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Immigrant Heritage Month Profile: Meet Katie Bozek, Ph.D., LMFT

Submitted 06-28-2017 under LOCAL LIFE

For Immigrant Heritage Month, I asked several friends and connections who immigrated to Grand Rapids to share a little about their heritage. The goal of this endeavor is to help educate and inform myself and others in the community about...

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Immigrant Heritage Month Profile: Meet Laura Armenta

Submitted 06-27-2017 under LOCAL LIFE

  For Immigrant Heritage Month, I asked several friends and connections who immigrated to Grand Rapids to share a little about their heritage. The goal of this endeavor is to help educate and inform myself and others in the community about the...

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Immigrant Heritage Month Profile: Meet Amer Gerzic

Submitted 06-27-2017 under LOCAL LIFE

For Immigrant Heritage Month, I asked several friends and connections who immigrated to Grand Rapids to share a little about their heritage. The goal of this endeavor is to help educate and inform myself and others in the community...

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Immigrant Heritage Month: A time to explore, celebrate, appreciate

Submitted 06-27-2017 under LOCAL LIFE

I was inspired to write this article on Immigrant Heritage Month, in part, after watching a powerful video created by welcome.us for the “I Am an Immigrant” campaign. I had also just spent the last few months in conversations with...

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At Westminster, Scott finds food, community, purpose

Submitted 06-22-2017 under LOCAL LIFE

For Scott Smith, 52, the Downtown Food Pantry at Westminster Presbyterian Church provides more than just food. It enhances his quality of life. He first found the pantry when he was at one of his lowest points. Today, he’s able to help those...

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Stay sharp with summer book clubs

Submitted 06-21-2017 under LOCAL LIFE

As I need to cut down the time I spend on my phone mindlessly scrolling through social media, I noticed there are several summer book clubs aimed at adults but not a resource to see where they all are and how to get involved. If you aren’t...

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GRFC Women defeat Detroit Sun FC

Submitted 06-19-2017 under LOCAL LIFE

The Grand Rapids Football Club women’s team defeated the visiting Detroit Sun FC, 3-0 on Sunday afternoon at Grandville High School. “Today they were just better than us,” DSFC coach Skip Mukhtar said, “They controlled a...

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GRFC falls to Detroit City FC at Fifth Third

Submitted 06-19-2017 under LOCAL LIFE

The Grand Rapids FC lost 2-0 to the Detroit City FC in a NPSL match that was played at Fifth Third Ballpark on Saturday, June 17, 2017. DCFC’s Shawn Lawson scored the game's first goal in the 62 minute and Bakie Goodman added an insurance...

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Celebrating dads, diversity at the Burton Heights reunion

Submitted 06-15-2017 under LOCAL LIFE

This Sunday, June 18, families from all over the Greater Grand Rapids area are invited to Garfield Park to celebrate Father’s Day with the Burton Heights neighborhood. The Third Annual Burton Heights Reunion will begin at 12 p.m. in the park...

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Photo gallery: Thirteenth annual BLED FEST 2017 in Howell

Submitted 06-02-2017 under LOCAL LIFE

Held May 27th at the Hartland Performing Arts Center in Howell, Michigan, the thirteenth-annual BLED FEST music festival transformed the former high school into a multi-stage venue for music spanning a wide range of genres for people of all ages,...

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