5 Local Things You Need to Know: For the weekend, to start next week

The Meyer May House maybe the most famous house in Grand Rapids, but there are many grand homes in Heritage Hill that you can check out this weekend. (Supplied)

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Wyoming: Honor a local hero by attending his statue unveiling

Roger B. Chaffee Photo courtesy of the Grand Rapids Public Museum

While the City of Wyoming has a Roger B. Chaffee Boulevard and an American Legion Roger B. Chaffee Post 154, the hero’s home town was Grand Rapids. So, a full-sized bronze statue of Apollo Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee will be unveiled at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, at the corner of East Fulton Street and Sheldon Avenue NE, near the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum.

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Kentwood: While you are out having fun, avoid this roadwork in town

The City Commission recently approved the city’s resurfacing and maintenance program, which includes improvements to 22 miles of major and local roads. We have your list of where to avoid when you are out and about in the city this week: a tentative road construction and maintenance schedule for the summer.

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Grand Rapids: Heritage Hill’s annual open house weekend his here

The Annual Heritage Hill Tour welcomes you inside seven restored private houses and three historic buildings. (Supplied)

The Annual Heritage Hill Tour welcomes you inside seven restored private houses and three historic buildings on Saturday, May 19, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, May 20, from noon to 6 p.m. Tour offers an interior view of stunning turn of the century homes each uniquely styled by current owners.

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Wyoming: Big trucks, hotdogs and loads of fun for kids of all ages

Public Works employee Carlos Ochoa shows off one of the trucks that collects leaves. (WKTV File)

The City of Wyoming is celebrating National Public Works Week once again on Monday, May 21, at the Wyoming Public Works Department, 2660 Burlingame Ave. SW. The event that attracts more than 1,500 visitors gives the public the chance to learn about the city’s Public Works Department and its services, meet community members and much more.

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Entertainment: The Grand Rapids Symphony offers up Beethoven’s Ninth

Grand Rapids Symphony, conducted by Marcelo Lehninger, will be in concert this weekend. (Supplied/Stu Rosner)

The Grand Rapids Symphony ends its 2017-18 season with Beethoven’s Ninth at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, May 18-19, in DeVos Performance Hall. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 is one of the greatest achievements, not only in classical music, but in all of Western culture. Beethoven’s last symphony and his only symphony to use voices began as a defiant statement of freedom hurled at the repressive monarchies of Europe. Today, the finale of Beethoven’sNinth Symphony, is the official anthem of the European Union.

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