provides music lessons to students of all ages.
Spartan engineers will be given the opportunity Monday to pursue up to 60 new jobs with IBM — jobs they wouldn’t have to leave the city of East Lansing to get. Recruiters from IBM’s Global Delivery Center, which is located on the second floor of the MSU Federal Credit Union at 600 E. Crescent Road, for application services will be on campus for a meet-and-greet with both MSU and non-MSU graduates next week.
State Rep. Mark Meadows, D-East Lansing, introduced a plan Wednesday to extend lawmaker term limits, according to a statement.