🌱 Sweet Adelines Sing At Pearl Harbor + Luminary Park Stroll

Hello, neighbors! Miranda Fraraccio here with your brand-new issue of the Grand Rapids Daily.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy with a snow shower. High: 33 Low: 20.

Here are the top stories today in Grand Rapids:

1. A Grand Rapids a capella group sang at the 80th commemoration of the Pearl Harbor attack in Hawaii. A spokesperson with the Grand Rapids Chapter of Sweet Adelines said they were the only musical group from Michigan invited to perform on Dec. 7 at the USS Arizona Memorial Wreath Laying Ceremony and the USS Missouri Flag Folding Ceremony. The chapter was also performing a concert series that was part of the official Remembrance Day ceremonies. (WWMT)
2. Mel Trotter Ministries is preparing to open its new overflow shelter in downtown Grand Rapids, which will have a maximum capacity of 75 beds and will serve the area when the primary shelter is full. Dennis Van Kampen, the CEO of the nonprofit, says the location at Division Street and Cherry Street Southeast has been under construction for the past two months. The project cost around $500,000 to convert the space into a shelter and the organization has a one-year lease with options to extend. (WOODTV)
3. The Holiday Luminary Park Stroll is returning to Grand Rapids this weekend. (Fox17)
4. Grand Rapids Public Schools has extended the K-12 mask mandate through the end of 2021-22 school year. (Mlive)
5. “The Sound of Music” is on stage at Grand Rapids Civic Theatre through Dec. 19. (WOODTV)

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Today in Grand Rapids:

• First Annual Fluresh Holidaze Charity Drive at Grand Rapids Provisioning Center (9:00 AM)
• The Whole Story: Financial Analysis for Grantmakers (12:30 PM)
• Lights on Creston - Creston Neighborhood Association (4:30 PM)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.