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 proposals. Highlights include accepting nearly $3.9 million funding from the federal Community Development Block...
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 since September of 1919, the CCNA devoured a healthy share of pizza, salads and ice cream bars at the...
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 with the MCC Institutional...
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 received satisfactory...
City Council update: another week, another five-hour squabbling session
By Tom Travis The air conditioning was running full blast but tempers were hot and emotions on edge as the Flint City Council met as the Finance Committee of the Whole Wednesday night. In a context in which council squabbling among themselves and with city officials has been an every-week occurrence, subjects of the turmoil this time included alleged inappropriate social media behavior by Eighth Ward Councilperson Allen Griggs,...
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