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Wealthy Street Bakery to open new location

The popular Wealthy Street Bakery, a fixture of the Wealthy Street community, has plans to open a new location in the Ot...

Photo by Brittany Beezhold
Eastown Community Association hosts pancake breakfast

The smell of sausage, maple syrup and warm pancakes rose as cold air swirled outside. The sound of friendly chatter was ...

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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...

Photo by Brittany Beezhold.
Three new businesses arrive in Eastown

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

Regular Coffee is roasted at Rowster on Wealthy Street.  Photo by Brittany Beezhold
Regular Coffee achieves successful funding

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

Photo by Jim and Carol Carpenter.
Eastown Ministries reach out to community

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

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Fulton Street Farmers Market provides locally grown food year-round

Founded shortly after World War I, the Fulton Street Farmers Market has provided Grand Rapids with fresh produce for alm...

Photo courtesy Eastown Community Association.
Eastown Halloween walk livens neighborhood

Eastown trick-or-treaters showed off their costumes in the business district on Monday, Oct. 29. Almost 20 businesses p...

This artwork by REB, popular Grand Rapids artist, is located at Marie Catrib's, one of East Hills' most popular restaurants.  File photo.
East Hills Council presents neighborhood plan

Neighborhood activist Gabriel Works offered a nine-point plan for neighborhood improvement in Grand Rapids to the East H...

Rowster used the website Kickstarter to raise funds for their coffee subscription service, Regular Coffee.  Photo by Brittany Beezhold
Rowster pioneers coffee subscription service

A warm cup of coffee between your hands, the smell of roasting coffee beans and the sound of the espresso machine steami...