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East Lansing City Manager George Lahanas blogs about a current community fundraising campaign for a monument honoring U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Sherrod Skinner. (Updated 5/24/13)

The popular recycling and reuse event, Recycle! East Lansing, will take place on Saturday, June 1 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Abbott Center. Most items are collected free of charge. Proof of residency required.

Check out a number of aquatics, arts, dance, enrichment, camps and fitness classes and programs offered this summer.

The City of East Lansing's Preliminary FY14 Budget has been prepared and will be reviewed by City Council at a series of public meetings throughout April and May.

Learn about upcoming and current construction in the City of East Lansing, including the projects on Grand River and Michigan avenues and Kalamazoo Street.

Registration for 2013 summer camp is open for kids in kindergarten through sixth grade. The camps are hosted at Bailey Community Center and feature a weekly theme.

As warm-weather holidays and celebratory events approach, East Lansing community members and visitors are reminded of the new fireworks ordinance approved by East Lansing City Council last October.

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The East Lansing Police Department is partnering with Crime Stoppers for tips leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect in the recent sexual assaults.

After a series of public meetings, the Park District Planning Area Review Team voted to recommend the proposals from DTN Management Company and Lurvey White Ventures to City Council for further consideration as potential developers for the Park District Planning Area.

The East Lansing Farmer’s Market will kick off its 2013 season with an earlier opening date and celebrate its five-year anniversary on Sunday, June 9. The 2013 season will run June 9-Oct. 27 on Sundays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in Valley Court Park.

Registration is open for the one-week skill development clinic, which is open to boys and girls in grades 2-12.

The E.L. Public Art Gallery is proud to present painter Myrtle Joy in an exhibit entitled "Abstracts and Landscapes." Learn more.

A new item was recently added to the lease addendum as a way of further informing occupants about the fireworks ordinance. 

The City of East Lansing and MSU announce "The Yellow Birds" as the 2013 One Book, One Community book selection. Written by debut novelist and Iraq War veteran Kevin Powers, the book has received critical acclaim and was a 2012 National Book Award finalist.

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