city commission
[AUDIO] Cockadoodle do? Or don't?
by (Carolyn)
Submitted 07-13-2010 under NEWS
The Grand Rapids City Commission met with an unprecedented turn-out this evening to hear, among other agenda items, the proposed amendments to the city housing code that would allow hens to be raised and kept in the city limits. Dozens of families...
A tribute: On the death of Mayor Lyman Parks
by (Mayor George K....)
Submitted 11-04-2009 under OPINION
A Tribute by Mayor George Heartwell Grand Rapids lost a giant yesterday. Former Mayor Lyman Parks died of complications accompanying a stroke. The community is poorer with his passing. Lyman Parks held office during an extraordinary period of...
Jendrasiak, Shaffer compete once more for 1st Ward Seat
by (maria.amante)
Submitted 11-02-2009 under NEWS
To some voters, their ballots Tuesday will leave them with a slight case of déjà vu. Incumbent Jim Jendrasiak and Dave Shaffer both ran four years ago to be elected to the Grand Rapids City Commission, 1st Ward. When the pair competed in 2005,...