Calder sculpture gets new coat of paint Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:04 PM Mark Harms, a painter with Dave Cole Decorators in Sparta descends in the lift after giving La Grande Vitesse a fresh coat of paint Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (Chris Clark | MLIve.com) Related articles Related galleries Continue reading →
CourtesyRoy Schmidt Editor's note: The following opinion piece reflects the views of The Grand Rapids Press Editorial Board. Plenty of politicians have switched parties over the years: Ronald Reagan, a Democrat-turned-Republican, and Arlen Specter, a Republican-turned-Democrat, just to name two. But it’s hard to imagine anyone doing so in such spectacularly brazen fashion as Grand Rapids’ Democrat-turned-Republican Roy Schmidt, who switched political allegiances mere minutes before the election-filing deadline in an apparent attempt to crowd out any competition for the 76th District State House seat. There is much to learn from Schmidt’s last-minute shuffle. And so, as a bipartisan favor to other politicians who might consider a Schmidtlike shift, we offer this bipartisan primer: “Five Things NOT to do When Switching Political Parties.”1. Don’t procrastinate, ... Continue reading →
Garret Ellison | MLiveThe Pita House at 134 Monroe Center NW will close this weekend. MLive file photoAlecia Fanning, 21, left, and Christina Alvred, 23, both of Grand Rapids, prepare wraps at The Pita House, on Monroe Center NW, in 2009 during the restaurant opening. GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Downtown is losing a tenant this week when The Pita House closes its doors after being unable to renew their lease. The locally owned restaurant offers a variety of Mediterranean dishes, including its specialty, Sami's Gyros. The downtown location opened in April 2009. It will close this weekend. The eatery, at 134 Monroe Center NW, is one of four locations for the local chain owned by Basel and Sami Shatara and Marwan Kayyali. It is popular ... Continue reading →
HUDSONVILLE, MI — Have you heard the one about the two machinists and a tire center manager who started a winery and only to be constantly asked when they would start brewing beer? It’s a hoot. It’s also a reality now for Steve Guikema, Ron Snider and Ken Groenink, co-owners of Hudsonville Winery, which added an on-site brewpub this year that is holding a grand opening/anniversary celebration on June 1 and 2. “This is the realization of a 20-year dream,” said Snider, who, along with Guikema, is a machinist with Blackmer Co. in Grand Rapids by day, and brewery/winery owner by night. “We were talking about doing this while homebrewing back in the 1990s.” Pike 51 Brewing Co., named as a throwback to the turnpike ... Continue reading →
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Popular BBQ eatery Sandmann's has been shuttered and its assets seized by Kent County's 17th Circuit Court. GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Court records show the owners of the popular barbeque joint Sandmann’s have been fighting foreclosure proceedings since last October, when their bank lender sued over large loans allegedly in default. Employees with Sandmann’s said authorities came to the eatery, located at 1200 Wealthy St. SE, on Monday to seize the property, evident by a Kent County Circuit Court notice posted on the front door. The seizure and impending sheriff’s sale likely spells the end for the award-winning BBQ spot, which has been lauded by local media contests as “Best BBQ” multiple times over the last decade. “I’m sad to see that this has happened,” ... Continue reading →
by Mallary Jean Tenore Published May 21, 2012 6:48 am Updated May 21, 2012 7:05 am Warren Buffett, Michele Bachmann and Elliott Gould all have something in common: they know what it’s like to have journalists repeatedly misspell their names. News organizations frequently run corrections for misspelled names, and some have misspelled the same name dozens of times. Last week, the Los Angeles Times ran a correction after misspelling Gould’s name in a caption. That was the 47th time since 1985 that the Times has referred to the actor as “Elliot” instead of “Elliott.” Henry Fuhrmann, assistant managing editor for the copy desks and standards at the Los Angeles Times, said that of 500 or so corrections published this year, about 14 percent have been ... Continue reading →
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