Press Photo/Jon M. BrouwerDoug Start is closing the business his father started, Start’s Blind and Shade Shop, and moving operations to his home. Sometime in October, Doug Start will walk out of the business his father and grandfather started 57…
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Press Photo/Jon M. BrouwerDoug Start is closing the business his father started, Start’s Blind and Shade Shop, and moving operations to his home. Sometime in October, Doug Start will walk out of the business his father and grandfather started 57…
Press Photo/Katy BatdorffClearer view: Dr. Lisa Sladek gives GVSU freshman Jordon Weise a binocular cross-cylinder exam at Anderson Eye Care. Gary Anderson had an eye-opening experience while he was in college. The Grand Rapids optometrist found his study time as…
Geeks used to be glasses-wearing, pocket-protector carrying, pants-too-short kids everybody picked on. Not anymore, says author, columnist and radio host Marybeth Hicks. She thinks they are “Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered Kids” who avoid what culture says is “cool” to become kids…
Ferris State University will get a new 91,000-square-foot, $26.9 million optometry building. Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed an appropriations bill that includes about $21 million for the Big Rapids university’s project. Grand Valley State University’s $70 million library and Grand Rapids…
Michigan residents on average will pay up to 25 percent more to heat their homes with natural gas this winter, depending on how cold it gets. (Press File Photo)
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