Public update on environmental remediation work at Buick City to be held Nov. 21
By EVM Staff A public meeting will be held on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, to provide an update on continuing environmental remediation work at the former Buick City property in Flint. The meeting will be helmed by Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response Trust (RACER), and it will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Flint City Hall’s Dome Auditorium. The discussion will be led by Patricia Spitzley, RACER Director of...
Village Life: Can there be a happy darkness?
By Jan Worth-Nelson Lately, I’ve been renegotiating with the dark. Darkness gets a bad rap, including in my own mind. Each year I dread the coming on of longer nights, culminating in the anachronistic switch from Daylight Savings Time. By then, it’s dark when I leave for work in the morning and dark when I get home. This long winter darkness is so claustrophobic for me, so depressing, that anticipating it is almost as bad as actually...
Education Beat: Boose Back on Flint School Board
By Harold C. Ford Linda Boose, a former Flint Board of Education (FBOE) member, will be returning to the board in January 2025. She defeated Chad Schlosser in the November 2024 election by a count of 16,950, 68.96 percent of the vote, to 7,306, 29.73 percent, according to the Election Division of the Genesee County Clerk’s Office. Boose will take the seat currently occupied by the outgoing FBOE Vice President Michael Clack, and she is...
Reminders from the Flint City Clerk ahead of Election Day 2024
By EVM Staff Just ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, Flint City Clerk Davina Donahue issued a few reminders to the city’s voters. “If you have lost or have not yet received your absent voter ballot, please consider either coming to the City Clerk’s Office to spoil your absentee ballot and receive a new ballot, OR, consider coming to the Early Voting Site to vote in-person prior to Election Day,” a press...
Free rides available to Flint’s early voting sites
By EVM Staff Need a ride to the your early polling location this week? Genesee County has you covered. County Clerk/Registrar Domonique Clemons shared that free rides are available starting at 10 a.m. to early voting sites across Flint on Oct. 30 and Nov. 1 by filling out this form or calling 810-257-3283. Pickup locations include Hasselbring Senior Center, the Flint Development Center, and Berston Field House as well as the Eastside...
Flint Rep’s ‘Godspell’ extended to Nov. 3
By EVM Staff There’s more “Godspell” at the FIM Flint Repertory Theatre this month. The Rep’s expected four-week run of its very unexpected take on the musical has been been extended through November 3, 2024. According to Ashley Poirior, FIM Manager of Patron Communications and Content Strategy, every performance across Godspell’s four-week run has sold out. “That’s never happened since Flint...
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