News
Board to vote on borrowing $2 million
The Niles Community Schools Board of Education is expected to vote on a proposal to borrow as much as $2 million in an advance on ...
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Niles Community Schools
Niles Community Schools still seeking $750K in budget cuts
Though classwork may be over for students, Niles Community Schools officials are still hard at work looking at what more of their budget they can ...
by jessicasieff, Monday, June 13, 2011 11:45 pm
News
The Butterfly Project
At the Ferry Street Resource Center, the Niles Art Association's Sue Coultas and Sandy Williams presented kids with a very special project.
by jessicasieff, Sunday, June 12, 2011 6:42 pm
News
Nichols facing 4 more charges
When he entered the Berrien County courtroom in Niles Thursday morning, Trey Nichols, 18, saw his parents, family, friends as well as members of the ...
by jessicasieff, Thursday, June 9, 2011 11:17 pm
Niles City Council
Summer parks program may lose city funding
School is almost out for summer and that means a lot of Niles area kids will be bursting with the energy to burn up the ...
by jessicasieff, Wednesday, June 8, 2011 11:51 pm
News
Victim testifies in sex case
Martell Miller, 17, Parnell Martin and Martise Washington, both 18 — all held in police custody since last month on a multitude of charges, including ...
by jessicasieff, Wednesday, June 8, 2011 11:49 pm
News
School boasts 100 percent grad rate
When Brandywine Community Schools Supt. John Jarpe told those in the graduating class of 2011 they were his champions Sunday during commencement, his words came ...
by jessicasieff, Monday, June 6, 2011 11:00 pm
News
Brandywine Class of 2011
The Brandywine High School graduating class of 2011 put their best face forward Sunday, during commencement — simply by showing up.
by jessicasieff, Sunday, June 5, 2011 7:03 pm
Business
At home at the Back Door Cafe
Since the Niles High School grad bought the restaurant four years ago, Danielle Kaidan has been keeping plenty busy turning the cafe into a place ...
by jessicasieff, Sunday, June 5, 2011 7:00 pm
News
Community invited to tour Lakeland’s new cancer center
Community members are invited to tour the new Marie Yeager Cancer Center, 3900 Hollywood Rd., St. Joseph on Friday, June 17 from 4 to 7 ...
by jessicasieff, Sunday, June 5, 2011 6:57 pm
french market
Crash course in marketing
There were a few special sellers at the Niles Bensidoun French Market Thursday.
by jessicasieff, Friday, June 3, 2011 6:10 pm
News
Still no new contract for Niles teachers
Negotiations between teachers and school board officials in Niles Community Schools are ongoing, but any progress seems uncertain. In a letter to the editor submitted ...
by jessicasieff, Friday, June 3, 2011 12:06 am
News
Paying tribute to lives lost
Niles residents lined Main Street to honor the nation’s veterans and military service members Monday morning at the annual Memorial Day parade. The parade concluded ...
by jessicasieff, Monday, May 30, 2011 6:30 pm
News
Campaign nabs numerous motorists
Law enforcement officers were out in full force Thursday as part of a “Click It or Ticket” campaign, which was set up at the intersection ...
by jessicasieff, Thursday, May 26, 2011 11:06 pm
News
Defendant in video scandal appears in court
Martise Washington, one of five young men arrested May 12 in an alleged sex video scandal, appeared in court Tuesday morning. Handcuffed and in a ...
by jessicasieff, Wednesday, May 25, 2011 6:38 am
News
Empowering, inspiring women
After opening her own studio in downtown Niles earlier this year, business owner Lacey Weimuth of Lace Dance and Fitness is now hoping to give ...
by jessicasieff, Sunday, May 22, 2011 6:49 pm
News
2 men wanted in assault at Niles Township home
The Berrien County Sheriff’s Department is seeking two men after a Niles Township resident was assaulted with a gun while letting the strangers stay in ...
by jessicasieff, Friday, May 20, 2011 7:17 am
Opinion
Jessica Sieff: See you on the other side
There’s a lot of talk these days centered around the term transition. On the global scale, we have watched one nation after another explode into ...
by jessicasieff, Thursday, May 19, 2011 7:43 am
News
Niles letter carriers net 27,200 pounds of food for pantries
Niles letter carriers surpassed last year’s numbers in their effort to “Stamp Out Hunger” during the nation’s largest one-day food drive Saturday. “Our goal is ...
by jessicasieff, Wednesday, May 18, 2011 7:18 am
News
Same building, different school
The doors of Eastside Elementary School will reopen once again, but it won’t be the same Eastside that Niles residents remember. The decision was made ...
by jessicasieff, Tuesday, May 17, 2011 7:33 am
News
French Paper turns 140
The posters printed up to commemorate French Paper Company's 140th anniversary stand out from a wall in the lobby of the company's offices, in Niles. ...
by jessicasieff, Sunday, May 15, 2011 7:31 pm
News
School board to vote Monday on Eastside reopening
Members of the Niles Community Schools Board of Education will vote Monday on whether or not to reopen Eastside Elementary School, a decision that could ...
by jessicasieff, Friday, May 13, 2011 8:40 pm
Berrien County South County Court
5 Niles teens arraigned on charges
Arraigned in court today, Parnell Martin, Leon Murphy, Martise Washington and Trey Nichols, all 18, and Martell Miller, 17, face a number of criminal charges ...
by jessicasieff, Thursday, May 12, 2011 4:17 pm
News
Students arrested at NHS
Five men were arrested Thursday morning, one at his home and four at Niles High School, the result of a six week investigation by the ...
by jessicasieff, Thursday, May 12, 2011 11:51 am
Uncategorized
Students arrested at Niles High School
Four or five students were arrested at Niles High School this morning. Details have yet to be confirmed but stay with the Star for more ...
