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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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Harmony Brewing Company set to open

Submitted 01-24-2012 under NEWS

After a long and sometimes contentious battle with a variety of factors, Harmony Brewing Company is going through its final preparations and is set to open by the end of January  at 1551 Lake Dr. SE, in a one-time liquor store that has sat...

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City Commission to meet January 24

Submitted 01-20-2012 under NEWS

This Tuesday, January 24, the Grand Rapids City Commission will meet for its bi-monthly meeting. On this week's agenda are a number of hearings to discuss amendments to Brownfield Plans at several local elementary schools; Eastern...

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Catalyst Radio: Internet legislation protested with web blackouts

Submitted 01-20-2012 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now?  Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEWIn this episode of Catalyst Radio we discuss two congressional bills with potential effects of limiting an open and free internet, which are facing...

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Gergen: America works better when we work together

Submitted 01-20-2012 under NEWS

  As a close advisor to four presidents, David Gergen knows a few things about politics. He also knows how to make an audience laugh. Gergen began his hour-long talk at Calvin College’s January Series on Wednesday with a joke about an...

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Amash answers questions in Town Hall at library

Submitted 01-17-2012 under NEWS

Roughly one hundred people gathered at the Grand Rapids Public Library for the Tuesday evening town hall meeting with US Representative, Justin Amash (R-Cascade Township). During the hour long question-and-answer-style meeting, Amash discussed his...

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