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/2011/07/18/heres-the-lansing-city-council-info-packet-for-july-18-meeting/ http://thelansingblog.com/2011/07/18/heres-the-lansing-city-council-info-packet-for-july-18-meeting/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:48:48 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2632 Here’s the info packet for the Lansing City Council meeting for Monday, July 18: Lansing (MI) City Council info packet for Monday’s July 18 meeting(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2011/03/22/city-of-lansing-loses-four-percent-of-its-population-u-s-census-says/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2011/02/21/heres-info-packet-for-lansing-city-council-meeting-for-feb-21/ http://thelansingblog.com/2011/02/21/heres-info-packet-for-lansing-city-council-meeting-for-feb-21/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:10:40 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2453 At tonight’s Lansing City Council meeting, council members will vote on a resolution to allow voters to decide if they want to raise property taxes by four mills to meet an anticipated budget deficit.  The proposal can be found on page 9 and 10 of this info packet. Lansing (MI) City Council info packet for [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2011/02/21/heres-info-packet-for-lansing-city-council-meeting-for-feb-21/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2011/02/02/lansing-area-libraries-are-closed-today-because-of-the-blizzard/ http://thelansingblog.com/2011/02/02/lansing-area-libraries-are-closed-today-because-of-the-blizzard/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:13:14 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2388 The Capital Area District Libraries (CADL) have announced that they are closed today. The notice came from their tweet over Twitter:

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2011/02/02/lansing-area-libraries-are-closed-today-because-of-the-blizzard/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/12/10/multiple-apartment-fire-on-woodbridge-in-south-lansing-right-now-529-pm/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/12/10/multiple-apartment-fire-on-woodbridge-in-south-lansing-right-now-529-pm/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:36:30 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2258 The Nixle Emergency Alert team sent out this alert about a working fire at an apartment complex on Woodbridge.  It’s described as a working fire.

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/12/10/multiple-apartment-fire-on-woodbridge-in-south-lansing-right-now-529-pm/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/12/01/is-mayor-virg-bernero-right-about-medical-marijuana-in-lansing/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/12/01/is-mayor-virg-bernero-right-about-medical-marijuana-in-lansing/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:30:26 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=2232 Sounds like Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero is really getting steamed about City Council efforts to pass a moratorium on opening further medical marijuana establishments inside the city limits. Read this Lansing City Pulse interviewed the mayor who trashed talked proponents of the moratorium proposal who have stated that more time’s needed to properly draft a [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/12/01/is-mayor-virg-bernero-right-about-medical-marijuana-in-lansing/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/05/south-lansing-farmers-market-opens-tomorrow-saturday-june-5/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/05/south-lansing-farmers-market-opens-tomorrow-saturday-june-5/#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:05:55 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1774 The South Lansing Community Development Association’s Farmers Market opens tomorrow, Saturday, June 5, at Benjamin Davis Park.  Here are the details from the group’s Facebook Fan Page:

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/06/05/south-lansing-farmers-market-opens-tomorrow-saturday-june-5/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/28/meals-on-wheels-drivers-needed-for-ingham-clinton-and-eaton-counties/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/28/meals-on-wheels-drivers-needed-for-ingham-clinton-and-eaton-counties/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:17:39 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1518 Meals-on-Wheels in Clinton County is  looking for volunteer drivers to deliver meals for five routes which can vary from four to 12 stops, according to Joan Bancroft of the program.  There are two long routes where mileage of 32 cents per mile is offered.  The meals program is part of the Tri-County Office on Aging. [...]

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/04/28/meals-on-wheels-drivers-needed-for-ingham-clinton-and-eaton-counties/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/25/alert-bank-robbery-just-happened-on-lake-lansing-rd-near-i-127-interchange/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/25/alert-bank-robbery-just-happened-on-lake-lansing-rd-near-i-127-interchange/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:52:10 +0000 Wes Thorp http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1287 WILX.com is reporting that a bank on Lake Lansing Road near the I-127 interchange has been robbed within the last hour.  They are working on getting details.  See update.

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]]> http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/25/alert-bank-robbery-just-happened-on-lake-lansing-rd-near-i-127-interchange/feed/ 0 http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/13/give-ingham-county-commissioner-andy-schor-on-his-blog/ http://thelansingblog.com/2010/03/13/give-ingham-county-commissioner-andy-schor-on-his-blog/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:29:51 +0000 admin http://thelansingblog.com/?p=1146 Ingham County Commissioner Andy Schor who represents the southeast side of Lansing has started a blog about county issues and his participation in them.  County government is facing severe financial challenges that affect people and there’s been little news coverage of many of these. This seems aimed to fill that gap. Visit his blog and [...]

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