Berl Schwartz

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Historic Glaister House’s fate seems sealed: Demolition - City Pulse

1 month ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Berl Schwartz

FRIDAY, March 14 — The City Rescue Mission of Lansing will "most likely" demolish the historic Glaister House in downtown Lansing to make room for a rainwater detention pond, a spokesperson said today. “I don’t want to give anyone false hopes” — demolition “most likely is going to happen,” said Laura Grimwood, the rescue mission’s senior director of community engagement. A detention pond temporarily stores rainwater to keep it from flooding a sewer system until it can be slowly released.
New threat to Glaister House: Lansing City Rescue Mission - City Pulse

1 month ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Lawrence Cosentino |Berl Schwartz

The City Rescue Mission of Lansing is the new steward of a historic property — which it is contemplating tearing down. The Glaister House, a 148-year-old red brick Queen Anne- and Italianate-style residence at the corner of Walnut and Kalamazoo streets in downtown Lansing, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2017. The rescue mission took possession of it last year in a non-cash transaction with its previous owner, Set Seg Insurance Services Agency Inc.
Remembering Ute von der Heyden - City Pulse

Oct 23, 2024 | lansingcitypulse.com | Berl Schwartz

Ute von der Heyden, who died recently at 84, was a frequent contributor of theater reviews and arts stories to our pages. She also worked behind the scenes as an editor. Equipped with a Michigan State University journalism education and two decades’ experience as a Lansing State Journal reporter, she brought us a high level of professionalism. Though an enthusiastic booster of area theater — she served on the old BoarsHead Theater’s board — her reviews were honest, perceptive and respected.
Remembering Joel Ferguson, from RFK to Engler - City Pulse

Oct 23, 2024 | lansingcitypulse.com | Berl Schwartz

Bobby Kennedy and John Engler were bookends in the life of Joel Ferguson. Ferguson, who died Saturday at 85, was born in 1938 and raised in a working-class family on Lansing’s segregated near west side. He remembers the station wagon from the Lansing Country Club, roving through Black areas of the city, including by his own house on Chelsea Street, picking up Black employees and taking them to work at the all-white club. “It was like a plantation,” Ferguson said.
Former GOP Congressman Rep. Joe Schwarz announces support for Harris-Walz - City Pulse

Oct 15, 2024 | lansingcitypulse.com | Berl Schwartz

TUESDAY, Oct. 15 — Former Michigan Republican Congressman Joe Schwarz announced his endorsement today of the Harris-Walz ticket, joining other state GOP politicos who have rejected Donald Trump.
Vice President Harris to appear in Lansing Friday - City Pulse

Oct 13, 2024 | lansingcitypulse.com | Berl Schwartz

SUNDAY, Oct. 13 — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Lansing Friday, marking her sixth appearance in Michigan as the Democratic nominee for president, her campaign announced today. Details of where, what time and whether it will be a rally were not immediately available in the announcement, which was embargoed until 5 a.m. today for release in City Pulse. Harris has campaigned in Detroit, Farmington Hills and Flint, but this will be her first time in Lansing.
CADL move from Capital Avenue location under ‘active consideration’ - City Pulse

Sep 27, 2024 | lansingcitypulse.com | Berl Schwartz

FRIDAY, Sept. 27 — Moving the downtown Lansing branch and executive offices of the Capital Area District Libraries is under “active consideration” because in part of the cost of maintaining its 60-year-old building on Capital Avenue, a CADL official said today. “Although there is active consideration of moving out of the downtown building in the future, there isn't a finalized plan of where or when that might happen,” said Victoria Meadows, CADL’s marketing and communications director.
Lansing State Journal story on Eastern High School lacks credibility - City Pulse

Aug 14, 2024 | lansingcitypulse.com | Berl Schwartz

Dear readers,The Lansing State Journal published a misleading, inaccurate, and largely one-sided story last night about old Eastern High School. As a member of an ad hoc committee that hopes to save the landmark building from demolition by the University of Michigan Health-Sparrow so it can build a psychiatric hospital on the site, let me set the record straight.
ADL blasts Meridian Township clerk for 'antisemitic rhetoric’ - City Pulse

Jul 31, 2024 | lansingcitypulse.com | Tyler Schneider |Berl Schwartz

Posted Wednesday, July 31, 2024 5:34 pm WEDNESDAY, July 31 — Statements on the Israeli-Hamas war by Mike McCurdy, a candidate for Meridian Township clerk in next week’s primary election, contain “antisemitic rhetoric,” according to the leader of Michigan’s chapter of the Anti-Defamation League. "Mr. McCurdy has made numerous antisemitic social media posts, which belittle the October 7 terror attack, justify the terror group Hamas and propagate age-old anti-Jewish ideas,” Carolyn Normandin,...
Lansing Charter Commission looks at hiring law firm owned by MSU trustees’ president - City Pulse

Jul 26, 2024 | lansingcitypulse.com | Tyler Schneider |Berl Schwartz

Posted Friday, July 26, 2024 12:20 pm FRIDAY, July 26 — Lansing’s Charter Commission will decide next week between two law firms for legal counsel, one of which is owned by the president of the Board of Trustees at Michigan State University.