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Grand Rapids Festival For The Arts Is This Weekend! And WFGR Will Be There!

Craig Russell — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:57:40 +0000

It’s one of the biggest weekends in Downtown Grand Rapids…Festival Weekend! All the art, the music and entertainment, and the FOOD! Don’t hold me to this, but there seems to be about 27,000 food vendors downtown at Festival. OK really there’s 33 (wow..only 33? I swear it’s WAY more than that!) Here’s the links and [...]

Election Day In Grand Rapids: What It Means To You

Craig Russell — Tue, 03 May 2011 14:58:43 +0000

It’s Election Day here in Grand Rapids. It’s not like election day when we elect a President or even when we re-up Congressmen and Congresswomen. No, this is a much more subdued Election day. The issues are real and emotional, but you just don’t get hit over the head on TV and radio ads and [...]

Need Tax Help? Get FREE Tax Services In Grand Rapids TODAY Til 8!

Craig Russell — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:00:37 +0000

And Monday too! At the ACSET Community Action Tax Center, 121 Franklin St. SE, Ste. 110. Friday from 8-5 and Monday, Tax Day, from 8-8. Of course you have to meet income guidelines and the such, but if you have procrastinated and are in need of some help (maybe you have been unemployed or something) [...]

Fun Stuff To Do For FREE Today Around Grand Rapids!

Craig Russell — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:00:50 +0000

Just because Spring break is almost over doesn’t mean there isn’t something FREE to take advantage of around town today! –FREE admission to the Ford Presidential Museum today to celebrate Betty Ford’s 93rd birthday…Read the story from MLive.com/GR Press “Free admission, cake to celebrate Betty Ford’s 93rd birthday at Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum” –Classic [...]

And The Hits Just Keep Coming…

Craig Russell — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:49:20 +0000

GREAT story from the GR Press/MLive.com this afternoon… About a lady who was in the big tie up on 131 yesterday during the storm…got her bill and went crazy! HERE is it…“Owner of car damaged in U.S. 131 pileup doesn’t like towing bill, smashes up wrecker business with bat” Remember, as Judge Wapner and Doug [...]

Wanna Have A Baby On 11-11-11…

Craig Russell — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:09:59 +0000

Better get busy!

Here's the story! From MLive.com/GR Press and Troy Reimink...

I'm Not Really For Either Side, But….

Craig Russell — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:47:22 +0000

Even though he obviously doesn’t need it, Gov. Rick Snyder today announced he would take a $1 a year salary, and give back the $159,299 salary he’s supposed to draw this year. The story is HERE, thanks to mlive.com/GR Press Sure it’s a PR stunt more than everything, but if you are the Guv, and [...]

Really Dude…

Craig Russell — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:21:09 +0000

From the GR Press/MLive.com

"Grand Rapids takes first steps toward firing snow plow driver for allegedly clearing his own street"

Dude cleans his own street before others...hmmmmmmm. Let the flogging begin. And yes, this IS the British Navy.

Getting Pretty Sick Of…

Craig Russell — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:45:57 +0000

EVERY frigging list that talks about how crappy Michigan is, or how bad it is here… The new one is this…from MLive.com/GR Press and Troy Reimink… “Michigan ranks second on list of states ‘running out of smart people’” Now of course Troy didn’t come up with this list, its the Wall Street Journal…but it follows [...]