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Weekend flooding near record levels on Grand River

Submitted 02-27-2018 under NEWS

Heavy rains and snow melt caused the water levels of the Grand River to swell to just over twenty feet in Grand Rapids, Michigan during the last weekend of February 2018.   Cresting at 20.67 feet on Sunday, February 25. 2018, the Grand River...

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Break it Down, Make it Better helps build community in Grand Rapids art world

Submitted 02-27-2018 under NEWS

“Break it Down, Make it Better" is an event gathering creative minds in the Grand Rapids community for an opportunity to have conversations with one another on a range of topics related to being an artist. Artists, curators, and venue...

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Grand Rapids gun control advocacy group holds first meeting since Florida mass shooting

Submitted 02-22-2018 under NEWS

The shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on the afternoon of Wednesday, February 14 that left 17 dead and 14 injured has caused an uproar by different individuals and organization across the country who are calling for...

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Watch party turns into political announcements

Submitted 02-20-2018 under NEWS

CBS ‘60 Minutes’ and host Oprah Winfrey brought together fourteen Grand Rapids area residents with a spectrum of political beliefs for a focus group for two sessions. Eight of the fourteen gathered on February 18, 2018 at the...

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Neighborhood organizations hold meetings informing residents about proposed zoning changes

Submitted 02-20-2018 under NEWS

Neighborhood associations are worried that the city of Grand Rapids is pushing through new changes to the zoning ordinances without community engagement under the guise of creating more affordable housing. Meetings on Saturday, February 17, 2018...

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Grand Rapids welcomes in Year of the Dog

Submitted 02-20-2018 under NEWS

Hundreds of people gathered at Gillette Bridge in downtown Grand Rapids on Friday, February 16, 2018, to welcome in the Lunar New Year. The Year of the Dog started with a bang with the lighting of 4,000 firecrackers.  The event held in downtown...

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Kaufman Interfaith Institute introduces "Year of Interfaith Friendship" for 2018

Submitted 02-16-2018 under NEWS

Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, and followers of other religions have historically had trouble seeing eye-to-eye, dating back hundreds of years. For a long time, people have only seen the world inside their own echo chambers, without appreciating...

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Grand Rapids Community College celebrates 10th annual Creating Connections Breakfast

Submitted 02-16-2018 under NEWS

On Thursday, February 15, 2018, Grand Rapids Community College brought scholarship donors and recipients together through their 10th annual Creating Connections Breakfast. While enjoying eggs, bacon, and other delicious morsels prepared by GRCC...

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Catalyst Radio: The Rapidian dives into Grand Rapids Neighborhood Summit

Submitted 02-16-2018 under NEWS

In this episode of Catalyst Radio, The Rapidian is joined by Stacy Stout, assistant to the city manager of Grand Rapids and Neighborhood Summit planning lead, as well as Erica Soto, Kids Summit/ childcare coordinator of the Grand Rapids Neighborhood...

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The mystery lot of 269 Garfield SW

Submitted 02-15-2018 under NEWS

Imagine being awakened at 3 a.m. to the sounds of loud popping. The sounds you hear when there is a hail storm, but there is no hail storm happening. It is the sound of your house being sucked into a sinkhole. Krystyna Czarnopys-Sweeney was twelve...

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