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Small grants boost businesses, neighborhoods, in cities across the state | Great Lakes Echo

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By Katie Finkbeiner Capital News Service In Iron Mountain, Michigan, Sandstone Terrace rooftop bar shares an alley with First National Bank and Trust. And hanging over the alley: a sky art installation. In the summer of 2023, the installation consisted of a rainbow assortment of umbrellas. In June 2024, the umbrellas were replaced by rotating […]

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London Free Press

SIMS: Rick DeJager’s still ‘golfing, working, breathing’ – and ever so grateful

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Rick DeJager doesn’t call himself lucky. “I’ve been very fortunate. I have good care,” the 65-year-old lifelong Londoner said as we sat in the sunshine with his wife Colleen on his backyard deck. DeJager and his landmark south London restaurant Tiger Jack’s has been a fixture of the city’s restaurant scene since it opened in […]

Owen Sound Sun Times

SweetWater’s Next Wave program showcases talented youth

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A unique program of the annual SweetWater Music Festival aims to both provide experience for young artists and build the classical music community in the area.  While the festival’s Next Wave program is providing performance opportunities for young artists, program advisor Bridget Walsh said Saturday it is also about inviting and welcoming others into the […]