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Yes! GR Parks millage has passed: Now what?

Submitted 11-14-2013 under NEWS

Grand Rapids voters passed the Yes! GR Parks proposal on November 5. Though the proposal was passed, money from the millage won't be in until July, 2014. Citizens may want to see changes that will happen in parks quickly, but planning these...

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Grand Butchers set to open this week

Submitted 11-12-2013 under NEWS

If everything goes according to plan, Grand Rapids' newest butcher shop will open its doors to the public this week. Grand Butchers, a grocer and deli owned and operated by Margie Zichterman and Lacey Dryer, has been in the final stages of its...

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Well House 19:1 campaign seeks to educate, offers opportunity

Submitted 11-12-2013 under NEWS

On Monday November 18, at 5:30 p.m. Well House will initiate its 19:1 campaign designed to educate about an essential human necessity, namely providing people housing. Show your support for the Housing First model, a a Well House initiative that...

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Bethany Christian Services holds silent auction to benefit local refugees

Submitted 11-12-2013 under NEWS

On November 14 the Downtown Market will host Growing Global, Farming Local: Refugee Benefit Silent Auction. The event goes from 6:30-9 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online for $20 or at the door for $25. Proceeds go to Bethany’s refugee...

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Cangue League presents The Death of Schopenhauer

Submitted 11-12-2013 under NEWS

Beginning November 14 and going through Saturday, Cangue League will be offering up another bizarre performance in The Death of Schopenhauer: An Avant Garde Opera at Dog Story Theater. Showtimes are 8 p.m. with doors opening at 7 p.m. Thursday...

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Nearly 2,000 enjoy Halloween outreach at Calvin College apartments

Submitted 11-08-2013 under NEWS

  What do you get when you cross 11 decorated apartments, more than 300 hours of work and 22,000 pieces of candy? A whole new world. At least, that’s what it felt like for the children trick-or-treating last Thursday night through the...

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"Attendance + Effort = Success."

Submitted 11-08-2013 under NEWS

Attendance challenges are underway throughout GRPS and the Believe 2 Become Hope Zones, and everyone is excited to be where the cool kids are—in school! Schools in the GRPS Hope Zones and district-wide are all tracking attendance, and the...

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Catalyst Radio: High Five Co-op Brewery is growing membership one event at a time

Submitted 11-08-2013 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure.   INTERVIEW In this edition of Catalyst Radio we feature a local nonprofit of a different nature. Newly formed as a membership organization, High Five Co-op Brewery...

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Ethical responsibility to panhandlers

Submitted 11-08-2013 under NEWS

  Bracing against the frigid wind, a grungy-looking man stands with a sign stating, “Anything helps. God Bless.” He has a lean, hungry look about him and is shivering in the cold. But should you give him money? “The Bible...

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Computer issues cause voting delays for some voters in Precinct 3-76

Submitted 11-05-2013 under NEWS

Polling officials, unable to access the computer system, struggled to process voters for a short time this morning in Ward 3, Precinct 76, at Eastern Avenue Christian Reformed Church (514 Eastern Avenue SE). Marie Holtrop, chairperson of...

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