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Nostalgic candy and soda shop opening at West Michigan outlet mall
A nostalgic soda and candy shop is holding a ribbon cutting at the Tanger Outlets in Byron Center on Friday, May 17. They'll open their doors to the public at 4:15 p.m. Rocket Fizz has locations across the United States and Canada. This is the second location in the Grand Rapids area, the other off East Beltline near the Celebration Cinema movie theater.
See the lineup for free movies and concerts in the park this summer in East Grand Rapids
EAST GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Families will be able to enjoy free concerts and movies in the park all summer long in East Grand Rapids, starting next month. The East Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department is back with its annual Concerts and Movies in the Park summer series, which kicks off Monday, June 10. The free events will be held at John Collins Park, overlooking Reeds Lake at 650 Lakeside Dr. SE, on select Monday and Friday evenings.
Budweiser Clydesdales coming to West Michigan this summer
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — The Budweiser Clydesdales will pull the famous red beer wagon at the Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival Grand Parade this summer. Not every horse, of course, has what it takes to be a Clydesdale. To qualify for a hitch, a Clydesdale hast to be at...
Jenison tavern owner plans new bar on Bridge Street: ‘It’s just hopping there’
A Jenison restaurateur is pivoting from plans of opening a bar in downtown Grand Rapids and instead turning his attention to developing a new bar on Bridge Street. Robert Wahl, co-owner of The Win Tavern 33 in Jenison, expects city officials to consider his special land use application this month for Bridge St. Bar at 600 Bridge St. NW.
Get your elephant ears and corndogs at LMCU Ballpark Carnival this weekend
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — If the warm weather has you craving carnival food, you'll have a chance to snag an elephant ear or a corndog this weekend as the Skerbeck Entertainment Group, Inc. is opening their carnival at LMCU Ballpark. The carnival will run from Thursday through Sunday. On...
Popular Spring Lake restaurant closes its doors after 8 years
SPRING LAKE, MI - A popular burger restaurant closed last week after spending 8 years at its Spring Lake location. The local spot at 909 West Savidge St. started as Small Town Sandwich Shop before reopening after the COVID-19 pandemic as Beefy’s Burger Shack. Now the current landlord of the building has plans to tear it down, leaving the business to wonder, “What now?”
Saddled by debt, popular Eastown restaurant files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
A popular Eastown Grand Rapids diner aims to continue operating and reorganize financially through federal bankruptcy after incurring debt and experiencing a decline in business from the pandemic. Matchbox Business LLC, doing business as Matchbox Diner & Drinks at 1345 Lake Drive in the city’s Eastown neighborhood, filed for Chapter...
Help the shelters care for homeless kittens
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – As the days get warmer and we roll into summer, local shelters are seeing an increase in kittens! On a yearly basis, the Humane Society of West Michigan takes hundreds of kittens in during what they call, “kitten season.” They’ve even launched a campaign to collect the resources needed to save and take care of the them! We have Megan and some other little guests here today, to learn more about what’s needed.
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