http://thelansingblog.com The premier source of Lansing news online. Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:18:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://thelansingblog.com/2011/07/07/is-lansings-southside-ingham-park-being-left-to-grow-wild/ http://thelansingblog.com/2011/07/07/is-lansings-southside-ingham-park-being-left-to-grow-wild/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:36:51 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2618 In a south side residential neighborhood–Lewton Rich–and about a half a block from Dwight Rich School, Lansing’s Ingham Park has been growing wild.  It’s in need of a cut in an area that’s struggling to retain its status as a family-friendly place to live.  Here’s a quick look taken with a jiggly Flip video camera [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2011/07/07/is-lansings-southside-ingham-park-being-left-to-grow-wild/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2011/04/12/civil-war-anniversary-heres-lansings-first-volunteer-charles-t-foster/ http://thelansingblog.com/2011/04/12/civil-war-anniversary-heres-lansings-first-volunteer-charles-t-foster/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:59:13 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2493 As our country’s involvement in a war now seems like a part of everyday life, it’s easy to mentally glide on by today’s anniversary of the U.S. Civil War.  Here’s a great blog post about the city of Lansing’s first volunteer, Charles T. Foster with details about his joining and about his dying.  More than [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2011/04/12/civil-war-anniversary-heres-lansings-first-volunteer-charles-t-foster/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2011/01/12/check-capital-area-district-library-cadl-blog-about-english-royalty/ http://thelansingblog.com/2011/01/12/check-capital-area-district-library-cadl-blog-about-english-royalty/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:09:47 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2330 Did you know that the Capital Area District Library system blogs about timely topics related to the various items in its various collections? Today, its post centers on films about the kings and queens of England with some interesting narrative about each one where a movie has been made. Then it has a link to [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2011/01/12/check-capital-area-district-library-cadl-blog-about-english-royalty/feed/ 1 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/12/11/some-christmas-gift-ideas-from-the-capital-area-district-library-cadl/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/12/11/some-christmas-gift-ideas-from-the-capital-area-district-library-cadl/#comments Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:51:39 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2268 I’ve put getting a library card at the Capital Area District Library (CADL) here in the Lansing-area in the top-tier of my to-do list over the Christmas break.  I think I’m missing a lot about what they have to offer.  As an example check out this blog post from a CADL librarian about gift ideas [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/12/11/some-christmas-gift-ideas-from-the-capital-area-district-library-cadl/feed/ 1 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/11/04/tonight-world-war-ii-vets-panel-speaks-at-delta-township-library/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/11/04/tonight-world-war-ii-vets-panel-speaks-at-delta-township-library/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:27:35 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2187 You might want to make a note of this special event at 6 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Nov. 4, at the Delta Township Library where a panel of World War II vets will talk about what they experienced during that major event in their lives. As the pool of vets from that war diminishes, it’s all [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/11/04/tonight-world-war-ii-vets-panel-speaks-at-delta-township-library/feed/ 1 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/09/09/calendar-item-watch-for-world-war-ii-planes-make-two-passes-at-waverly-and-mt-hope-roads/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/09/09/calendar-item-watch-for-world-war-ii-planes-make-two-passes-at-waverly-and-mt-hope-roads/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:44:05 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2106 If you live on or will be on the southside of Lansing at 7 p.m. this Saturday, Sep. 11, then you might want to have your video camera ready for a flyover of five  vintage World War II planes in the area of Waverly and Mount Hope.  Because of their distinctive noise, you should have [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/09/09/calendar-item-watch-for-world-war-ii-planes-make-two-passes-at-waverly-and-mt-hope-roads/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/07/21/1964/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/07/21/1964/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:00:42 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1964 This is part two of our tour of Lansing’s 114 city parks.  Before we voted on a parks and recreation millage renewal, we wanted to see what our city’s parks looked like. We’ve been impressed by their number, size, neighborhood locations and play equipment.  At the same time, we noticed that most parks and playgrounds [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/07/21/1964/feed/ 2 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/07/20/our-goal-visit-each-of-the-114-parks-in-the-city-of-lansing/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/07/20/our-goal-visit-each-of-the-114-parks-in-the-city-of-lansing/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:35:29 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1954 Real quick: How many city of Lansing parks can you name? The reason that I ask is that Lansing voters will be asked to renew at the August 3 election a one mill levy for city parks and recreation. I went to the city’s website to check for the number of parks in the city. [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/07/20/our-goal-visit-each-of-the-114-parks-in-the-city-of-lansing/feed/ 1 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/16/calendar-alert-tonights-lansing-park-concert-with-powerlight-r-b/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/16/calendar-alert-tonights-lansing-park-concert-with-powerlight-r-b/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:04:44 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1835 It’s free and the music to be played at the concert tonight at Lansing’s Washington Park sounds pretty entertaining.  It’s the second installment of the summer Parks and Recreation concert series that moves around every week in our many family-friendly parks.  For a schedule, click here for full details for the rest of the summer.

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/16/calendar-alert-tonights-lansing-park-concert-with-powerlight-r-b/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/10/ill-be-thinking-about-my-son-all-day-because-of-lansings-sugar-shack/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/10/ill-be-thinking-about-my-son-all-day-because-of-lansings-sugar-shack/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:12:48 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1809 Today is our son Justin’s 26th birthday and super-wife and I have been celebrating the occasion.  He lives and works in Washington D.C., but as card-carrying empty-nesters, we wanted to recognize the occasion. We went to the Sugar Shack Shop at 2315 Grand River, right next to the Marathon Station to buy a gourmet cupcake.  [...]

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