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Local Eats: Grand Rapids Brewing Company relaunches with new menu Updated 8:17 AM; Today 7:00 AM Grand Rapids Brewing Co. reopened for in-person dining with a revamped menu last month. (Photo provided by Grand Rapids Brewing Co.) Facebook Share GRAND RAPIDS, MI — There’s lots new to see and eat at the Grand Rapids Brewing Company. The brewery, located 1 Ionia Ave. SW in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids, reopened last month for in-person dining with a revamped game room and dining area, a reimagined food menu, and new beers and cocktails. Shawn Blonk, vice president of operations at Pr...

Kristin Smart Case: Podcaster Helped California Cops Solve Cold Case Killing Posted on Chris Lambert created a podcast about the 1996 disappearance of college freshman Kristin Smart and it's taken over his life. Chris Lambert would like to get back to making music but he can’t seem to stop chasing a ghost that has haunted him for nearly 25 years. A billboard on the side of the road on California's Central Coast led him on a detour three years ago from his career as a singer-songwriter and recording engineer. He created a podcast about the 1996 disappearance of college freshman Kristin Sma...

Word of for the Day: PLAGE Posted on 1: the beach of a seaside resort 2: a bright region on the sun caused by the light emitted by clouds of calcium or hydrogen and often associated with a sunspot Did You Know? The history of plage begins with the Greek word plagios, meaning "sideways" or "oblique," and then moves over to Late Latin as plagia. It arrived on the shores of southern Italy in the form of Italian piaggia and was used of the beaches there. It became plage in French and coasted into the English language in 1888. The word acquired its "bright region of the sun" sense in the mid-20...

Environmental Activist Says Cheese is Racist, Dairy Shouldn’t Be Served in Schools Posted on Because some black people are lactose intolerant. An environmental activist is petitioning her local council to remove cheese and other dairy products from the school menu because she claims the food items are “racist.” Yes, really. Extinction rebellion member Alison Plaumer told local officials at a Brighton and Hove City Council meeting that dairy is racist because black people are more likely to be lactose intolerant. “Arguably, there is a racist element to serving dairy too much becau...

Big Three IGNORE Bezos-Tied Org Survey Sounding Alarm on Biden Tax Hikes for Two Days Posted on The ABC, CBS and NBC evening news shows continued to suffer from a chronic condition of ignorance to news that could damage President Joe Biden’s agenda to hike taxes. The Business Roundtable (BRT) released a survey April 12 headlined, “Business Roundtable Survey Finds Corporate Tax Increases Would Weaken U.S. Business Expansion, Hiring, Investments in R&D and Innovation.” The survey of 178 CEOs conducted between March 8 and March 19 revealed very damaging news to Biden’s agenda: “98 pe...