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Catalyst Radio: GR mayor tells how new city policy is addressing wage theft

Submitted 12-03-2012 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure.   INTERVIEW In this episode of Catalyst Radio we explore the issue of wage theft – where workers are not paid all of their wages due. Hear Grand Rapids Mayor...

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City connection hosts special guest Second Ward Commissioner Ruth Kelly

Submitted 12-03-2012 under NEWS

Host Linda Gellasch welcomed Second Ward Commissioner Ruth Kelly as a special guest for the GRTV monthly production of City Connection. City Connection is a chance for citizens to ask any and all questions about local government issues. The episode...

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Fall sports season historic For Calvin College

Submitted 11-30-2012 under NEWS

This fall sports season, which ended November 17th, was a memorable one for Calvin College.  The Knights captured outright six of seven possible Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Championships in varsity sports, marking the...

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Catalyst Radio: Delos Reyes engaging community for The Rapidian

Submitted 11-30-2012 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure.   INTERVIEW In this episode of Catalyst Radio we talk with Renato Delos Reyes with Community Media Center’s locally focused citizen journalism news site The...

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City leaders, children celebrate groundbreaking at Griff's IceHouse

Submitted 11-29-2012 under NEWS

  The children were happy. The parents were happy. The coaches and volunteers were happy. The business leaders were happy. The mayor and other city officials were happy. Even the taxpayers were happy. In an event that celebrated the...

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Three new businesses arrive in Eastown

Submitted 11-29-2012 under NEWS

Along the cobblestoned streets in Eastown lie a handful of businesses. Bookstores, boutiques, coffee shops, restaurants and the post office hug the curbs along Lake Drive and Wealthy Street. Surrounded by a diverse neighborhood, Eastown reflects the...

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Calvin alumnus starts online rental review site

Submitted 11-29-2012 under NEWS

Mike Cerny did not know where life would take him after graduating in 2001, but what he did know was that he did not want anyone to experience the living conditions he did after leaving Calvin’s campus. The Calvin alumnus moved from the...

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Calvin Students win award at Chicago Film Festival

Submitted 11-28-2012 under NEWS

  "A Royal Pain" proved to be the opposite of its title when a Calvin student group took home an award at the Chicago Comedy Film Festival November 4. A collaboration between media production, music and art majors, "A Royal...

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New website offers helping hand to local musicians

Submitted 11-28-2012 under NEWS

For local bands, a helping hand is always beneficial when first starting out. One Grand Rapids musician is on a mission to provide Michigan bands with that helping hand.   Jacob Pauwels of Grand Rapids is the creator of Listen to the Mitten, a...

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Current and former Calvin students fill a need in rural Nepal

Submitted 11-26-2012 under NEWS

  In the United States, it’s easy to see how education can be taken for granted. Elementary and secondary schooling are required, and attending college is normative in many communities. It’s considered something of a social taboo if...

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