It’s going to be a tight race as five Lansing residents vie to fill the one city position that most interests them.“They all seem to have experience and most, at least, seem to be pro-voter,” said Mark Grebner, who works for East Lansing-based Practical Political Consulting, 220 Albert Ave.The field of five will be narrowed to two during the city’s Aug.
Sondra Hamilton, like many other MSU students, doesn’t wear a helmet when she is riding her bike. “I don’t think I am going a far distance, so it isn’t really an issue,” the human biology sophomore said while riding her bike in downtown East Lansing. But some bike safety advocates say wearing a helmet is important no matter where you go.
Although Coscarelli’s Restaurant & Lounge is in jeopardy of having its liquor license revoked by the Lansing City Council, officials at the Lansing Police Department said Tuesday they’re “optimistic” it won’t be revoked.Revoking prevents the restaurant from regaining permits.
While there will be a lot of fun in the sun during the next few months, the American Cancer Society warns that people should be conscious of protecting their skin this summer.
John Sterling is always looking for a good excuse to take his older brother’s Monterey blue, 1941 Buick out for a joyride.And he’s hoping the state Legislature will soon give him one.The state House is considering a bill that would name the stretch of Interstate 69 between Perry and Flint to honor Americans who lost their lives in the Dec.
By now, most people have cell phones, pagers, computer modems and multiple phone lines in their homes to make life a little easier.
Michigan lawmakers could choose this week to pass legislation that would urge college-bound teens to receive meningitis vaccinations before moving onto state campuses.If the measure is passed before Thursday, it would come less than a week after Ohio health officials began innoculating thousands of high school students in an effort to contain a meningitis-related outbreak that killed two teen-agers in May and put a third in the hospital June 2.
The state House is preparing to examine the issue of racial profiling as a new package of bills makes its way to the Legislature.Racial profiling is a practice in which police take action based on race, ethnicity or national origin rather than illegal or suspicious activities.“For more than 15 years, the use of racial profiling has grown,” said state Rep.
State Sen. Dianne Byrum on Tuesday provided written testimony to the national commission on election reform, urging it to seek federal funding to modernize and improve poll machinery. “I find the election issue interesting and challenging,” said the Onondaga Democrat whose district includes MSU.
The East Lansing City Council will meet Tuesday to discuss ways to spread out rental properties in the city. Jean Golden, deputy city manager and chief of operations for East Lansing, said the city wants to begin working more with MSU, neighborhoods in the city and the school district. “We want to have a real diversity of housing for families and individuals at all income levels,” she said.
Students and residents riding the bus may have to find alternate forms of transportation after Capital Area Transportation Authority eliminates some of its stops and routes in August. CATA will be holding public hearings today and Tuesday to let the community help decide which routes can be cut, said Brad Funkhouser, director of service development for CATA. Funkhouser said CATA is cutting routes because the cost to maintain and operate the buses has risen, while revenue has decreased.
Instead of looking out at the water, residents living along the shore of Lake St. Clair may be looking at man-made islands with homes.The proposed 18 islands, which would link Interstate 696 to Eight Mile Road, two miles offshore from the Grosse Pointes and St.
Vincent Villegas has two big plans for the summer. One: Receive his diploma from Lansing’s Eastern High School on June 16. Two: Try to win a spot on Lansing’s City Council. But to do that he will have to defeat one of two council incumbents - Louis Adado or Larry Meyer. Adado, 41, was elected to the council in 1997 and wants to stay on board to help improve Lansing’s budget process by maintaining payroll costs. “But, my number one concern is the neighborhoods,” said Adado, Michigan Licensed Beverage Association’s chief executive and city council president.
A traditional Detroit drink is being celebrated in East Lansing.The demolition of the former Byrnes Building in March uncovered an old Vernors advertisement, with a winking Spartan gnome and the words “Drink Vernor’s Ginger Ale,” on the building on the corner of M.A.C.
Michigan Attorney General Jennifer Granholm is threatening to file a lawsuit against the Circuit City electronic store chain. Granholm said the Virginia-based Circuit City Stores Inc. violated Michigan consumer protection laws at its 23 stores across the state by not providing rain checks for specially advertised items not available for purchase during the sale period. Circuit City spokesman Bill Cimino said the company was “puzzled by (Granholm’s) notice.” Granholm filed a Notice of Intended Action, which allows Circuit City 10 days to respond and begin settlement negotiations.
So let it be written, so let it be done - say several bill-makers who hope to make it possible for Michigan school employees to display signs of religious faith, such as the Ten Commandments.The bill was examined for the first time April 25 in the state House Oversight and Operations Committee.
Everyone who lives in Michigan knows the old joke: “In Michigan there are two seasons - winter and construction.” But with construction going on all over Lansing and East Lansing with Interstate 496 and U.S.
Motorists who don’t “Give ’em a Brake” could find themselves broke and behind bars if they are responsible for injuring or killing a construction worker while traveling Michigan roads.The state Senate on Tuesday approved a set of bills concerning construction worker safety.
Ann Stine will walk 50 miles and Carolyn Bennett will walk 50 more, to be the team that walks 100 miles to meet at Meridian Township’s door. Dressed in a pink dress, black tights and her walking shoes, Stine, an East Lansing court recorder, came to work Tuesday at City Hall, 410 Abbott Road, ready to walk her daily two miles. Stine, along with East Lansing city employees and Meridian Township employees, is taking part in the Meridian Township/East Lansing Employee Fitness Challenge. “I am doing it for the challenge,” Stine said.
LANSING - Medical experts and some MSU coaches and athletes met up to kick off the new “Athletes for Kids” program Friday at the Lansing Center. “We got together and decided we wanted to do something for the whole community,” said Dr. Tony Briningstool, a physician at Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital and a former MSU football player.