🌱 How Cedar Springs middle schoolers are quietly transforming classmates’ school days

Hi Cedar Springs! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Cedar Springs middle schoolers are quietly transforming classmates’ school days
• Step inside the Cedar Springs basement that’s Christmas all year long

Also on today's calendar: Dinner & Comedy Show @ The Red Bird Bistro and 1 more event.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Not as cold, becoming breezy, with a high of 34 and low of 31 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 35, low: 28.
• Thursday: Windy with periods of rain, with a high of 41 and low of 20 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Peer tutors pay forward their academic success (schoolnewsnetwork.org) — Cedar Springs Middle School eighth-graders are using their free “Hawk Time” to tutor sixth- and seventh-graders, building a new peer-to-peer support program on campus. Led by student coordinator Bralynn Chapman and teacher Shaye Rogers, the group meets three times a week to help classmates with academics and confidence, with plans to expand participation over time.
   

• Cedar Springs woman spreads cheer with impressive year-round Christmas village (wzzm13.com) — A Cedar Springs resident has turned her basement into “Frosty Falls,” a sprawling year-round Christmas village that’s earned her more than 21,000 TikTok followers. Jen Miller’s 145-building display, built largely from second-hand finds, has become her full-time creative focus and a calming escape she shares daily with viewers online.
   

📸 Around Cedar Springs

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Cedar Springs

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Greenville Boys JV Basketball @ Cedar Springs
  Cedar Springs High School, 5212 17 Mile Rd NE, Cedar Springs
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Dinner & Comedy Show @ The Red Bird Bistro
  The Red Bird Bistro & Grill , 22 N Main St NE , Cedar Springs
  6:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Holiday Film Festival: Elf
  Kent Theater , 8 N Main St NE , Cedar Springs
  3:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Grand Rapids Curling Club Learn to Curl Class Level I
  Cedar Rock Sportsplex , 4758 Cornfield Dr , Cedar Springs
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Santa Claus Visits in Sparta
  Sparta Chamber of Commerce , 194 E Division St , Sparta
  5:00 pm
• Santa Claus Visit in Sparta
  Village of Sparta , 194 E Division St , Sparta
  5:00 pm
• Juniors Karate
  Impact Martial Arts LLC , 345 S State St , Sparta
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Lil' Dragons
  Impact Martial Arts LLC , 345 S State St , Sparta
  6:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Selfies with the Grinch GRAND OPENING of Properties by Priscilla
  Village of Sparta , 156 E Division , Sparta
  5:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Saturday Night Live Music at The Garden Patch!
  Village of Sparta , 125 N State St , Sparta
  7:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Live Nativity
  Village of Sparta , 10515 Grange Ave NE , Rockford
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Anyone else waiting on fed ex for their delivery.
  I’m waiting since 12/2. Every day they tell me it’s on the truck for delivery Just be careful not to use their service. (Nextdoor 14 mile - Northland)

• Meijer posted a job opening for Overnight Stocking Team Member Part Time in Cedar Springs. Apply here.
• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Assistant Manager II in Cedar Springs. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Cedar Springs here.

🗞 Nearby News

Rockford

• First look at MLive's 2026 Michigan Mr. Basketball watch list (mlive.com)

Kent City

• Sponsored: KDL offers a cure for cabin fever with Let it Snow Winter Reading Challenge (wzzm13.com)

Comstock Park

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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