Category: Local News
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At Luigi’s, Eastsiders “incensed,” “Flint Strong” as Dan Kildee offers hope
Editor’s note: EVM board member and contributing writer Bob Thomas was at Luigi’s for the “after party” following the Rachel Maddow taping. Above is a brief video of U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee’s remarks to the group. Here is Bob’s account of the evening: By Robert Thomas While I was not one of those invited…
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Free course on water crisis offered by UM – Flint
By Anne Trelfa A free course focused on the Flint water crisis begins Thursday Jan. 21 at 4:30 in the UM – Flint Northbank Center. The UM-Flint Department of Public Health and Health Sciences is offering 8 sessions initially throughout the winter semester. Planners say each session will involve students and community in panel discussions…
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Global Film Festival resumes, also features Kildee, Ramsdell, Rao
By Andrew Keast The Global Issues Film Festival continues as usual this month, with another set of cinematic views on people and problems not often covered in the popular media. This, the second half of the Festival’s 14th season, will be held at the McKinnon Theater on the campus of Kettering University, though two of…
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Cultural Center plan: Sarvis demolition, Sloan expansion, downtown links
By Nic Custer The Flint Cultural Center Corporation (FCCC) recently updated its master plan with recommendations to demolish the Sarvis Center and several underutilized buildings, connect the street grid, renovate the Sloan Museum, and redesign public spaces between UM-Flint and Mott Community College. The 30-acre campus, which lies just east of downtown, contains five institutions:…
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Wat’er we expecting for Flint’s water in 2016? Words for the good news and bad
Let’s hope 2016 is the year we drain the lead out and mop up the water mess – so we won’t be flooded with washed-up water metaphors. (Maybe they’ll just dry up and blow away?)
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Crews, supporters determined to save, restore Whaley Historic House
By Jan Worth-Nelson Cleanup crews, conservators, restoration experts and numerous volunteers and supporters of the Whaley Historic House Museum have been busy almost around the clock since the beloved Kearsley Street mansion accidentally caught fire and partially burned Nov. 30. Whaley board member David White, president of the Genesee County Historical Society and until recently director of the…
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After 10 years of Land Bank efforts, Flint’s a demolition “rock star”
By Nic Custer More than 890 Genesee County Land Bank-owned homes in Flint will be demolished over the next two years thanks to $11.45 million recently authorized from a final round of Michigan State Housing and Development Authority’s Hardest Hit Fund. This will bring Flint’s total amount of Hardest Hit funds up to $34.15 million…
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