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A Big Move!
Grand Rapids’ northeast side has been home to Licari’s Sicilian Pizza Kitchen since 2012 when the first location opened at 2869 Knapp St.
Visit This Historic Haven!
Decades of personal dining, lodging, snowmobiling, Christmas shopping, hot cocoa to hot buttered rum tasting.
Memory Lane
Set among hundreds of Victorian-era mansions in Grand Rapids’ historic Heritage Hill neighborhood sits a lone Prairie- style home designed by globally famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Significant snowfall boosts business for Caberfae
One of the country's oldest destination ski resorts located in lower Michigan just announced eight inches of new snow.
‘Tis the season at Broadway Bar!
Ever been to the Broadway Bar during the Christmas season? It’s truly a sight to behold.
How a comfy café went from Sparrow to Scorpion
Usually, when a business rebrands, it’s in response to the fact things aren’t working out business-wise.
Residents recall U2’s Fountain St. Church show
Well before U2 became the biggest band in the world, they found an enthusiastic audience at the Fountain Street Church.
An Enduring Community Institution
While there aren’t as many gay bars and social venues as there once were in Grand Rapids, The Apartment Lounge is one of those community institutions that has endured.
An important anniversary
April is National Poetry Month and this year (2023) marks 55 years since the assassination of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.
Our hometown’s hero
This President’s Day we examine the legacy of Gerald R. Ford Jr. with some interesting facts about the nation’s 38th president, who grew up in Grand Rapids.
Proud to be a Poppen
Christmas Day, 1965. Nancy K. Poppen of Muskegon is nine months pregnant. In fact, she’s about to burst. Her children, Wendy, 10 and Laurie, 5, are driving her absolutely crazy.