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Bow Wows and Brews' continued growth sends them to larger venue

Submitted 02-06-2012 under NEWS

Pat Schoen did not anticipate how big the turnout would be when her organization C-SNIP started its Bow-Wows and Brews event three years ago. This year's event, which includes beer tasting from several local brew houses, food, a live auction,...

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Catalyst Radio: PaleoRadio seeks critical conversation without being divisive

Submitted 02-03-2012 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now?  Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure.   INTERVIEW This episode of Catalyst Radio explores a new radio program called PaleoRadio, airing on fellow Grand Rapids nonprofit radio station WPRR....

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Joe Biden speaks at American Seating Company

Submitted 02-02-2012 under NEWS

On Wednesday morning, January 31, Vice President Joe Biden visited Grand Rapids for the second time in less than six months. He gave a roughly  45-minute talk at the American Seating Company on the city's northwest side. Biden praised...

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New Bissell Pet Foundation will benefit animal organizations near and far

Submitted 02-01-2012 under NEWS

For more than 136 years, Bissell Homecare, Inc. has been synonymous with floor care equipment and cleaning products. In the past few years, Bissell also has established itself as a pet-friendly company, with a line of pet-specific cleaning products...

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Grand Rapids parking goes electric

Submitted 01-31-2012 under NEWS

A group of middle school students from Grand Rapids Public School’s Center for Economicology crowded around Mayor George Heartwell last Tuesday to hear him announce five new Plug-in Electric Vehicle (PEV) charging stations that will soon be...

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City commissioners discuss development of old schools, single-stream recycling

Submitted 01-30-2012 under NEWS

The city commission meeting on January 24, 2012 discussed several ordinances and public hearings. Public Comment Many citizens addressed the commissioners during the first open comment period. Concerns voiced by citizens included single-stream...

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Catalyst Radio: Meet citizen journalism reporter Rob Cole

Submitted 01-27-2012 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now?  Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW This episode of Catalyst Radio features one of the citizen journalism reporters publishing on our news site, The Rapidian. With more than a dozen...

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Protesters appear at farmers market: Whose labor dispute?

Submitted 01-26-2012 under NEWS

Wednesday morning, at least thirty protesters carrying placards took to the street outside Fulton Street Farmers Market and marched. This is not the first time they have marched. This time they were silent, with placards that read: "...

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N.T. Wright's lecture on Jesus and kingdom concludes Calvin January Series

Submitted 01-26-2012 under NEWS

N.T. Wright first encountered “the problem” as a teenager. He and his friends were tasked with laying out the Christian doctrines about Jesus for a Sunday school class. Why was Jesus born? Why did Jesus die? Why was he resurrected?...

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Edmond: Transforming walls to bridges

Submitted 01-25-2012 under NEWS

With temperatures hovering in the teens outside, Ralph Edmond started his talk on Friday by suggesting that Calvin College change the January Series to the summer series. He first visited Grand Rapids in 1999––during the much warmer...

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