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CEDAR SPRINGS — Looking for a desk, chair, or office odds and ends? The City of Cedar Springs is giving residents a chance to pick up a few useful finds while helping clear out surplus inventory. The city will host an Excess Office Supply Sale on Friday, May 22, 2026, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 66 S. Main St. A variety of office items will be available, all open to reasonable offers. Everything will be sold on a first come, first served basis, with no holds or reservations. Pay

CEDAR SPRINGS - Momentum is building for a proposed boardwalk along Cedar Creek that has been in the works for over ten years. On Wednesday, May 13, the Cedar Springs Community Building Development Team (CBDT) board members unanimously approved a contract for the engineering phase of the multi phase project, marking the first official step toward bringing the long discussed Cedar Creek boardwalk and fishing stations to life. The project, developed by Fleis and Vandenbrink, wi

CEDAR SPRINGS — Cedar Springs Area Parks and Recreation is marking a major milestone this summer and is inviting the community to celebrate in a meaningful way. CSAPR will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Monday, June 22, 2026, with a special presentation, “A New Birth of Freedom!” featuring Kevin Wood as Abraham Lincoln. The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Kent Theatre, 8 N. Main St. NE in downtown Cedar Springs. The free community event will bring history to life

Some weeks pass by, but this week passed the torch. On Thursday morning, we said goodbye to our dear friend Sally Grayvold. For those of you who grew up in Cedar Springs, Sal needs no introduction as she had simply always been there. She taught generations of students, coached, mentored, volunteered with the Women’s Club and the Kent Theatre, and helped establish the historical museum in its earliest days. If something meaningful or memorable was happening in town over the pa