Old Fashioned Days canceled for 2nd consecutive year
The Fruitport Lions Club has made the difficult decision to cancel Fruitport Old Fashioned Days for the second consecutive year.
Credit: Grand Haven Tribune/Dylan Goetz
The Fruitport Old Fashioned Days carnival is at Pomona Park through Memorial Day. Author: Grand Haven Tribune, Matt Deyoung Published: 1:39 PM EDT April 22, 2021 Updated: 1:39 PM EDT April 22, 2021
FRUITPORT, Mich. The Fruitport Lions Club has made the difficult decision to cancel Fruitport Old Fashioned Days for the second consecutive year.
“People want to get out and do things, but it all comes back on you, and we don’t want to risk a big outbreak,” said festival chairperson Pat Steersman.
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GRAND HAVEN Days after the implosion of the former J.B. Sims coal plant on Harbor Island, Grand Haven’s Board of Light & Power shared renderings of the proposed new facility that is likely to take its place.
The proposed buildings on the former Sims site include a 12.5-megawatt, gas-powered peaking plant and an Operations and Technical Center for the municipal utility’s staff.
Renderings were shown publicly for the first time during a virtual education meeting Tuesday by the design firm ProgressiveAE reported the Grand Haven Tribune.
“The landscape of Harbor Island will look remarkably different with this sustainable, new vision,” BLP Board of Directors Vice Chairman Gerald Witherell said.
GRAND HAVEN The remaining two J.B. Sims plant buildings on Harbor Island were imploded early Friday, marking the end of its 37-year life cycle.
A controlled implosion brought down the Unit 3 boiler house and smokestack moments apart around 8 a.m. reported the Grand Haven Tribune. The first implosion to raze the scrubber building took place two weeks earlier on Feb. 5.
The longtime landmark’s implosion time circled social media early Friday. Many interested residents braved the cold to see the demolition in person from Lynn Sherwood Waterfront Stadium.
“It was nice to see the smokestack as a landmark, so I am going to miss that,” Spring Lake resident Scott Homolka said.