Local Blogs

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So, with all these Midwest print newspapers announcing cuts and layoffs ( http://greatlakesguy.blogspot.com/2008/12/media-matters.html ), it got me thinking about my own media consumption habits, and how I first dismissed RSS, but now I check my feed page on my.yahoo.com multiple times a day.

Then I was wondering if there were any good local news, entertainment, whatever, blogs that I don't know about. Do you read any local blogs? What are they? Why do you like them?

I've got some local feeds on my RSS page, already. Chris Knape, GRBJ blog ( http://grbusinessjournal.blogspot.com/ , usually only active during economic conferences), GRPR ( http://gr-pr.blogspot.com/ ), Rapid Growth, Craigslist GR: Bicycles for sale, Great Lakes Guy ( http://greatlakesguy.blogspot.com , which just came back this week from a long hiatus).

Many of these I just came up on by chance, or one day I noticed they had the little RSS icon, so I added them.

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So, with all these Midwest print newspapers announcing cuts and layoffs ( http://greatlakesguy.blogspot.com/2008/12/media-matters.html ), it got me thinking about my own media consumption habits, and how I first dismissed RSS, but now I check my feed page on my.yahoo.com multiple times a day.

Then I was wondering if there were any good local news, entertainment, whatever, blogs that I don't know about. Do you read any local blogs? What are they? Why do you like them?

I've got some local feeds on my RSS page, already. Chris Knape, GRBJ blog ( http://grbusinessjournal.blogspot.com/ , usually only active during economic conferences), GRPR ( http://gr-pr.blogspot.com/ ), Rapid Growth, Craigslist GR: Bicycles for sale, Great Lakes Guy ( http://greatlakesguy.blogspot.com , which just came back this week from a long hiatus).

Many of these I just came up on by chance, or one day I noticed they had the little RSS icon, so I added them.

[fotoman311 50]

Here is the one I check regularly. I like to see the progress that he is making, plus he is a funny guy who is constantly lampooning us.

http://blog.electriccheetah.com/

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I've also wondered what happened w/ aDragt's house. The blog just stopped dead one day.

[fotoman311 50]

I've also wondered what happened w/ aDragt's house. The blog just stopped dead one day.

[fotoman311 50]

Found another local blog that is updated pretty regularly.

http://grandrapidstightwad.blogspot.com/