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“This is a message from the residents of the City of Flint” – Activists deliver two petitions to the City Clerk
By Tom Travis A group of seven Flint residents gathered in front of City Hall on Tuesday to announce they had collected more than 1,000 signatures on two separate petitions. The group was led by activist and Flint water warrior, Claire McClinton, who said she was going to deliver the signed petitions to the City…
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Education Beat: Flint Schools leadership besieged by aging infrastructure in buildings averaging 70 years old
By Harold C. Ford Students in Flint Community Schools (FCS) will miss six days of school in the just-started 2021-22 school year due to the heat. FCS ordered schools closed the entire week of Aug .23-26; an instruction day had not been scheduled for Friday, Aug. 27. FCS Superintendent Anita Steward issued a revised public…
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Sports Beat: Team Handball Emerging at Flint’s Berston Field House
By Harold C. Ford “This sport is so cool. There’s gotta be a way that America can get good at this sport.” —Mike Tirico, NBC’s anchor for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, commenting on team handball The venerable Berston Field House — the nearly 100-year-old facility on Flint’s near north-side where Olympic champion Claressa Shields honed…
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“When your hometown calls, you go” – Robert Widigan, City of Flint’s newest Chief Financial Officer
By Tom Travis Robert Widigan, 31, has joined the City of Flint’s finance department as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Widigan is a Flint native and attended Mott Community College and transferred to the University of Michigan – Flint graduating in 2014 with a concentration in finance. Currently living in Lansing, Widigan hopes to move…
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Education Beat: Two central administrators charge Flint Ed Board Treasurer Laura MacIntyre with “hostile work environment”
By Harold C. Ford Two central administrators of the Flint Community Schools (FCS) — Superintendent Anita Steward and Ayunna Dompreh, FCS executive director of finance — have both charged Laura MacIntyre, FCS board treasurer, with creating a “hostile work environment,” according to Board President Carol McIntosh. McIntosh announced the charges at the end of an…
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Education Beat: Hot Buildings Keep Flint Students at Home
By Harold C. Ford For the second time in the just-started 2021-22 school year, Flint Community Schools (FCS) closed its doors to students due to the heat. This time it was by order of the FCS Board of Education. By a vote of 5-0, the Flint board closed its schools Aug. 19 in anticipation of…
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After $2 million renovation, Greater Flint Health Coalition moves into donated downtown building
By Tom Travis The Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC) celebrated its newly renovated three-story headquarters in downtown Flint Monday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The 12,000 sq. ft. facility is next to the northern end of Buckham Alley at 120 W. First St. At a cost of $2 million, the renovation took more than a…
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Mobile COVID vaccination units available Thursday, Aug. 19 and 26 on Flint’s south side
Mobile COVID vaccination units will be in the Burton area and the surrounding neighborhoods of Hemphill Road and Saginaw Street on Thursday, Aug. 19 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. The vaccination units also will be in the surrounding neighborhoods of Atherton Road and Dort Highway on Thursday, Aug. 26 from 12 p.m. to 3…
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Book Review: Connor Coyne’s mighty opus compels in URBANTASM: Book Three — The Darkest Road
By Robert Thomas Urbantasm is categorized as a magical teen noir serial novel composed of four books. The Darkest Road is Book Three of the series created by Flint writer Connor Coyne. But it is much more than a teen novel. It is a massive creation from Coyne’s omnivorous mind, and an often gripping evocation…
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Mobile COVID vaccination units available Saturday, Aug. 14 on Flint’s south side
Mobile COVID vaccination units sponsored by The Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC) in partnership with Genesee Community Health Center, Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (G.C.C.A.R.D.), and the United Way of Genesee County will be in the Lincoln Park Neighborhood and surrounding areas on Saturday, Aug. 14 from 12 a.m. to 3 p.m, according to…
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