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City to offer free Christmas tree disposal

Submitted 01-01-2012 under NEWS

This year the city of Grand Rapids will again offer a variety of options for the disposing of used Christmas trees. According to a press release from James Hurt with the Public Services department, the city will offer free disposal beginning ...

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Catalyst Radio: Community Conversation on The Rapidian

Submitted 12-30-2011 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now?  Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW Hear what Grand Rapids' citizen journalists and local readers are discussing. The Rapidian's Managing Editor Holly Bechiri and Community...

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Health Department investigates HIV exposure claim

Submitted 12-27-2011 under NEWS

The Kent County Health Department released a statement earlier today regarding a 51-year-old man from Comstock Park claiming to intentionally spread the HIV virus to unsuspecting sexual partners. The Health Department is currently working with Grand...

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Woodland Mall closed amidst large scale fight

Submitted 12-26-2011 under NEWS

Mall security closed down Woodland Mall Monday evening after a large scale fight broke out at around 6:30pm. The mall has mostly been evacuated, but as of 7:15pm, many mall employees remain locked in breakrooms throughout the building.  Todd...

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City Commission year-end meeting covers multiple topics

Submitted 12-21-2011 under NEWS

Large white fluffy snowflakes sprinkled the city streets as Mayor Heartwell and the Grand Rapids City Commission gathered for their last meeting of 2011 Tuesday night. The agenda was full of year-end discussion points. This included...

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City Commission to meet December 20

Submitted 12-16-2011 under NEWS

On Tuesday, December 20th the Grand Rapids City Commission will meet for its bimonthly meeting. On the agenda for this meeting include topics ranging from changes in city retirement plans to improvements at a number of city parks. Also this...

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Catalyst Radio: Amnesty International -- Grand Rapids

Submitted 12-16-2011 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now?  Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW The global concerns of the human rights watch group Amnesty International are getting attention right here in Grand Rapids.  A local chapter of the...

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Catalyst Radio: Journalist Kerry Eleveld

Submitted 12-09-2011 under NEWS

Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure.   INTERVIEW Journalist Kerry Eleveld's roots are in Grand Rapids even though she's travelled far from her home town as a national journalist. Eleveld was in...

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GRadPics: Photographers to produce 700 senior photos

Submitted 12-09-2011 under NEWS

It is a rite of passage that most 17 or 18 year olds go through: the senior portrait. The photographs appear in graduation invitations, yearbooks and kids hand them out to one another. But for many seniors in Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS), the...

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Food truck debate put on hold

Submitted 12-08-2011 under NEWS

Thursday afternoon, the Grand Rapids Planning Commission had a public hearing considering an ordinance that would allow mobile food vendors (i.e. food trucks, carts, and so on) to operate on private property such as parking lots. Cities such as...

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