An interview with Sheldon Neeley: “We’re going to continue down a path that I created and we have a blueprint for it”
Oct20

An interview with Sheldon Neeley: “We’re going to continue down a path that I created and we have a blueprint for it”

Editors’ Note:  East Village Magazine conducted in-person interviews with both Mayor Sheldon Neeley and Karen Weaver, who are facing off in the Nov. 8 election — Neeley for a second consecutive term, Weaver for a return to the office Neeley won from her by 205 votes in 2019.   The candidates were provided an identical set of questions in advance;  answers here combine direct quotes and in some cases paraphrases and light...

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An interview with Karen Weaver: “I am better qualified and I want to have an impact”
Oct20

An interview with Karen Weaver: “I am better qualified and I want to have an impact”

Editors’ Note:  East Village Magazine conducted in-person interviews with both Mayor Sheldon Neeley and Karen Weaver, who are facing off in the Nov. 8 election — Neeley for a second consecutive term, Weaver for a return to the office Neeley won from her by 205 votes in 2019.   The candidates were provided an identical set of questions in advance;  answers here combine direct quotes and in some cases paraphrases and light...

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The East Village Magazine – October 2022
Oct18

The East Village Magazine – October 2022

The October 2022 edition of The East Village Magazine is available for download and viewing here: View...

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Addiction, life of boxer Taylor Duerr at heart of documentary with Flint roots screening Oct. 19
Oct14

Addiction, life of boxer Taylor Duerr at heart of documentary with Flint roots screening Oct. 19

By Jan Worth-Nelson When Flint native filmmaker Michael Ramsdell got to know boxer Taylor “Machine Gun” Duerr at the Brighton gym where they both worked out, Ramsdell was coming off his last film project, a documentary about baseball star (also a Flint native) Jim Abbott. Ramsdell had loved doing a sports-based story, and he wanted to do another one.  What he didn’t know at first, though, was that Duerr’s story...

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New state park will bring “stability” and “open up the river to the community,” Michigan DNR Director says
Oct14

New state park will bring “stability” and “open up the river to the community,” Michigan DNR Director says

By Tom Travis The Flint City Council approved a resolution Monday night to allow the State of Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to invest $30.2 million in establishing a state park along much of the Flint River. The park is envisioned to encompass 230 acres stretching approximately 3 miles east to west and more than 1.5 miles north to south. In a presentation to the council, Ron Olson, Chief of Parks and Recreation with...

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