Pancakes for the people
As a semi-proficient home cook, pancakes have always been a tough sell. If I can make a dish quickly, at home and at a negligible ingredient cost, I usually don’t order it when eating out. …
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New local pharmacies combat worsening shortage
When the Rite Aid across from the University of Michigan Health-Sparrow hospital closed its doors in fall 2024, UM-Sparrow regional pharmacy director Todd Belding wondered where its patients would …
Local restaurateur opens Italian-focused concept in classic Okemos location
Before it was Gjoni’s, the building at 662 W. Grand River Ave. was Spagnuolo’s Restaurant. In the 1980s, it was the Polo Bar. Many of Gjoni’s regulars have been regulars at the …
Ingham County environmental commission calls for data center transparency
An Ingham County commission passed a resolution last week urging a Lansing utility to create more long-term regulations on proposed data centers. The call comes as …
Devil’s Day Tattoo to expand, seek OPRA tax abatement
The Devil’s Day Tattoo co-owners are planning to redevelop and restore the units right next door to their current spot: The former Baron’s Window Coverings building and neighboring …
Frandor Barnes & Noble opens with local focus
Once upon a time, every Barnes & Noble location ordered essentially the same books. That’s no longer so. As part of a strategy shift that began in 2018 and has seen the store turn …
Second annual Lansing coffee tour kicks off
For the second year in a row, 517 Coffee Co. co-owner James Defrees is encouraging customers to buy from his competitors. The Grind, a “coffee tour” inviting Lansing coffee fans to …
Devil’s Day Tattoo to expand, seek OPRA tax abatement
MONDAY, NOV. 17 — Val Magee and Ferg Ferguson hardly look like developers. “We’re the opposite of a tight suit,” Magee said. The Devil’s Day Tattoo co-owners …
‘More of the same for Lansing’
Early in the evening at an Election Day party at Eastside community center The Fledge, Lansing’s more progressive candidates were having a good time. Hosts played the movie “Mean …
160 years later, local veteran’s service honored
Obediah Sheldon’s marble headstone, in mint condition, stands out amid the historic Mount Hope Cemetery’s field of graying granite. It looks nothing like the other stones dated in …