http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/The Latest News, Updates and Opinions.enTue, 14 Jul 2009 11:50:09 PDTMovable Type Enterprise 1.52 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noThe Latest News, Updates and Opinions.grand_valley_advancehttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/IQGml3vlTTc/summer_treats.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceAdvance NewspapersTue, 14 Jul 2009 11:50:09 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3233818 ]]>Joanne MorrisThe Grandville farmers market draws local crowds every Tuesday to sample fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers, and baked goods. Above, Jessica Blasco selects some tomatoes from Jodi Diemer, of Diemer's Winter Gardens in Holland...http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/summer_treats.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/7IFdLJsxE6Q/fourstory_building_costs_215_m.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceJeff CunninghamThu, 16 Jul 2009 11:38:02 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3233764 ]]>Above is the front of the new Ottawa County Courthouse in Grand Haven, which opens Tuesday, July 21. This weekend, the Ottawa County Building in Grand Haven will close for a final time, and crews will work through the weekend...http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/fourstory_building_costs_215_m.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/7DG_88Tki9I/zeeland_waterfall_price_tag_st.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceKristin DykemaTue, 14 Jul 2009 11:40:20 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3233724 ]]>A towering waterfall, designed to be seen by motorists on Business I-196, will not be built at Zeeland's Clean Water Plant after all. Even though plans were scaled back, the Zeeland City Council decided last week the price tag for...http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/zeeland_waterfall_price_tag_st.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/4RvlY_nMt8Q/port_sheldon_street_crossing_c.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceAdvance NewspapersTue, 14 Jul 2009 11:34:40 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3233663 ]]>The CSX Railroad has scheduled construction work at the crossing at Port Sheldon Street on the west side of Chicago Drive in Georgetown Township....http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/port_sheldon_street_crossing_c.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/9udQmWnzkrs/planners_board_to_take_family.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceAdvance NewspapersTue, 14 Jul 2009 11:32:30 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3233654 ]]>A tentative motion to recommend denial of a proposed Family Fare neighborhood center will be formalized at the Georgetown Township Planning Commission meeting at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow....http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/planners_board_to_take_family.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/XAl0O_MToZI/mother_newborn_die_in_blendon.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceAdvance NewspapersTue, 14 Jul 2009 11:30:33 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3233642 ]]>A Holland newborn died Friday morning from injuries she suffered in a car crash a day earlier in Blendon Township that also killed her mother. A second infant remains hospitalized in critical condition....http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/mother_newborn_die_in_blendon.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/twjVI_8tC_s/federal_stimulus_funds_repavin.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceJeff CunninghamTue, 14 Jul 2009 11:23:18 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3233583 ]]>Jeff CunninghamThis sign on 48th Avenue between Bauer Road and Fillmore Street announces that federal ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) funding is being used to pay for the road improvement project. Federal funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment...http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/federal_stimulus_funds_repavin.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/GCyGFl7eoN8/allendale_schools_moves_office.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceJeff CunninghamTue, 14 Jul 2009 11:19:12 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3233542 ]]>Jeff CunninghamThe outside of Oakwood Intermediate School doesn't look ready, but the district's administrative offices, located in the east end of the building, opened this week. Those looking for the Allendale Public Schools administration office will now have to look...http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/allendale_schools_moves_office.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/yULJGeXYWOU/area_students_earn_first_in_na.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceKristin DykemaTue, 14 Jul 2009 11:16:10 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3233512 ]]>From left, Alejandra Dykgraaf of Zeeland East High School, Careerline Tech Center teacher Nancy Kuzma, and Lindsey Vroma of Allendale High School, stand with the students' first-place award for Web design in the Business Professionals of America national competition held...http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/area_students_earn_first_in_na.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/dZCYrKfnJEM/berlin_fair_runs_this_week_in.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceAdvance NewspapersTue, 14 Jul 2009 11:11:14 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3233474 ]]>The 154th annual Berlin Fair kicked off yesterday and revs up today as the first of the grandstand events starts along with the lumberjack shows and everything else the fair has to offer....http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/berlin_fair_runs_this_week_in.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/GIwn2ZRil4w/scout_project_enhances_jenison.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceCathy RunyonThu, 16 Jul 2009 11:52:08 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3233444 ]]>To complete the requirements for the rank of Eagle Scout, Noah Dauber led his troop in building a picnic table and benches for Jenison Junior High School. A few years ago, students planted perennials in the courtyard at the Jenison...http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/scout_project_enhances_jenison.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/TGxPfJRMZPs/zeeland_sends_seven_to_girls_s.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceAdvance NewspapersTue, 14 Jul 2009 10:55:27 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3233326 ]]>Seven Zeeland high school students recently received city, county, and state government training during Michigan Girls State held at Michigan State University in East Lansing....http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/zeeland_sends_seven_to_girls_s.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/2L-zs3_IfWw/grandview_gets_exterior_makeov.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceAdvance NewspapersTue, 14 Jul 2009 10:50:35 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3233284 ]]>Leaky gutter seams are partially behind a $127,000 surface makeover taking place at Grandview Elementary School, according to Grandville Public Schools Superintendent Ron Caniff....http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/grandview_gets_exterior_makeov.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/oM68NyVsRPo/grandville_schools_starts_year.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceJoanne MorrisTue, 14 Jul 2009 10:41:11 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3233155 ]]>Considering the $2.5 million budget deficit facing Grandville Public Schools, it's amazing that cost-cutting measures haven't had to hit classrooms harder. "We did not lay anybody off," said Superintendent Ron Caniff about the new 2009-2010 fiscal year budget, which started...http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/grandville_schools_starts_year.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/T9fZSUPz4M0/zeelands_first_bb.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceAdvance NewspapersTue, 14 Jul 2009 10:36:57 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3233108 ]]> Vic and Anna VanDeventer held an open house Friday to celebrate the opening of the Baert Baron Mansion Bed & Breakfast in their home at 120 S. Church St. The couple has restored the home, built in 1872, to...http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/zeelands_first_bb.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/grand_valley_advance/~3/BvPDaAmJXkA/better_buses.htmlGrand Valley AdvanceAdvance NewspapersTue, 14 Jul 2009 10:10:40 PDTtag:www.mlive.com,2009:/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf//2454.3232893 ]]>Delivery of three new buses has upgraded the Georgetown Senior Center fleet. The new buses each have room for two more passengers than the old buses, but best of all, they are reliable and safe. An open house last week...http://www.mlive.com/grandvalleyadvance/index.ssf/2009/07/better_buses.htmlnonadult