Grand Traverse County Traverse City, MI
By early 2010, Kent County hopes to open a new recycling facility allowing residents to dump all recyclable materials — from paper to glass and plastic — into bins without sorting. This recycling center in Horry County, S.C., is the model Kent County is using. (Courtesy Photo)
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An Amtrak train backs into the Grand Rapids station after arriving 12 hours late from Chicago on Monday morning. The state has asked Amtrak to explain what happened on that trip and to make plans to prevent such long delays. (Press Photo/Lori Niedenfuer Cool)
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Eric Kuhl HOLLAND — Eric Kuhl weighed his options — wait on the stuck Amtrak train for who-knows-how-long, or make a break for it. The 24-year-old East Grand Rapids native bolted. Kuhl said he had no real plan to escape…
Dan Davis, of Chicago, hugs his mom, Marty Davis, of Greenville, after finally arriving at the Grand Rapids Amtrak station on Monday morning after the train was delayed 12 hours. (Press Photo/Hollyn Johnson)
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• Passenger jumped from train near Holland
• Passenger rights group may take up train delays
Ted Boersma, of Richfield Springs, N.Y., center, is helped off the Amtrak train in Grand Rapids by his son-in-law, Phil Stewart, left, and daughter Ruth Stewart, both of Grand Rapids, on Monday morning after the train was delayed 12 hours. (Press Photo/Hollyn Johnson)
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