Citizens and workers of the Lansing area are invited to attend a town forum tonight to discuss regional growth. The Tri-County Regional Planning Commission will conduct its second basic growth forum in a series of three.
A group of Upper Peninsula residents gathered for the first time as a community to celebrate Christmas on Saturday.The party included their first Christmas tree lighting and Danielle Bammert, community coordinator for the Sawyer Community Association, hopes it isn’t the last.The community association is located at the former site of K.I.
The rooms and hallways of the East Lansing Hannah Community Center are still filled with workmen and tools of the trade, but a feeling of excitement is mounting among city staff.The center, 819 Abbott Road, now scheduled to open in mid-January after originally being scheduled to open Saturday.
Using a helping hand to spread some cheer may be appreciated by some local senior citizens and individuals with disabilities this holiday season. Volunteers of America Michigan, 430 N.
Heather Locklear probably won’t be interfering in the love lives of residents in these Melrose apartments.The first apartment of Melrose Communities will be available in January.The apartments, located at 16789 Chandler Road, will be allowing students to move into the partially finished complex on Jan.
State House Democrats will elect a new leader today.With Minority Leader Kwame Kilpatrick, D-Detroit, packing his bags for his new job as mayor of Detroit, the Democrats will fill the void of his departure.State Rep.
The Lansing Community College Board of Trustees will meet at noon today to ink out some familiar ground rules.The group has been operating without bylaws for several years after changing to more of a forum type of governing body.
Congress passed legislation Friday that would hand over about $6.3 million to improve Lansing transportation.The bill gives the city $3.33 million for reconstruction of the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, $750,000 for the Intelligent Transportation System and $2.25 million for Capital Area Transportation Authority.If the bill passes the Senate and is signed into law by President Bush, CATA’s portion of the money will be used to buy new buses, update equipment and fix fare boxes onboard.“We are very pleased,” said Brad Funkhouser, director of service development for CATA.
Families of Pentagon and New York rescue personnel might find delight from branches of green on Christmas night.Michigan Christmas tree farmers are donating 750 trees to Pentagon military rescue personnel and to surviving family members of New York firefighters, police and rescue personnel killed in the Sept.
Officials of Western Michigan University and Thomas M. Cooley Law School announced a partnership that will combine the two schools’ resources.Western Michigan President Elson S.
About 1,800 health care professionals from Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital will vote on a tentative contract agreement by Dec.
Blizzard and Rudy are booked solid between Halloween and Christmas every year - and Sunday was no exception.
Lansing - Robert Anselmo didn’t know for 13 years that he was HIV positive. Since being diagnosed with the disease in July 1998, Anselmo said there is not a day he looks in the mirror and doesn’t realize he is living with AIDS. Anselmo spoke about his difficulties and the dangers associated with AIDS and HIV for World AIDS Day on Saturday at the Impression 5 Science Center, 200 Museum Drive. As part of observance of the national event, Anselmo and others were present for panels of the NAMES Project Foundation’s AIDS Memorial Quilt being put on display at the science museum for the public. On display were 16 panels of the quilt, which has more than 44,000 pieces. “I am honored to be here and I hope I am here next year,” Anselmo said before the group attending the ceremony. Patrick Lombardi, director of volunteer services for the Lansing Area AIDS Network, 4660 S.
Lansing - MSU greeks pulled out all the stops and threw a party too big for any house last week. Representatives from MSU’s Panhellenic and Interfraternity councils joined members of the university’s greek system in Lansing for dinner, awards ceremony and celebration on Thursday at the Greek Excellence Awards Gala to wrap up the fall semester’s greek activities. More than 300 members of MSU’s sororities and fraternities filled the banquet hall at the Lansing Center to acknowledge greek men’s and women’s achievements in academics, community service and philanthropy. This years gathering marks the first time the Greek Gala and Presidents’ Ball, to honor chapter leaders, were combined into one event, said Kate Luick, president of the MSU’s Sigma Kappa chapter. Rachel Kuchar, an executive vice president of the Panhellenic Council, said the awards gala exemplifies academics, community and greek relations.
It’s time to get your bellies in shape and dust off your holiday cheer.The 11th annual East Lansing Winter Festival & Chili Cook-Off will fill the streets of downtown from 2-5 p.m.
The road to success might have a few bumps in it for students.But RideTheBellCurve.com is trying to smooth out the road with the help of people who have been there.
Lansing - Among the floating holiday tunes, a spectacle of lights housed blue, skating bears, pink ice fishing penguins and golden llamas. Potter Park & Zoo, 1301 S.
State lawmakers are working to put pressure on prostitutes, pimps and underage solicitors.If lawmakers get their way, those who solicit sex from minors will be charged with felonies, punishable by up to four years in prison.
Lansing - Among the floating holiday tunes, a spectacle of lights housed blue, skating bears, pink ice fishing penguins and golden llamas.Potter Park & Zoo, 1301 S.
Keeping up with the Joneses might take on a different meaning in Lansing.The Cohousing Development Co. purchased 23.8 acres at 3721 Aurelius Road in Lansing, which will be made into Meadowood Cohousing, the first cohousing neighborhood in Lansing.