September 28, 2026

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MoJo’s Table-for-Two Reviews: CLADDAGH IRISH PUB – EASTWOOD TOWNE CENTER

Rina Risper05 mins

 Michele and John Oliver are two graduate students who love food.  Welcome them by emailing your favorite restaurants to www.tncp@comcast.net

 

 

 

CLADDAGH IRISH PUB – EASTWOOD TOWNE CENTER

 
2900 Towne Center Blvd., Lansing, MI 48912
517-484-2523
Price Range: From $10.99 – $19.99 for entrees
Impeccably clean with excellent customer service
 
[Mo:] The Claddagh Irish Pub in Eastwood was an unexpected treat for me on a cold winter night. 

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Your Other 8 Hours: Bad Day? 5 Tips to Keep Your Motivation

Rina Risper07 mins

A couple of weeks ago I had a bad day. Actually, it was a terrible day. Every piece of news I got was disappointing. Did it affect me? I still have bruises from the rock I tried to hide under.

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Naturally Savvy: Throw a Green Kids’ Birthday Party

Rina Risper08 mins

 Using real plates and cutlery instead of disposable ones sends the message that protecting the environment is worth the extra work involved.

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Interpersonal EDGE: Identifying Workplace Superstars

Rina Risper05 mins

 By Dr. Daneen Skube

Tribune Media Services
 
Q. Our company started hiring again, and we brought in a number of supervisors that looked like rising stars. However, our management team isn’t seeing the performance we expected, and we have to hire another wave of supervisors. How do you screen an employee who might be great at the talk but not deliver the walk on the job?

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Retire Smart: Recession Darkens the Retirement Outlook for Women

Rina Risper07 mins

By Mark Miller

Tribune Media Services
 
Janice Johnson left her job as a managing director at a major New York financial services company at age 49 to start her own executive training business. Almost immediately, that plan was sidetracked when her mother became seriously ill with the West Nile virus. Traveling to Mississippi-where her mother lived-to provide care became Johnson’s main occupation for the next two years.
 

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Michigan is on The Right “Trac”: Helping Small Businesses

Rina Risper04 mins

 

 

 

Roundtable Discussion on Small Businesses at Lansing Community College:  (Scott Guernsey, HR Component; Brent Knight, President of Lansing Community College; Linda Hundt,  Sweetie-licious Bakery Cafe; Dave Adams, Michigan Credit Union League CEO; George Wood, Home Energy Audits;  Governor Jennifer M. Granholm; Andy Otteman, Parnunu, LLC; Rina Risper, President & Publisher of The New Citizens Press; Nancy Boese, Michigan Small Business Technology Development Center Region 7 regional director and Greg Main, President and Michigan Economic Development Corporation CEO. Photo by Adam DeLong

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2010 Most Influential & Interesting

Rina Risper01 mins

During the entire year prior to this edition, we are looking  for people who are doing great things in our community.  They may or may not be on your radar but to The New Citizens Press they provide value to our community.  We also realize that there are others who you think belong in “The Most Influential and Interesting” column.  We are willing to consider anyone regardless of race, affiliations, education or socioeconomic background.

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2010 Most Influential & Interesting: Willye Bryan

Rina Risper011 mins

Willye Bryan, Research Technician with the Department of Entomology, Pesticide Alternatives Laboratory, Michigan State University and President of The Lansing Area African American Genealogy Society (LAAAGS)

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