Tonight: Book discussion at the Michigan Brewing Company, downtown Lansing

March 4, 2010

Found this on the tweets of the Capital Area District Library system.  It’s a book group that meets at the Michigan Brewing Company, 402 South Washington Ave. in downtown Lansing.  Have you been there?  Any impressions?  Neat place to meet.

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Lansing’s Bingham Elementary School Principal Freya Rivers deserves honor

March 4, 2010

Read this Lansing State Journal story by John Schneider about Bingham School Principal Freya Rivers and her outstanding advocacy for three of her students.  She deserves to be called out and recognized in our community for taking the extra step of sharing her experience.
Three of her very young students came to school sharing how their [...]

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Lansing’s WILX TV named 2009 station of the year

March 4, 2010

Honk when you go by WILX TV on Edgewood in the area containing Celebration Cinema, Sam’s Club and Target.  The station has been named the 2009 station of the year by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters.
Local news media has been struggling with the onset of online news and with the declining economy.  Their efforts need [...]

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Lansing City Pulse asks: Do you want to sing National Anthem at Lugnuts?

March 4, 2010

The Lansing City Pulse is quarterbacking an opportunity for Lansing Lugnut fans to sing the National Anthem at a game.  First step to being selected is to shoot a video and upload it to YouTube or send a MP3 file of young singing the song by March 31.
Then readers will have a chance to start [...]

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Meet new interim Lansing Police Chief Capt. Teresa Szymanski

March 4, 2010

Lansing residents should feel good about the appointment of Capt. Teresa Szymanski to be the police department’s interim chief in the wake of the retirement of Chief Mark Alley.
During the past several years she has been very accessible to the concerns and needs of our southwest side neighborhood when their have been flareups of criminal [...]

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Download South Lansing Community Development Association Newsletter

March 3, 2010

Get your copy of the SouthLansing.org, the spring 2010 newsletter of the South Lansing Community Development Association by downloading this PDF.
It contains items about upcoming events of southside happenings, as well as other articles of interest.

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EMERGENCY NOTICE: Cedar Street traffic lights out from I-96 to Willoughby

March 3, 2010

UPDATE: Traffic Message has been issued by the Lansing/Ingham County 911. Tuesday March 2, 2010 22:46 PM EST — Power is restored on Long Blvd and Cedar between I96 and Willoughby.
For those driving on South Cedar Street tonight-Tuesday-this is from Ingham County’s Nixle Team:

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Weekly southside Lansing (MI) coffee klatsch started today

March 2, 2010

I wonder how long it’s going to take to fill up the community room at the Southside Community Center, 5825 Wise Rd.,  for the weekly “coffee klatsch” which started today.
It’s sponsored by the South Lansing Community Development Association (SLCDA) and billed as an opportunity for members of the whole community to network over a cup [...]

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Monday afternoon: NB US 127 closed at Jolly Road because of accident

March 1, 2010

UPDATE: From the NIXLE team:  Monday March 1, 2010 15:18 PM EST; US127 Northbound is now back open at Jolly Rd.
Ingham County’s emergency notification system-NIXLE-just sent out this message about a serious accident on northbound U.S. 127 at Jolly Road:

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Coffee hour starts tomorrow-Tuesday-at Southside Community Center

March 1, 2010

Are you going to the coffee hour tomorrow for southside residents at the Southside Community Center.  Sponsored by the South Lansing Community Development Association, here are the details from their website:
New! South Lansing Coffee Connection
Tuesdays, starting March 2, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at Southside Community Center (5825 Wise Road)
Come one, come all to South Lansing CDA’s weekly [...]

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