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The Grand Rapids Public Library was founded in 1871 and was located within the Grand Rapids City Hall. In 1904, the library moved to the Ryerson building which served as a permanent home for the library. The building was a gift from arts and education benefactor, and native son, Martin A. Ryerson. In 1967, the library expanded to more than ...
Bliss was first elected to the Grand Rapids City Commission in 2005. She was re-elected in 2009 and 2013. During her time as a city commissioner, she led a Blue Ribbon Panel on Parks, was a founding member of the non-profit organization Friends of Grand Rapids Parks and served on the millage campaign for Parks, Pools and Playgrounds.
A native of Grand Rapids, Zaagman attended Calvin College and earned a degree in mortuary science from Wayne State University. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. After the war, he married Martha Haverkamp and served three terms on the Kent County board of supervisors. Zaagman was also a director of the Kent County Library. [1]
In Canton, he swears in township police officers, library board members, and township trustees, although because township elections won’t occur until 2024, he has no oaths to administer this week.
Lambert spoke Dec. 4 to the seven-member County Commission Steering, Legislative & Governmental Committee about censorship of books by a Rutherford County Library System Board of Directors that ...
Working closely with Lucy Ball, Grand Rapids Public Library, they awakened statewide interest and arranged the first Michigan meeting in Detroit, September 1, 1891. Thirty-seven members attended, elected a slate of five officers and printed their original 40-line constitution on a 3-inch by 6-inch card. Mr. Utley became the association's first ...
Members of the public came to a packed house at the Hughes Main Library in downtown Greenville on March 27, 2023.The Board of Trustees of the Greenville County Library system took up the matter of ...
Russell became a member of the Grand Rapids school board as early as 1923. [1] In July 1939, while still in that role, she was appointed to a five-year term as a member of the Michigan state library commission.