Masters of the macabre: Flint Horror Collective brings entertainment and love of the scary to town
By Jeffery L Carey, Jr. As a kid Paul Counelis was obsessed with the book Christine by Stephen King. He liked the atmosphere, the characters, and how much he could relate to King’s obsession. “It made me want to be a writer,” he said. Years later, Counelis, now a father of nine, started writing horror fiction because of a scary bedtime story he told his kids about a girl named Kendall Kingsley. His kids liked it. “They urged me...
East Village Magazine – July 2018
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$30 million HUD Choice grant comes through to replace Atherton East public housing
By Jan Worth-Nelson A longstanding and continuing effort to relocate the crime-ridden Atherton East housing complex received a major boost today with the announcement that a $30 million federal grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been awarded to the City of Flint and the Flint Housing Commission. The Choice Neighborhoods Grant, announced in a joint press release by U.S. Congressman Dan Kildee and U.S....
Hot day but few fireworks at Bluebell Beach 49th District candidate forum
By Paul Rozycki It was the morning of the Fourth of July, when most people are preparing for picnics, hot dogs, and fireworks, and it was hot and humid on Mott Lake. But that didn’t prevent four of the six Democrats running for the 49th state House of Representatives seat from attending a lakefront candidate forum at Bluebell Beach. As part of The Tom Sumner Radio Program’s regular broadcast, (92.1, WFOV) John Cherry, Jacky King,...
Flint Registry, built to monitor, link and advocate for community health, gears up for September launch
Flint Water Advisory Task Force Final Report, presented to Gov. Rick Snyder, March 21, 2016 Recommendation #7 to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services , p. 10: “Establish and maintain a Flint Toxic Exposure Registry to include all the children and adults residing in Flint from April 2014 to present.” By Teddy Robertson In a significant marker of forward momentum in the aftermath of the water crisis, that 2016...
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