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The annual Earth Day Lakeshore Celebration starts with the Green Parade at 12:30 p.m. Saturday from the Ottawa County Courthouse to the Grand Haven Community Center.
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Top 5 things to do this weekend

What a great time for the annual Earth Day Fair!

Apr 19, 2018 at 5:00 PM
Dianne Gall, Everybody Knows, oil on linen, 60 x 66 inches, 2017
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muskegon museum of art

Muskegon art museum to showcase national art prize

MUSKEGON — Women who paint in the figurative realist style are invited to apply for the $50,000 Bennett Prize, the largest ever offered solely to women painters.

Apr 16, 2018 at 6:19 PM
Spring Lake Township residents Larry Draeger and Dave Rumpel sample food at the Chamber's Grub and Brew Fest Saturday evening.
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Community

Bad weather, good grub and brews

SPRING LAKE – Despite a day of rain, sleet and chilling winds, about 450 people packed a heated tent behind Old Boys Brewhouse Saturday to sample food from local restaurants and beers from regional breweries.

Apr 16, 2018 at 10:00 AM
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Top 5 things to do this weekend

It’s Lubbers Cup Regatta weekend, which means plenty of rowing competition on Spring Lake both Saturday and Sunday.

Apr 12, 2018 at 5:00 PM
Viognier is a white wine grape variety similar to chardonnay, but with marked differences.
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Love chardonnay? Give viognier a try

Viognier could have been a star. This is the varietal wine style that many years ago, particularly in the 1990s, had an inkling of a possibility of unseating chardonnay as America’s sweetheart, go-to white wine.

Apr 12, 2018 at 3:26 PM
Chuckwagon Skillet
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The simple pleasure of cooking for one

When I was single, I usually cooked enough food for at least two meals — dinner one night and leftovers the next.

Apr 12, 2018 at 3:41 PM
Jamaican rundown (fish stew) gets its name from the long simmering time needed to thicken fresh coconut milk. But that's avoided when you use canned.
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Secret to a faster Jamaican fish stew: Canned (not fresh) coconut milk

Rundown is a spicy fish stew, the bouillabaisse of Jamaica. It simmers so long it runs down, which is to say thickens up.

Apr 12, 2018 at 3:24 PM
The butter chicken recipe (murgh makhani) from Urvashi Pitre's "Indian Instant Pot Cooking" comes out of the Instant Pot tasting wildly complex, though it cooks in less than 30 minutes.
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What’s the best Instant Pot cookbook? ‘Butter chicken lady’s’ Indian guide

I’m assuming you already have an Instant Pot, or why else would you be reading this? As I’ve written about before, it’s an immensely useful device, worthy of your precious kitchen counter space. But you already knew that. What you want to know, Apr 12, 2018 at 3:22 PM

Two people use the Grand Haven Township pathway system in this Tribune file photo.
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Grand Haven Township

Work continues on planning for pathway expansion

Bids for the Groesbeck and 152nd Avenue pathway extensions were recently released, and will come back for Township Board review later this month.

Apr 9, 2018 at 2:30 PM
Jen Bradshaw and Beth DeWilde exercising at Paw Paw Park in Holland.
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Parks & Recreation

Ottawa County parks offer healthy appeal

A surprising chorus of spring peepers. The up-and-down stairs and vistas of Rosy Mound Natural Area. The quiet, twisting waters of the Pigeon River at Hemlock Crossing.

Apr 7, 2018 at 4:00 PM
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Top 5 things to do this weekend

Spring break week may be coming to a close, but it appears winter hasn’t yet left us. So here some indoor activities to take in this weekend.

Apr 5, 2018 at 5:00 PM
The Grand Haven Musical Fountain Committee has announced the launch of a new online Create a Song choreography software.
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Grand Haven

New Musical Fountain show creation software launched

The new online software will allow fans of the waterfront fountain to choreograph their own shows to music.

Apr 5, 2018 at 10:00 AM
Red Flannel Hash
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New England specialty perfect for leftover meat, potatoes

Red Flannel Hash is a tasty mixture of beef, potatoes and beets. It’s a New England specialty and takes its name and color from the red beets.

Apr 4, 2018 at 11:45 PM
Almond Happiness Bar is a knockoff candy bar photographed in the studio on Thursday, March 15, 2018.
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Homemade candy bars: Nothing is better

You can show your family and friends that you truly care about them by giving them your own homemade chocolate candy bars.

Apr 4, 2018 at 11:45 PM
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How to make proper beef jerky at home

Shawn Knowles is a self-described “old-school butcher” and owner of Old Town Market in Lewisville, Texas. He began working at the shop when his father first opened the market back in 1977.

Apr 4, 2018 at 11:45 PM