With City Council at odds, City of Flint to select a ‘Third Ward Ambassador’
By EVM Staff Since the late Councilman Quincy Murphy’s passing in September 2024, Flint’s Third Ward has been without representation on Flint City Council. While Murphy’s seat is meant to be filled through Council action, there has been no final vote on the matter despite charter mandates, and the City has decided to step in and take action. In a Dec. 27, 2024 press release, the City stated: Flint City Officials...
Flint City Bucks add three University of Wisconsin standouts to 2025 roster
By Kate Stockrahm The Flint City Bucks have signed three University of Wisconsin players for the upcoming USL League Two (USL2) season, pending league and federation approval. If all is okayed, Ellis Jones, Thomas Raimbault, and Matthew Zachemski will join the Bucks after helping the University of Wisconsin Badgers to a 7-5-3 record, just one goal shy of Big Ten Tournament qualification. According to a Bucks press release just before...
Education Beat: Renovated Brownell-Holmes campus reopens to students
By Harold C. Ford After nearly a calendar year, the dramatically upgraded Brownell and Holmes school buildings along Oxley Drive on the city’s north side have reopened to Flint students from pre-K to eighth grade. Holmes STEM Middle School Academy marked the reopening with a “homecoming celebration” on Nov. 22, 2024, and Brownell STEM Academy hosted a similar celebration on Nov. 25 at which East Village Magazine (EVM) was present. ...
Farewell to Michael Lluberes, the founding producing artistic director of FIM Flint Repertory Theatre
By Kate Stockrahm Michael Lluberes, the founding producing artistic director of FIM Flint Repertory Theatre, is leaving the theatre after more than six years of service. In an interview just days ahead of his departure from the non-profit stage on Kearsley Street, Lluberes told East Village Magazine (EVM) that he had too many fond memories of his experience to count. “The Flint Mural Plays – a community project where we commissioned...
Another Special Flint City Council meeting called to consider leadership
By EVM Staff After failing to elect a president and vice president at a Special Flint City Council Meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, another special meeting has been called for tomorrow, Monday, Dec. 9. Aside from determining its leadership, the body is also slated to consider applicants to the 3rd Ward council seat, which was left vacant after the late Quincy Murphy’s passing in September. Resolutions on the meeting’s...
Flint City Council to consider leadership, ARPA funding at special meeting
By EVM Staff A special Flint City Council meeting has been called for Dec. 4, 2024. According to a public notice issued on Dec. 3, the Council will consider its organization, including a selection of president and vice president, as well as several resolutions, including two resolutions for a total of $66,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding; the sale of decommissioned City-owned land to Flint Commerce Center, LLC; the...
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