From Roads To Parks, What's In Cedar Spring's New City Budget?
CEDAR SPRINGS — If you want to know what Cedar Springs is focusing on in the year ahead, the new city budget offers a pretty clear answer: keep services steady, regroup financially after an expensive year, and prepare for the next round of big projects. That means no dramatic cuts to what residents rely on every day. It also means no big list of major street projects like last year. Instead, city leaders say this is a budget built around stabilization, timing, keeping up infr
Jake Watson
4 hours ago4 min read
The Season Between
EDITORIAL — Late March in Michigan is never all that convincing. One day you’re outside without a coat, squinting in the sun and thinking maybe we’ve turned the corner. The next morning you’re scraping frost off the windshield and wondering why you got your hopes up. That’s just how this time of year works. It doesn’t necessarily arrive all at once. It eases in, backtracks, (more often than we'd like) and tests your patience. If you're apt to the nuanced changes in the air li
Jake Watson
2 days ago2 min read
Kent ISD Votes to Transfer Nature Center Ownership, Buildings Likely to Be Removed
KENT CITY — After more than four decades of serving students and families as an outdoor classroom, the Howard Christensen Nature Center is facing a significant transition. The Kent Intermediate School District Board has approved moving forward with a plan to transfer ownership of the property to the Land Conservancy of West Michigan, a decision that could result in the removal of most, if not all, of the existing buildings on the site. According to a representative of the Nat
Jake Watson
4 days ago3 min read
Cedar Springs Will Continue Fire Coverage In Nelson Township
CEDAR SPRINGS — When emergencies happen in the southern half of Nelson Township, the response has long come from Cedar Springs. That partnership will continue for at least two more years.
Jake Watson
Mar 172 min read
