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Voting for Kent County Sheriff: Stelma focuses on school resource officers for community policing, heroin addiction

Submitted 11-01-2016 under NEWS

On November 8, Kent County voters will elect a Sheriff, who oversees the security of the county courts and the jail in Grand Rapids. This article is part six in a series of six in which each candidate sat down for an in-depth interview.

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Voting for Kent County Sheriff: Scruggs talks criminal justice system reforms

Submitted 11-01-2016 under NEWS

On November 8, Kent County voters will elect a Sheriff, who oversees the security of the county courts and the jail in Grand Rapids. This article is the fifth in a series of six in which each candidate sat down for an in-depth interview.

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First Fridays 'Feels like a hidden secret we don’t want to keep'

Submitted 11-01-2016 under PLACE-MATTERS

Ten venues will be hosting new shows during November. First Friday, hosted by Avenue for the Arts, is on November 4, 2016, from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

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Movie Review: "Gimme Danger" at UICA

Submitted 11-01-2016 under NONPROFITS

"Gimme Danger" is screening in the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts movie theater November 4-17, 2016.

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Urban Roots looks to dig deeper than soil, investigate inequities, land use

Submitted 11-01-2016 under NEWS

The team at Urban Roots, a community farming organization, enters into a larger discussion through urban agriculture, investigating systemic inequities in Grand Rapids and cultivating justice-minded programming.

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Grand Rapids Symphony's Marcelo Lehninger, with fire in his belly and a magic wand in his hand, makes debut as Music Director

Submitted 10-31-2016 under OPINION

Marcelo Lehninger's debut with the Grand Rapids Symphony as Music Director included several standing ovations, the first after the opening movement of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Philippe Quint. It was that kind of night.

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Tuned in, turned off and taking action: Bitter presidential campaign motivates students

Submitted 10-28-2016 under NEWS

From Innovation Central High School to government classes in the suburbs, the presidential campaign is stimulating plenty of student discussion. Both fascinated and repulsed by its bitter rhetoric, they say it motivates them to get politically involved.

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Catalyst Radio: GRPM's new exhibit, and GRCMC's on-going collaborations

Submitted 10-28-2016 under LOCAL LIFE

In this episode, we talk with the Grand Rapids Public Museum about their new exhibit, Whales: Giants of the Deep, and with the Community Media Center on collaborations within the CMC and throughout Grand Rapids.

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Voting for Kent County Sheriff: Stelma feels "Fortunate race has not been an issue"

Submitted 10-28-2016 under NEWS

This November, Kent County voters will elect a Sheriff, who oversees the security of the county courts and the jail in Grand Rapids. This article is the fourth in a series of six in which each candidate sat down for an in-depth interview.

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Voting for Kent County Sheriff: Scruggs focuses on reducing incarceration

Submitted 10-28-2016 under NEWS

This November, Kent County voters will elect a Sheriff, who oversees the security of the county courts and the jail in Grand Rapids. This article is the third in a series of six in which each candidate sat down for an in-depth interview.

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