Fountain street
Fountain Street Church to celebrate Mardi Gras with benefit event
by (jeneanz)
Submitted 02-18-2014 under NEWS
On Tuesday, March 4 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Fountain Street Church will be having their first ever “Fabulous Mardi Gras Celebration” to benefit the church and The Grand Rapids Red Project, an organization that helps educate the...
World AIDS Day 2013: Bringing the community together to reflect, react, rejoice
by (KimCrawford)
Submitted 11-27-2013 under NEWS
It was 1987. I was in middle school and my favorite teacher’s son was infected with HIV. His illness progressed quickly and he passed just a year after being diagnosed. Twenty years later, in 2007, I met someone who would become a lifelong...
Historic Civil War encampment located right beneath our feet
by (Michael Tuffelmire)
Submitted 01-04-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
As you walk by the many shops and buildings in Heritage Hill that we have grown fond off, buildings like Martha’s Vineyard or Central High School, do you ever wonder what existed here before? I have a passion for history and one of my...