3:01 PM Jan 1, 2013
The last song I played on the family Wurlitzer Theatre Organ 950TA was Elvis Presley’s “It’s Now or Never." It was at the request of my daughter, Olivia.
3:00 PM Dec 31, 2012
"All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks, You better run, better run, outrun my gun. All the other kids with the pumped-up kicks, You better run, better run, faster than my bullet."
2:00 PM Dec 31, 2012
To the Editor: The whole issue of gridlock in Congress revolves around the inability for my Republican friends on one side and my Democrat friends on the other for a failure to understand or appreciate the others' point of view.
11:55 AM Dec 31, 2012
Do you think we'll go over the 'fiscal cliff'? What you said.....
4:00 PM Dec 29, 2012
Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital, which claims its birthing center is the busiest in Michigan, came out with its annual list of the most popular first names of babies born there in 2012.
2:00 PM Dec 28, 2012
We are pleased as punch with the performance of Jeff Hawke in his nearly one-year reign as director of the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety.
2:00 PM Dec 27, 2012
Most Americans hold the Founding Fathers in awe. They regard them almost with the same reverence as the Gospels.
3:00 PM Dec 26, 2012
Now that we have survived the end-of-the-world scenario, let’s hope that 2013 is more prosperous for all of us.
2:00 PM Dec 26, 2012
The state Legislature was in session for more than 100 days in 2012. So why was it that the Legislature waited until 4:30 a.m. — following a 20-hour marathon session — to push a flurry of bills through to Gov. Rick Snyder?
2:00 PM Dec 25, 2012
To the Editor: I am a proud member of the Utility Workers Union of America, working for Consumers Energy at the Campbell Complex.
3:00 PM Dec 24, 2012
'Tis the season to send good wishes to all men, and all men should feel free to send the wish of their choosing.
11:25 AM Dec 24, 2012
Should the governor have signed the legislation that would allow concealed weapons in churches and schools?
8:00 AM Dec 23, 2012
Do you like surprise parties? I am not so sure I always do.
4:00 PM Dec 22, 2012
The winter blues, or cabin fever, can become more than just a sour mood over being stuck inside and the lack of sun.
3:00 PM Dec 21, 2012
I began to hear Christmas music in stores even before Thanksgiving. The Christmas music you usually hear in the malls and supermarkets is rather secular — "Jingle Bells" and the like — pretty tame stuff with no religious message. Much of it is awful, especially in the supermarket renditions.
4:00 PM Dec 20, 2012
As the Christmas season rolls all around me and my favorite holiday songs fill the air, I had the pleasure of heading to Chicago late last week to see all the Christmas decorations in the Windy City.
3:00 PM Dec 20, 2012
We’re overjoyed to learn that an advanced battery research facility is coming to Ottawa County, courtesy of a $120 million partnership involving the U.S. Department of Energy.