At Eastown Ministries, a punching bag hangs next to a painting of a cross.
“We’re between the street and the church,” said director Jim Carpenter. “The kids aren’t going to go to church, but...
Eastown trick-or-treaters showed off their costumes in the business district on Monday, Oct. 29.
Almost 20 businesses passed out candy to dozens of families from the surrounding neighborhood during...
For only $5, students can experience Mozart, Brahms, Mendelssohn and a variety of other composers at the Grand Rapids Symphony this fall.
The symphony’s student passport program gives any full-time...
Harmony Brewing hopes to deepen its ties to the community this year through Black Squirrel University and other local involvements.
Three Calvin graduates, Heather, Barry and Jackson Van Dyke, started...
When Heather Van Dyke-Titus was a Calvin student, Wealthy Street “wasn’t even on [her] radar.”
She now owns some of its better-known businesses.
Heather (class of ’97) and her brothers, Jackson...
A summit addressing Kent County’s low literacy will take place in Grand Rapids on Sept. 19.
The Community Literacy Summit, organized by the Community Literacy Initiative (CLI) of the Literacy Center...
The GOP nominated Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as its Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates, respectively, at the 40th Republican National Convention (RNC) held in Tampa, Florida.
The convention...
