Readers rank top 10 online stories of 2012
News travels fast online, and if you don't stop to look around sometimes, you might miss it.
Since its launch this fall, the new grbj.com has featured a diverse and real-time stream of daily news.
Looking at all the numbers, readers' tastes reveal some clear patterns, affirm assumptions and flat out surprise.
Beer is big. Mackinac Island is beloved. Downtown retailers make an entrance. Education reform doesn't go unnoticed. And it all starts with jobs.
Here's the breakdown.
Top 10 Stories at the New grbj.com
1. Beer association taps Grand Rapids for national convention
2. The perfect use has been found for old downtown structure
3. GR Brewing Co. to begin pouring this week
4. Mackinac Island sees first new hotel in more than a decade
5. For craft brewers, there is Hope
6. Bagger Dave's burger tavern moving into downtown Grand Rapids
7. Production delayed indefinitely at LG Chem's Holland plant
8. Gov. Snyder education reform act: 'Parents should be able to choose'
9. Grandville Cabela's puts out call for 200 employees
10. Haworth wins government contract estimated at $40M a year
