The Coast Guard Festival’s Front Porch Salute challenged Grand Haven-area residents to decorate their homes to show continued support for the U.S. Coast Guard while the full festival was canceled.
David Ladd and a few dozen of his closest friends are some of the most popular folks in Michigan.
With year's Coast Guard Festival canceled due to COVID-19, we're taking a look back at a collection of photos from festivals that took place between 1964 and 1966.
Artwork in a variety of mediums will be on display and for sale starting Sunday under the green canopy at Chinook Pier, at the intersection of Harbor Drive and First Street in Grand Haven.
Art on the Riverfront and Gallery Uptown have made the decision to cancel Art on the Riverfront 2020.
A Spring Lake family is hoping to liven up some of the monotony of life due to pandemic restrictions by presenting on-the-water concerts for some social-distancing entertainment.
More than 100 vehicles participated in Wednesday's Scott Flahive Memorial Cruise. The event is held in honor of former Grand Haven police officer Scott Flahive, who was killed in the line of duty in 1994.
The 2020 Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are still ways to celebrate the Coast Guard this summer.
The 2020 Salmon Festival has been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival is proud of the legacy of Grand Haven as the one and only “Coast Guard City, USA.”
The Village of Spring Lake’s Art in the Park project is taking on a youth movement.
Pop-up fireworks sales tents are exploding with business with Fourth of July celebrations on the horizon.
Thursday would have been Vera “Petie” Oom’s 84th birthday, so a few of her family members gathered in front of her favorite local “restaurant,” Pronto Pups, to remember Petie, who died late last month.
FRUITPORT — A month after it was originally scheduled to begin, Dancing into the Sunset was given the go-ahead by the Village of Fruitport to start the outdoor activity on Thursday, July 2.
Grand Haven State Park’s campground opened for business Monday – and, by noon, many campers were setting up their temporary homes and taking to the beach.
GRANDVILLE — Congressman Bill Huizenga announced Wednesday that Jody Brown, a student at Zeeland East High School, is the winner of the 2020 Second Congressional District Art Competition.
Although the Spring Lake Heritage Festival is shelved this year, one event is motoring on.
MUSKEGON — The public libraries serving Muskegon County – Fruitport District Library, Hackley Public Library, the Muskegon Area District Library and its 10 branches, and the White Lake Community Library – are working together to prepare their buildings to reopen.
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Coast Guard Festival has announced the cancellation of the Coast Guard Craft Fair at Grand Haven’s Central Park.
The city of Grand Haven is blocking off parts of several streets — including the first block of Washington Avenue in the downtown – to allow restaurants and other businesses to expand outdoors.
LANSING (AP) — Michigan restaurants and bars could sell cocktails and liquor for pickup or delivery and would see a temporary cut in state liquor prices under fast-tracked legislation that supporters hope will help the industry survive the coronavirus pandemic.
CHICAGO — JC Rivera thought about hurricanes, he thought about his childhood in Puerto Rico and what happened whenever a storm passed through. Plywood would fly up across every window and every store front. He thought about this the other day, while driving through Chicago, passing business …
Now that Michigan’s governor has given the go-ahead for libraries to open, on June 8, you should be able to return that pile of books that has been sliding around in your car for the past couple of months. Right?
Due to the current COVID-19 concerns, the board members of the Wednesday night dances held at the Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium have decided to cancel the June concerts.
FORT WORTH, Texas — It’s that time of the year when students drop off items owned by their school.
The cancellation of this year’s Coast Guard Festival is one more blow to local businesses that rely on tourism to pay the bills.
The Walk the Beat Board of Directors has canceled the 2020 event, scheduled for Aug. 8, due to concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Board of Directors for the Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival announced the cancelation of the 2020 festival Wednesday morning.
Fireworks planned as part of Independence Day celebrations for the City of Grand Haven have been canceled.
Ruh-roh! There’s a yet new iteration of the beloved ’70s Hanna-Barbera series “Scooby-Doo” hitting (home) theaters, but no reason to fret, as the animated “Scoob!” (no relation to the 2002 and 2004 live-action adaptations) manages to be a real Scooby Snack.
At 5 p.m. on May 8, Diplo and Dillon Francis — A-list DJs and dance music producers – hopped behind their decks to spin a quarantine livestream.
Chris Michner knows people miss Odd Side Ales – and it’s not just the cold beers that they’re craving.
The Grand Haven ArtWalk committee, along with the Grand Haven Main Street Board of Directors, has announced the cancellation if ArtWalk 2020.
Local bookstores across the country are struggling due to lost revenue during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
MUSKEGON — The Michigan Irish Music Festival has canceled its 2020 festival due to the uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Lakeshore Art Festival 2020 has been canceled due to health concerns over COVID-19, its organizers announced Tuesday.
The community is being asked to save Seven Steps Up, a local concert venue that is in danger of closing due to revenue loss during COVID-19 pandemic.
While organizers of some local concert series hold out hope of a summer with some semblance of normalcy, others have made the call to cancel their events.
MUSKEGON — West Michigan Symphony has postponed all concerts previously scheduled for May and will extend its performance season – which originally concluded in June – into mid-August.
Organizers have announced the cancellation of the 2020 Feast of the Strawberry Moon.
While we’re sheltering in place, the fact that kids can stay in touch with friends and family by texting, video-chatting, and gaming has been a lifesaver for many families.
The Grand Haven VFW post has announced the cancelation of the 2020 Rib Fest.
HOLLAND — The city of Holland is asking people not to visit Holland to see the city’s famous tulips — celebrated with the annual Tulip Time Festival — this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
I grew up watching fishing shows on TV – Roland Martin, Bill Dance, the Lindner brothers on “In-Fishermen” and Flip Pallot on “The Walker’s Cay Chronicles.”
ROTHBURY – Electric Forest announced Tuesday, April 21, that based on input from state and local authorities regarding public gatherings amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it has cancelled its 2020 event.
It turns out that making pizzas is something like riding a bike — you never really forget how to do it.
The 2020 National Cherry Festival held annually in Traverse City has been canceled over coronavirus-related safety concerns.
After considering several alternative solutions, organizers made the call Tuesday night to cancel the 2020 Fruitport Old Fashioned Days festival due to COVID-19.
ROTHBURY — The Rothbury Village Council voted late last week to deny the Electric Forest Festival to reschedule their festival dates amid the coronavirus outbreak.
GRAND RAPIDS – Though the concert halls are empty, the musicians of the Grand Rapids Symphony and Symphony Chorus have not been silent.
HOLLAND — Many in the community are mourning the sudden death of beloved chef, Andy Stewart.
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