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News Releases

West Michigan’s Connections to the Titanic to be Presented Thursday Evening at Otsego Area Historical Museum

On the evening of April 14, the RMS Titanic—the famed “unsinkable” ship—struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean. It was just four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to the United States. In less than three hours, the ship sank and of the over 2,200 passengers onboard (including many of the world’s wealthiest), only 705 people survived.

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Kalamazoo’s Principle Food & Drink Dominates Statewide Cocktail Competition—Keeping Annual Award “In the Family”

Spirits were high at the 2nd Annual Full Contact Cocktails Competition, held recently at New Holland Brewing Company’s pub and restaurant in downtown Holland. Mixologists from around the state gathered to vie for the Grand Prize of travel and lodging to “Tales of the Cocktail”—a nationally-acclaimed competition in New Orleans, LA.

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