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For Calvin junior Ruthy Berends, 20, Olive’s restaurant in Eastown is a favorite that is close to home. But now when s...

At 5:30 p.m. on November 30, the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) held its annual tree lighting ceremony. GRAM director Da...

On Friday, Nov. 30, 51 Calvin Christian High School students loaded onto buses and drove north to Timberwolf Lake in Lak...

Frosted windowpanes, twinkling Christmas lights, evergreen garland hung like lush green waves. Long coats, clouds of bre...

Mike Cerny did not know where life would take him after graduating in 2001, but what he did know was that he did not wan...

Along the cobblestoned streets in Eastown lie a handful of businesses. Bookstores, boutiques, coffee shops, restaurants...

Every Thursday night, a group of local teen girls gather at Urban Family Ministries (UFM) for an evening of fun and fel...

Robert Wanhatalo, with his full red beard, loves to brew. He has been brewing for several weeks to prepare for the grand...

Stacks of burlap bags full of green coffee beans, fragrance wafting heavily through the air from the roaster, tins lined...

At Eastown Ministries, a punching bag hangs next to a painting of a cross. “We’re between the street and the church,...