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350GR - City Participates in International Day of Climate Action

Submitted 10-28-2009 under NEWS

On Saturday, October 24th nearly 60 activists gathered at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids, MI for the 350.org International Day of Climate Action. Overall 5,200 events in 181 countries happened on the 24th, marking it as the largest day...

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Restaurant opening: One Stop Coney Shop, GR's newest hot dog joint

Submitted 10-28-2009 under NEWS

One Stop Coney Shop, Grand Rapids’ newest hot dog joint, opened yesterday at 154 E. Fulton,  former home of the Flute Boutique. Leslie DeGalan and her husband, Brian, moved to the NW side of Grand Rapids from Grosse Pointe in mid-September to...

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VIDEO: Reactive Training for Runners

Submitted 10-25-2009 under NEWS

If you were an athlete in high school or college, reactive training might be familiar. But, you came to running later in life, have never done any other sports or are a self-coached runner the idea of reactive training might be a totally new concept...

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Grand Rapids Hosts Tae Park Tae Kwon Do Tournament

Submitted 10-24-2009 under NEWS

This weekend Grand Rapids played host to the Tae Park Institute's 2009 World Class Championship Tournament. Over 500 competitors both local and abroad gathered at the Ford Field House on GRCC's campus Friday and Saturday. Friday evening, the 23rd...

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Key Rapidian Editorial Volunteer & Staffer Passes Away Unexpectedly

Submitted 10-19-2009 under NEWS

Drew Storey, content facilitator and editorial mentor for The Rapidian, passed away suddenly on Sunday, October 18th.  Drew, 31, was one of the first community members who volunteered to envision and design the new Grand Rapids citizen...

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Grand Rapids Marathon #6: Jack Frost Nipping

Submitted 10-19-2009 under NEWS

The streets of Grand Rapids were filled with runners Sunday morning as nearly 3,000 runners headed out to take on the challenge of the Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon and Half Marathon. In all, 1,555 people finished the 26.2 mile route and 1,...

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Why is the Kent County Airport so expensive?

Submitted 10-16-2009 under NEWS

The airline industry is in deep trouble. Possible pollution of the upper atmosphere is giving environmental groups a cause for demanding curtailment of services and taxes on putative excess carbon dioxide production. Services and on time flights...

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Run Far, Bite a Dog and Support a Good Cause

Submitted 10-14-2009 under NEWS

Participants in Sunday's Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon have much to look forward to-a weather prediction of cool temperatures and sunshine, a course with lovely fall colors, running 26.2 or 13.1 miles AND a post-race buffet that includes free...

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Reading Works in GRPS

Submitted 10-09-2009 under NEWS

You see and hear it every day. Many of us live and breathe it. These are tough economic times. Mulick Park Elementary Principal Jamie McCabe wanted to do something to ease the financial burden for families at her school. “I knew they were facing...

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First Time Marathoner: Kate Washburn

Submitted 10-07-2009 under NEWS

Kate Washburn is a very unassuming runner. She laughs a lot when she talks about running and gives the impression that she even wonders how she ended up training for a marathon. Kate began running five years ago and never had it in her head to run a...

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