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Grand Rapids man starts own card game company

Matt Jarrells, a resident of Grand Rapids, recently launched Blanket Games, an independent card game company, to sell A-...

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Eastown Community Association to host annual breakfast meeting

The Eastown Community Association will be holding its annual meeting, in the form of a pancake breakfast open to the pub...

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Local First celebrates a vibrant local business community

Exposed, raw wooden ceilings stretched out wide, restored wooden floors with the character of an old familiar face, a r...

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Snyder sends right-to-work to Supreme Court

Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to give an advisory opinion on the constitutionality ...

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FoodCircles feeds hungry children and gives users free perks

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

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Grand Rapids residents enjoy tree ceremony, ice skating at Grand Rapids Art Museum

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

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Young Life Winter Weekend engages high school students

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

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Uptown anticipates annual Holiday Shop Hop

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

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Calvin alum starts online rental review site

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...

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Three new businesses arrive in Eastown

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