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Flint Public Library launches $27.6 million campaign for building renovation
By Jan Worth-Nelson When Flint Public Library facilities technician Mike McMillan looks around the 60-year-old building at the west end of Kearsley Street, what he sees is trouble. “The plumbing is falling apart,” he said at the first of a series of open houses to inform the public about a major renovation effort. “Even today,…
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PEN America teams up with Flint Festival of Writers for September event
FLINT, Mich. – Organizers of the Flint Festival of Writers announced today that renowned literary institution PEN America will partner with the festival in September 2019 to host a free workshop with 2019 PEN/Osterweil Award for Poetry Honoree Jonah Mixon-Webster. Mixon-Webster, who grew up in Flint, is the author of the poetry collection Stereo(TYPE) from Ahsahta…
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Zero Mass Water/Pierce Park proposal presentation cancelled for tonight
Sherry Hayden, vice president of the College Cultural Neighborhood Association, has just issued this notice: “A special meeting of the CCNA regarding the proposed use of Pierce Park Golf Course on Thursday, Aug. 22, 7-9 pm has been cancelled. “The Director of Zero Mass Water, Colin Goddard, called last night to say that over the…
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Flint Junior High closed because of heat Wednesday
This news was just issued by the public relations firm of the Flint Community Schools: Due to high temperatures, the Flint Junior High School will be closed Wednesday, Aug. 21, as the District works to mitigate climate control issues in the building. All other schools will be in session. Classes at the Junior High will…
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Review: Paper recreations of historical fashion “amazing” at FIA through Sept. 8
By Patsy Isenberg Is fashion art? Designer Isaac Mizrahi said on the CBS News show Sunday Morning in 2016, ”Some fashion belongs in museums… some really doesn’t… sometimes you do go into a museum where they have a show of clothing, and it does feel like a store window…” Still, museums are exhibiting fashion more frequently these…
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It’s Back to the Bricks weekend: grilles, fins, vintage cars by the hundreds shine in Vehicle City
Photos and captions by Tom Travis It’s Back to the Bricks weekend in Flint — a tribute and celebration of the automobiles that made Vehicle City famous, and anybody can figure that out — by the hundreds of beautiful cars angled from south to north on Saginaw Street. EVM staff writer Tom Travis checked out…
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In another marathon session, Flint City Council acts on block grants, Chevy Commons sale, Clio Road grocery co-op
By Luther Houle As bars around town closed down and folks stepped out into the dark, so too did Flint’s City Council members at 2 a.m. Monday night after a nearly 10-hour-long council meeting. While the meeting tested the endurance of those who attended, the council made progress on some of Flint’s key developments and…
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Celebrating its first century, College Cultural Neighborhood residents gather for history and pizza
By Paul Rozycki East Court’s College and Cultural Neighborhood may be 100 years old, but it was looking pretty spry on Saturday, Aug. 10, when more than 100 friends and neighbors gathered at the Regional Tech Center, (RTC) on the Mott Community College campus for its annual meet-up and get-together. For someone who’s been around…
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CCNA is 100: pizza party to celebrate the century Saturday at MCC
The College Cultural Neighborhood Association will celebrate its 100th birthday with a pizza party from noon to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Mott Community College Regional Technology Building Veranda facing Second Street. CCNA Vice-president Sherry Hayden said the event is made possible by Mott Community College, with hosts Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea and the president’s executive cabinet, in conjunction…
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Boil water advisory lifted
The following press release was just issued by the City of Flint: Precautionary City Wide Boil Water Advisory LIFTED Flint, Mich. – The City of Flint Director of Public Works, Rob Bincsik, reported Friday that crews have completed repairs on a water main break that triggered a Precautionary Boil Filtered Water Advisory Thursday morning for water customers in Flint. “The break has been fixed and we have…
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