11:04 AM Sep 1, 2011

Grand Haven plans Labor Day community walk

Grand Haven residents won't have to travel to Mackinaw City to join the annual Labor Day Bridge Walk activities. The city of Grand Haven is organizing a Third Street Bridge Walk on Labor Day at 9 a.m. as part of the Labor Day Community Walks that are held throughout the state in conjunction with the Mackinac Bridge Labor Day Walk. Event organizers said the Labor Day walks link communities together for health, fitness and active living - similar to how the Mackinac Bridge links both Michigan peninsulas.
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7:11 AM Sep 1, 2011

Today's forecast

Today: Areas of fog before 11 am. Otherwise sunny, with a high near 85. East-southeast wind around 6 mph becoming southwest. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. South wind at 7 to 11 mph. Friday: A 50-percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2 pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind at 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
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10:01 AM Sep 1, 2011
Education

City officials discuss Safe Routes to School with Mary A. White parents

Changes to Grand Haven Area Public Schools' bus policy for the new year is giving city officials and school administrators a chance to showcase their efforts in making a Safe Routes to School program a reality for children attending Mary A. White Elementary School and Lakeshore Middle School. "Safe Routes to School is naturally (about) increasing awareness about healthy behavior and getting kids to walk to school,' Mary A. White Elementary School
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11:10 AM Aug 31, 2011

Grand Haven eliminates fall leaf pick-up service

With the colder weather on the horizon, the city of Grand Haven is reminding residents that there won't be leaf pick-up service this year due to budget constraints. "It's one of the things (City Council) came up with to balance the budget to make expenditures equal revenue,' City Manager Pat McGinnis said. According to McGinnis, the city had about $100,000 budgeted for leaf collection, and he said he anticipates saving $65,000 to $75,000 this year by eliminating the service.
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10:45 AM Aug 31, 2011
Police/Fire

‘Rocket Fish’ theft thwarted

A man's attempt to impress a girl was thwarted when Mike Ver Duin spotted something fishy going on outside his business late Tuesday night. Ver Duin was outside his home and talking to a neighbor when an older-model Ford sport utility vehicle pulled up in front of his adjacent business, Ver Duins at 623 Washington Ave., about 11 p.m. Tuesday, said Lt. Joe Boyle of the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety. A man got out, opened the back of his vehicle and proceeded to lift an approximately 6-foot-tall decorated "Rocket Fish' into the back, Boyle said.
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10:38 AM Aug 31, 2011

Vincent Hayes to perform at First Friday gallery event

Vincent Hayes will perform during September's First Friday gallery event at C2C Gallery in downtown Grand Haven from 7-9 p.m. Friday. Hayes is the leader of the Vincent Hayes Project. C2C Gallery is in Harbourfront Place, 41 Washington Ave.
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10:36 AM Aug 31, 2011

Gallery Uptown’s September exhibit is ‘Convivial’

"Convivial' is the name of the show for September at the Gallery Uptown, 201 Washington Ave. in downtown Grand Haven. It will feature artists Maggie Bandstra, pottery and oil paintings; Patricia Dee: acrylic, pastels, mixed media and photography; Lee Ann Frame, etchings and wood-cut prints; Mary Sundstrom, oil and watercolor paintings; and Susan Gersch Supanich, acrylic and oil paintings.
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10:22 AM Aug 31, 2011
Sports

GRSC wraps up Gift of Life series

Dick Seyffert's Heart Throb and Buzz and Sherie Russell's Avanti were the top boats in the Spinnaker and Main & Jib Fleets, respectively, during the Grand River Sailing Club's Gift of Life Cup. In the Spinnaker Fleet, Heart Throb finished with five points, taking first place over Frank Lloyd Starboard, which was second with eight points. Surface Tension finished with 12 points, followed by Stingray with 13 points, Monkey Wrench with 13 and JetStar with 14.
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7:10 AM Aug 31, 2011

Today's forecast

Today: Scattered showers before 2 pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Southeast wind at 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. South-southwest wind at 3 to 6 mph. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. South-southeast wind at 6 to 9 mph.
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11:21 AM Aug 30, 2011
Sports

Quite a catch: Season producing bigger, more fish

The past few years, catching a 20-pound salmon out of Grand Haven was something to get excited about. The last few weeks, 20-pounders don't even warrant any raised eyebrows back at the dock. That's because the size, and numbers, of king salmon being caught is way up, according to several area charter boat captains.
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