Female pianist, women composers featured Sunday, Feb 23, at Court Street United Methodist Church
Feb14

Female pianist, women composers featured Sunday, Feb 23, at Court Street United Methodist Church

An afternoon of music by all women composers performed by pianist Sandra Mogensen will be presented at Court Street United Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb 23. This event, titled en pleine lumiere, is sponsored by an endowment of the Elton and Elsie West fund. The Wests are long time members of the church.  For more information about the pianist visit sandramogensen.com.- EVM staff

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PFAS actions, concerns aired in Kildee-sponsored phone town hall
Feb14

PFAS actions, concerns aired in Kildee-sponsored phone town hall

By Jeffery L. Carey, Jr. Recently, Congress has taken action designed to protect Flint and the rest of Michigan’s drinking water from PFAS chemicals.  House Democrat Dan Kildee of Michigan’s 5th Congressional district is leading that effort and cosponsored legislation called The PFAS Action Act. In a conference call town hall this week, Kildee described the bill he co-sponsored, along with efforts in general to stem PFAS...

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City Council Beat: Police Chief Hart hired through August;  residents air pot ordinance concerns, complain about parking meters, Mays tells his side
Feb12

City Council Beat: Police Chief Hart hired through August; residents air pot ordinance concerns, complain about parking meters, Mays tells his side

By Tom Travis Flint’s legislative body, the Flint City Council, struggled to maintain democracy and a quorum Monday, even with new leadership in place,  at a council meeting that lasted seven and a half hours. Two of the nine council members, Eva Worthing (9th Ward)  and Herb Winfrey (6th Ward, were absent;  Santino Guerra (3rd Ward) left midway through, and Eric Mays (1st Ward) repeatedly left his seat, walking around the council...

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Village Life: New life as community journalist opens up hard realities about Flint
Feb11

Village Life: New life as community journalist opens up hard realities about Flint

                      By Tom Travis I have attempted to dissect the reasons why I chose to leave my job at 50 years old after more than 10 years. I think I’ve figured out the reasoning but it is deeply personal. And I’m more likely to tell you over a cup of coffee at Good Beans Cafe than in a published article. So let’s have coffee. In the meantime, I’m taking on a new adventure, as a community journalist here at East Village...

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New Meter – New Start program to give residents fresh start on water bills with new meters
Feb07

New Meter – New Start program to give residents fresh start on water bills with new meters

By Tom Travis Flint residents are being given a fresh start on their water bill amounts as a $9.2 million program to replace and install new water meters continues city-wide, Mayor Sheldon Neeley announced at a press conference Friday. Joined by Flint City Council Vice President Maurice Davis (2nd Ward) and Councilperson Eva Worthing (9th Ward), Neeley announced an executive order to immediately offer adjustment to residents’...

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