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The Lansing Journal is a community newspaper. We welcome input from fellow residents who have thoughtful things to say about topics that are important to our community. Send your submissions to [email protected] with “Voices” in the subject line.
Local Voices: Missing Bakers Square
by Ashley Cushing
Delicious French dip sandwiches. Tomato basil soup. Freshly-baked pies of many flavors. Feeling like you walked into someone’s dining room at home,...
Editorial Contest: Too close for comfort – a firsthand account of ‘white flight’ in Lansing
For The Lansing Journal's first-ever editorial contest, we partnered with the freshmen class at Unity Christian Academy. Every student in the 26-student class wrote...
Editorial Contest: Chicago’s hidden divide
For The Lansing Journal's first-ever editorial contest, we partnered with the freshmen class at Unity Christian Academy. Every student in the 26-student class wrote...
Editorial Contest: Banning books – a discussion of censorship
For The Lansing Journal's first-ever editorial contest, we partnered with the freshmen class at Unity Christian Academy. Every student in the 26-student class wrote...
Editorial Contest: Scared healthy – How horror movies can be beneficial
For The Lansing Journal's first-ever editorial contest, we partnered with the freshman class at Unity Christian Academy. Every student in the 26-student class wrote...
Editorial Contest: When should my kid have a phone? – An iconic dilemma
For The Lansing Journal's first-ever editorial contest, we partnered with the freshmen class at Unity Christian Academy. Every student in the 26-student class wrote...
Local Voices: Public comment at the Bloom Township Annual Town meeting
Local Voices
Bob Malkas
This is a copy of the Public Comments I made to Bloom Township officials at their Annual Town meeting on April 12,...
Local Voices: Kindness
by Gail Blom
I just wanted to write about the kindness my family experienced from Beggars Pizza in Lansing.Following the death of my nephew, Mark...
Local Voices: ‘I was a young Lansing paperboy’
by Rich Murray, in response to Towns without NewspapersJust a quick note with background memories. I was a young Lansing paperboy in 1954-1955 when...
Local Voices: Who proudly contributed to the NAACP’s success?
At 25, Walter Francis White began his career as the Secretary Assistant of the NAACP at the national headquarters. With his multi-ancestral gifts,
Local Voices: We need to protect renters of storage units
contributed by Retired Army Col. Paul KantwillDuring and since my time as an active-duty officer in the Army, I have devoted much time and...
Local Voices: A reminder to keep fire hydrants clear of snow
contributed by Dan Centracchio
I've lived in Lansing almost thirty years. Only once has someone other than me cleared snow around the fire hydrant that...
Local Voices: ‘I just love this community!’
contributed by Connie Simon
The light turned green, but the car in front of Connie didn’t move. Rather than honk in irritation, Connie got out...
Local Voices: An update on Alien Buffet in Las Vegas
by Frank Fetters, former Lansing resident and current Lansing Journal reader
I just learned from my co-producer, Moses Hazan, that the first showcase performance...
Local Voices: News from Las Vegas
by Frank Fetters, former Lansing resident and current Lansing Journal reader
In case people in my former hometown are interested, I thought I'd write about...