Advance Newspapers

Middle school student, entrepreneur traveling to Australia as young ambassador

When 20 seventh- and eighth-graders from the Grand Rapids area travel abroad with the People to People Ambassador Program this summer, among them will be Cascade Township’s Victoria Mischley. Mischley, 12, will travel to Australia to live and work with host families as part of the program, which was founded by President Dwight Eisenhower. The group will tour the...

• Waterfront Park construction set to begin in April

• River project needs votes

• Show to benefit performing arts

• Students get creative when finding ways to give to Haiti

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GRAND VALLEY

In season

• Jenison students encourage peers to dig a little deeper

• Second referendum on Allendale zoning a possibility, Thomas says

• Hospital board gains member

• Grant is key to new building

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NORTHEAST

Snack time

• Residents protest Belmont Ave work

• Coat of many colors

• Students bring 'Sound of Music' to Northview arts center March 25-28

• Grand Rapids school district finalizes school closing plan

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NORTHWEST

Run for glory

• Sparta man charged with performing medical procedures without a license

• Grand Rapids district finalizes school closing plans

• Walker offers fitness contest

• Foundation awards grants

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PENASEE GLOBE

Bump it

• LETTER: Don't 'READ' into things

• LETTER: Ugly 'green' giants are coming

• LETTER: Dorr recall moves forward

• Dorr Township Board recall questions will appear May 4

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SOUTHEAST

One last ride

• Kentwood officials decide not to broadcast meetings

• City may raise fees on Section 8 apartment complex

• Gaines Twp. restaurant robbed at gunpoint

• Free skating party offered for military, families

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SOUTHWEST

Championship Sandwich

SwBcHockeyFeat1.jpg ADVANCE photo by BRIAN FORDE

• Byron DDA still awaiting final 84th Street grant approval

• Paktel Wireless II now open, offering DirecTV in Byron Center

• Wyoming issues six-month moratorium on medicinal marijuana

• Riddle remains unsolved, fourth clue released

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ON THE TOWN

Cowboy Junkies rides into Saugatuck for a one-night only performance

Most aspiring artists yearn for fifteen minutes of fame. The Cowboy Junkies has amassed twenty-five years in the spotlight, releasing more than twenty studio albums—selling more than a million copies—and touring the world in the process. The Toronto-based group, most recognized for its 1988 cover of the Velvet Underground’s “Sweet Jane,” will kick off its 2010 twenty-fifth anniversary tour...

• The Ladies Literary Club was a jumpin' Tuesday night as the Carolina Chocolate Drops took Grand Rapids

• On-the-Town Weekend Buzz: Camp Juice Ball, Fundango, and St. Patrick's Day fun

• Artist Debbie Stweart Hoskin's books offer more than a few good tales

• LaFontsee switches it up with an exhibit focusing on the art of local children

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