Forest Hills News

If gas prices or a hectic work schedule is keeping you home this holiday weekend, there is plenty to do in Ada, Cascade, and East Grand Rapids.

Local sounds, products: The Mighty Narwhale will perform during Saturday's Local First Street Party.

Tom Schwarz can see the spark of a future business mogul in certain kids. They are the ones cutting lawns, delivering newspapers or brainstorming money-making concepts "If they are employed at a young age, ...

Avenue for the Arts artists, businesses and nonprofit organizations are gearing up for an intense week.

After 24 Hour News 8 found cockroaches at Lincoln School in February, the district called an outside pest manager.

Explore a new technique of painting on copper plate using patinas, copper leaf and mica in a three-day class at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts, 400 Culver St.

“We've lost 300 kids this year”

Several area school districts are laying off teachers because administrators expect fewer students in the fall, due to blue-collar job losses and a smaller-than-usual incoming kindergarten class. via Grand Rapids Press

“After much deliberation, we believe that Scott Korpak is most ready to lead our district with the integrity that honors our traditions and foundations and with the vision that will take us into the next decade with excellence”

Hamilton Community Schools has snagged a Forest Hills principal to be its next superintendent. via MLive.com

The high cost of diesel fuel is impacting West Michigan schools. Diesel will cost Forest Hills Public Schools as much as $125,000 more than officials planned to spend this school year. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

“This is a good example of a young man doing the right thing.”

All Carter Louisell did was tell someone, but sometimes that's all it takes to save a life. via Grand Rapids Press

“The districts had to create openings if they wanted to have an accessible school choice plan”

Kent County districts are opening their school choice plan, making about 1,300 more seats available and giving families through the end of the summer to pick a new school. via Saginaw News

“There's no shoulder on that road. You can't walk on that road safely.”

Hall Street between Cascade Road and Stoneshire Drive SE would become a three-lane road with a pedestrian pathway along the north side, according to plans being explored by two neighboring townships and Forest ... via Grand Rapids Press

“We've collaborated on a lot of great pieces, but I like the Bach”

When Gordon Peirce Schmidt took the helm of Grand Rapids Ballet Company 10 years ago, his first original production for the company wasn't held in DeVos Performance Hall. via Grand Rapids Press

The Plaza Hotel opened for business Friday night as Central Park Players presented the Neil Simon classic, "Plaza Suite," at the Grand Haven Arts Council building. via Grand Haven Tribune

They were "green" before it was cool, recycling, saving energy and teaching students about the environment. via Grand Rapids Press

“As I thought through it more and more, I reached the conclusion that it was something that was best disclosed to parents.”

Aside from a warning not to let it happen again, Forest Hills Northern High School Principal Jon Gregory will not be disciplined by the school district for his November arrest for drunken driving. via Grand Rapids Press

“A Series of Unfortunate Events”

Someone killed the composer and the perpetrator is most likely lurking in the orchestra. via Grand Haven Tribune

“I felt like I had left my child in good hands at some boarding school, miles away.”

Classical ballet and modern dance are considered polar opposites. A century ago, some dancers shed tutus and pointe shoes in favor of free-form movement and bare feet. via Grand Rapids Press

“Students are sustaining the progress as they move from grade to grade. We are not looking at one-hit wonders”

Elementary and middle school students in Grand Rapids, Rockford, West Ottawa and beyond showed overall improvement in MEAP test scores again this year. via Grand Rapids Press

“I grew up in Muskegon Heights and Mona Lake Park was a pinnacle spot for me”

Elementary and middle-school students in Grand Rapids, Rockford, Forest Hills and beyond showed gains in math, reading and science, according to results of the October MEAP tests, released this morning by the ... via Muskegon Chronicle