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By Edwin D. Custer

Sylvester Manor

February 2010    Vol. XLVIII No. 2

563 issues, 5,742 pages

 

HDC approves plans to expand homeless shelter

By Kelsey Ronan

March, 10 2010

The Historic District Commission March 4 approved plans to repair a building to provide services to the homeless in Carriage Town and discussed Stat EMS in Grand Traverse District...

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Village life: Food happiness starts with Mom

By Jan Worth-Nelson

March, 02 2010

In the last few years of her life my mother ate almost nothing.  She had had colon cancer and for a tortuous few months bore a colostomy bag. Then they unhooked it and reconnected her digestive...

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Vertigo Theatrics prepares for ‘Forbidden Broadway’

By Rita Heidtman

February, 25 2010

In preparing for Vertigo Theatric's March production of Forbidden Broadway, Director Ted Valley has selected 12 cast members from a variety of different acting backgrounds. The musical, which will...

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Opinion: Review of Feb. 23 Planning Commission meeting

By Elizabeth Jordan

March, 05 2010

There was a correction of the Feb. 23 Flint Planning Commission agenda. The item under Master Planning Initiative was renamed "Discussion items presented and reviewed by the Planning Commission" to...

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Metawanenee Hills, Hamilton Dam discussed

By Steve L. Onore

March, 06 2010

The Flint Planning Commission Feb. 23 discussed the Metawanenee Hills Neighborhood and the Hamilton Dam.

The group listened to a presentation from the Metawanenee Hills Neighborhood...

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Village life: Just gotta dance

By Jan Worth-Nelson

September, 12 2009

Dancing and I renewed our vows last June on the upper deck of the Lake Winnepesaukee party boat. And, after asking around, it seems I'm not the only one lately getting the funky leg.

Here's how it...

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Village life: Can we slake our hungers without being destroyers?

By Jan Worth-Nelson

November, 01 2007

Let us begin, in this brown month of November, with that most sensuous word, cornucopia.

As RJ the Raccoon explained to his forest buddies in Over the Hedge, "For humans, enough is never...

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Village life: Smell of sawdust, honoring what is lost

By Jan Worth-Nelson

December, 01 2007

When I was a kid in Ohio, we lived just a few miles from the runway of the Canton-Akron airport. We used to make fun of our father who'd stop whatever he was doing every time a plane went over...

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Hamilton Dam team discusses project

By Rita Heidtman

February, 27 2010

The Hamilton Dam and Restoration project team reported the physical and environmental changes they plan for the dam and parks along the Flint River Feb. 25. Team members showed what changes need to...

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Huckleberry Radio Hour revives local variety radio

By Alan Matthews

February, 27 2010

Local broadcaster Michael J. Thorp began the Huckleberry Radio Hour to promote the use of the Colwell Opera House at Crossroads Village. Thorp also fulfilled his desire to write, produce and host a...

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Arab-American Council wants to make difference

By Kelsey Ronan

February, 13 2010

The Arab-American Heritage Council (AAHC) was founded in 1980 by a few concerned Arab-Americans with the aim of helping Arab-American through immigration and to learn English. Since April 2009, it...

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Fiction: Lice

By Kelsey Ronan

March, 03 2010

Every Saturday morning I used to drive to the donut shop on the South Side, near the branch library. I'd have two donuts and a cup of black coffee, read the newspaper and drive back with an éclair...

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Fiction: Hektor and Andromache

By Kelsey Ronan

February, 26 2010

For Christmas we always do a Secret Santa in Teresa's family. She has five sisters and all of them have kids, so to cut the expense and confusion of buying for everybody we draw names at...

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Grand Traverse group discusses Stat EMS

By Kelsey Ronan

February, 22 2010

The Grand Traverse District Neighborhood Association Feb. 18 discussed Stat EMS's plans to buy 613 Oak St. and voted to ask the Land Bank to delay sale of the property.

Stat EMS President Marc...

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Public safety layoffs discussed

By Rita Heidtman

February, 20 2010

Flint police officers and Councilman Sheldon Neely (6th Ward) announced the layoffs of 57 police officers and 23 firefighters to members of the Mott Park Neighborhood Association Feb. 18.

Flint...

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Mott Park group discusses voting bylaws

By Rita Heidtman

February, 19 2010

The Mott Park Neighborhood Association Feb. 18 discussed revising the bylaws and how many votes would be allowed per household.  The bylaws will be rewritten to read that only participating dues...

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Hairdresser volunteers at Shelter of Flint

By Kelsey Ronan

February, 09 2010

Lorraine Morrisette was at work one day at Wild Side Salon in Davison and was tired of hearing all the negativity from her clients.

She asked herself, "What can I do to make the negative...

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Village life: No pawnshop for stories

By Teddy Robertson

January, 23 2010

Turning the key in the lock, gazing distractedly through the lowest pane of the back door window,  I see a slight but unaccustomed disorder in the dining room.  Chairs at an oblique angle to the...

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Central Park discusses federal funds, Richert Manor, city budget

By Kelsey Ronan

February, 18 2010

Central Park Neighborhood Association Feb. 11 discussed NSP2 funds, Richert Manor and the city budget deficit.

City Administrator Greg Eason told the group that Central Park will be one of the...

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Essay: Walking quotidian

By Jan Worth-Nelson

February, 18 2010

Enough blessed light now for after-work walking in fluffy snow. Watched the flakes land on my old leather coat sleeve - old magic retrieved. IPod in the pocket the greatest invention since the...

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Events, meeting, exhibits planned for February 2010

By Administrator

February, 13 2010

(Note: A news story about events marked "(web)" can be found on our web site, www.eastvillagemagazine.org, on the "News Releases" page.)

Continuing

Sloan Exhibit. "Portrait Figures in Miniature...

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Essay: On the other hand

By Jan Worth-Nelson

February, 18 2010

Anger is a powerful physiological experience — as I've been experiencing.

Adrenaline, I've been telling myself, is there for a reason — to propel fight or flight. As always, the conundrum is...

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Unclassified ads February 2010

By Administrator

February, 13 2010

Apartment for Lease. Large two-bedroom apartment on Crapo Street near Kearsley Street. Available in March. Five minutes or less walk to UM-Flint, MCC, Library, Cultural Center,  Farmers' Market...

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Commission approves expansion of Hurley lobby, emergency room

By Steve L. Onore

February, 06 2010

The Flint Planning Commission Jan. 12 approved site plans for expansion of a lobby and emergency room at Hurley Medical Center and to move the entrance to the south side near Dort Park.

At the...

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Group discusses inconsistent code enforcement, civil case settlement

By Alan Matthews

January, 25 2010

The Historic District Commission Jan. 7 discussed inconsistencies in code enforcement, settlement of a civil case, becoming a certified local government, lamp post installation and a wheelchair...

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Grand Traverse group approves gardening project

By Rita Heidtman

January, 23 2010

Grand Traverse District Neighborhood Association agreed to support an urban gardening project in Aldrich Park. Joanna Lehrman, a graduate of Michigan State University, is developing the project to...

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College Cultural group discusses abandoned properties, downtown parking meters

By Kelsey Ronan

January, 23 2010

The College Cultural Neighborhood Association Jan. 21 discussed abandoned properties, stimulus funds and parking meters for downtown.

Doug Weiland, director of the Genesee County Land Bank...

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Flint Handmade encourages creative economy

By Kelsey Ronan

January, 20 2010

Crystal Pepperdine wondered why she was driving to Detroit for craft shows. Pepperdine was already a member of Flint's Creative Alliance and knew there were creative people in Flint. So, she began...

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E-mail reports promote Flint

By Alan Matthews

January, 18 2010

Katie Bach, new director of public relations for the Flint Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, has taken over publishing the Changing Perceptions of Flint and Flint College Movement e-mail reports...

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Flint shelter helps homeless get GED

By Kelsey Ronan

January, 15 2010

Bradley Woodruff was given the opportunity in March 2009 to start a GED program at the Shelter of Flint, an emergency and transitional housing facility for women and children.

The need was there...

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Village life: Circus parades to Buckham

By Jan Worth-Nelson

December, 11 2009

 

Edwin Custer is a quiet man, and on entering his beautiful Craftsman-style house on Crapo Street one hears just the subtle bubbling of a small fountain and low-key jazz.

It’s a space...

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Village life: Trapped in iron lung

By Jan Worth-Nelson

January, 15 2010

I was lying in bed one night in mid-December before the solstice, when the day's supply of light was still miserably shrinking.

It was cold. I'd turned the furnace down to 62, resolved to be an...

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County residents get free medical help

By Kate Cole

December, 12 2009

Thousands of Flint residents lost their medical insurance when they lost their jobs in the recent economic downturn. Add sickness or injury to their dilemma and it would be overwhelming without...

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Village life: Ghost lived in my closet

By Jan Worth-Nelson

October, 10 2009

Maybe my potlatch went too far when I threw away my wedding dress.

On the other hand, who wants to see a white ghost every time you open the closet door, reminding you of failure?

It was my first...

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Village life: We all had our trial by fire

By Jan Worth-Nelson

November, 27 2009

This month I'm starting my seventh decade. If the Biblically-allotted three-score and 10 bears out, I'm down to the 10.

It's a bit shocking.

I've been experimenting with calling myself "60" for...

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Group helps families of murdered children

By Kelsey Ronan

December, 12 2009

Wanda Pierce’s son was murdered in Detroit in May 1992. She moved to the Flint area and found there was no organization to help her.

“At the particular time, you’re not able to focus on what...

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Essay: I blame the lilacs

By Jan Worth-Nelson

November, 01 2007

Aren't lilacs just too damn sentimental and audacious for their own good, climbing over everything and exuding their promiscuous spring perfume, making everybody feel light in the head and full of...

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Essay: My ancestors aren't listening

By Jan Worth-Nelson

November, 01 2007

The energetic and wonderful New York hip hop playwright Will Power, who's a visiting professor at UM-Flint this semester, came to my fiction-writing class recently. At one point, he said he calls to...

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Essay: One bird

By Jan Worth-Nelson

November, 01 2007

The flutter of a silver wing at breakfast, and there was a tufted titmouse, one of my favorite birds, perched on the power line just outside the window. We peeked shyly at each other for just a...

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Essay: My imaginary family

By Jan Worth-Nelson

November, 01 2007

One of my favorite features in the Saturday Flint Journal is People, the thin little pull-out tabloid almost lost between sports and classifieds. It usually features some local yokel on the front (I...

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Essay: Owl at night in silver maple

By Jan Worth-Nelson

December, 01 2007

There's no hour of the day or night more ambiguously quiet or more lonely, depending on the night, than 2:30 a.m. I'm restless in my bed when Ted's not here. I pile on quilts, preferring the...

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Essay: Lord Jim, a mother lode and my mother tongue

By Jan Worth-Nelson

July, 01 2007

It's amazing how one thing leads to another. A couple of weeks ago, from a box in a closet, looking for something else, I retrieved my high school paperback copy of Lord Jim and started rereading...

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Essay: Voyeur at the round house

By Jan Worth-Nelson

July, 01 2007

Every day when I'm in Flint I walk by the round house. It's on a corner lot at Brookside and Sunnyside by Gilkey Creek, where the colonials and Tudors give way to flat roofed 60s moderns. Its single...

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Essay: It's slow news day

By Jan Worth-Nelson

December, 01 2007

I just heard a "report" on CNN about a woman who had a 10-pound hairball removed from her stomach. I swear, they even had a photo of it. How could Tony Harris keep a straight face?

How could this...

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Essay: Furniture makes me feel grown up

By Jan Worth-Nelson

December, 01 2007

Furniture makes me feel grown up. Even that word " furn-i-ture " sounds substantial, reliable, and reassuring. I suppose at my age this should be far past relevant, but anybody older then 30 knows...

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Essay: I pledge to put on hope with my shoes every morning

By Jan Worth-Nelson

December, 01 2007

I woke up today, my birthday, with a keen sense of delight. My husband was next to me in our big brass bed, the world outside was bathed in warm late autumn sun, and gold leaves from the silver...

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Essay: Duende such a common word

By Jan Worth-Nelson

December, 01 2007

So, Gary Custer made me take a reference to "duende," out of my latest East Village Magazine column draft. He said he didn't know what it was and my husband, kibbutzing in the background, said...

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Essay: Under the street light in February

By Jan Worth-Nelson

February, 18 2010

Walking out to the dark parking lot after yoga tonight, it's an intensely surreal moment.

I saw my old red car waiting for me under the lights, the old car I leeched from my last marriage...

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Essay: I think I’m beginning to understand

By Jan Worth-Nelson

February, 18 2010

I think I'm beginning to understand  that life is simply like this— cycles of worry and doubt and disappointment punctuated by the considerable pleasures of daily life. It's just the way it...

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Essay: So much for my dream of professoriate

By Jan Worth-Nelson

February, 12 2010

When I was a freshman in college at Miami University in Ohio, I rushed a sorority and joined it — Delta Delta Delta — eventhough I didn't really "believe in" sororities, and often made fun of...

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Essay: The bread gun or you can raise a pacifist

By Jan Worth-Nelson

January, 15 2010

I was at the optometrist's office on an ordinary Tuesday morning waiting to get an errant lens put back in my glasses, and I ran into a man I know from work who was talking about his kids and...

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Poetry: Post-industrial spring, love poem for Flint

By Jan Worth-Nelson

May, 01 2007

Winter ends in the graveyard shift,

austere branches poised

for the insurrection

their silence cocked. They

already hear the first strike. Underground,

October - absurd hyacinth

retools...

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Poetry: Ruined By Happiness

By Jan Worth-Nelson

May, 01 2007

I was more before,

lodged each night

in dread and doom, complex

misery I wouldn't sell

like a falling stock. I hoarded

losses in an ancient basket: black

stones, smooth and slippery...

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Poetry: Listening To Handel and Wanting To Believe

By Jan Worth-Nelson

May, 01 2007

His head so crowded with music

he was deaf to everything but

the cornucopia of chords,

the spiraling arias and joy.

He worked three weeks straight,

myth has it, in that garret "...

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Poetry: The Day After the Summer Solstice

By Jan Worth-Nelson

May, 01 2007

Yesterday my own bones

told me winter was gone, and

yesterday I felt like dancing,

something bluesy and slow

to make it last,

a brocade of sunshine

on my arms. Yesterday I

sang to my...

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Poetry: Letter to a Childhood Friend

By Jan Worth-Nelson

May, 01 2007

We grew secrets

in the sling of a city maple we knew so well

we could climb it in the dark, and did,

arms and legs around the trunk

the truest hug we gave for years,

cheeks against the...

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Closing the Cottage

By Grayce Scholt

October, 10 2009

(For Jane)

 

At the end of an October day of

draining pipes, hanging storms

and bolting windows, shutters, doors,

we piled our boxes in the car,

the trunk, the seats with all our

summer store...

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Water/Ice (A reflection)

By Grayce Scholt

November, 27 2009

Surrounded by the

sweep of autumn - brush,

sparks of light reflect

from what is left in

our old bird-bath - bath

shooting diamonds bright

into our kitchen - dark;


I hear you...

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The night that Santa came

By Grayce Scholt

December, 11 2009

Santa came just once.



I was sitting on my mother’s

lap and she was singing,

I remember that,

and then that

rapping on the window!

Waving, laughing

in the light of

that red wreath we...

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Faith

By Colleen Boucher

March, 01 2010

The night was dark and it was the first of its kind

that ever seemed long. Morning couldn't come

sooner and the lark that should greet the day,

but no one was home and all the guests were

gone...

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News Releases

Flint featured in ‘Pure Michigan’ book
By Jared Field - Mar. 10, 2010
As the temperatures continue to rise, so too does the Flint area's reputation in the state as a springtime destination.

The Flint area is featured front and center in the recently published spring...

Candidates are reminded of deadlines for elections
By Kelly Chesney - Mar. 10, 2010
Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land reminds all candidates seeking a judicial, state, county, township or village office of the filing deadlines for the Aug. 3 primary and Nov. 2 general...

Celebrate Women's History Month March 20
By Tracy B. Atkinson - Mar. 10, 2010
Celebrate Women's History Month by focusing on multifaceted women in business at Pages Bookstore, 132 W. Second St., from 1 to 3 p.m. March 20.

Learn about the process for making better decisions...

Eve 6 to be at Whiting April 8
By Wendi Fournier - Mar. 09, 2010
The Whiting, 1241 E. Kearsley St., presents Eve 6 at 8 p.m. April 8. Ticket prices are $10 for students with valid student identification and $20 to the general public.

Originally formed in 1995...

Registration deadline for Reunion-Reunion is March 13
By Jared Field - Mar. 09, 2010
The final day to make reservations for Reunion-Reunion, the Flint area's premier event planning showcase, is March 13.

Reunion-Reunion 2010 will be held March 27 at the UM-Flint's NorthBank...

MCC announces new certificate programs
By Sharon Campbell - Mar. 09, 2010
Mott Community College is offering four new certificates of achievement, complementing a wide range of more than 100 associate degree and certificate programs that give students a direct path to a...

Free preview of Cool City Art Auction March 12
By Theresa Roach - Mar. 09, 2010
A free preview of the Cool City Art Auction will be held during the March 12 Art Walk. Art Walk is a free event that takes place from 6 to 9 p.m. the second Friday of every month. You will have the...

Social Security welcomes your ideas
By Cynthia West-Edwards - Mar. 09, 2010
In support of President Barack Obama's transparency and open government initiative, Social Security has launched a new Open Government web page.

The new web page serves as the portal for all...

Social Security provides some reminders for March
By Cynthia West-Edwards - Mar. 09, 2010
Time goes by so quickly, it can be easy to forget important deadlines and even easier to let critical items fall to the nether regions of your to-do list.  Whether you get to everything or not...

Concert to be held March 14
By James Gladstone - Mar. 09, 2010
St. Cecelia Music Society of Flint will hold a concert at 2 p.m. March 14 at the Court Street United Methodist Church, 225 W. Court St., featuring Larry Adkins of Flushing, cello, Mary Halbeisen of...

ALS of Michigan elects officers
By Joanne K. Berry - Mar. 08, 2010
ALS of Michigan announce the election of the following officers for two-year terms to its board of directors:
• President - Jay Welford, JD, Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, P.C.
• Vice...

All-you-can-eat meals offered by IMA Brookwood in March
By Diane Wojciechowski - Mar. 08, 2010
Whether you're looking for a good meatless meal, or a great fish dinner, IMA Brookwood Golf and Banquet Center is where you need to be. IMA Brookwood is offering all-you-can-eat fish fry dinners...

Annual Reunion-Reunion returns March 27
By Jared Field - Mar. 08, 2010
Are you planning a reunion for your family, class, church or some other group and don't know where to start? Are you looking for good deals on hotels, T-shirts and food?

If so, the 18th annual...

Support the arts with your tax return
By Cindy Ornstein - Mar. 08, 2010
We don't know about you, but we love Michigan. We love its beauty, its splendor and all the amazing things our great state of Michigan has to offer.

We invite you to take a moment and imagine our...

Pow wow coming to Flint March 13-14
By Jared Field - Mar. 08, 2010
Baker College will play host to the 33rd annual Mid-Winter Pow Wow on March 13 and March 14. Dances will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. All dances...

Rep. Kildee recognized for supporting health centers
By Dana Hughes - Mar. 05, 2010
During the National Association of Community Health Centers' (NACHC) 35th Policy and Issues Forum held in Washington, D.C., last week, Rep. Dale Kildee was recognized for his support of Community...

Bowling fundraiser brings support
By Ellen Brothers - Mar. 05, 2010
The Citizens Bank Bowling Challenge 2010, held at Grand Blanc and Galaxy Lanes, has raised $135,000 to support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Flint's mentoring programs. With 2,300...

Reunion-Reunion returns to Flint March 27
By Jared Field - Mar. 05, 2010
In your mind, you know exactly how it's supposed to look. According to Tina Nies, a local coach, consultant and educator, it can be just as you imagine.

With the right planning, of...

Dyslexia group elects new board members
By Linda Elenbogen - Mar. 04, 2010
The Michigan branch of the International Dyslexia Association has elected Patricia Greene and Dr. Lawrence Reynolds to its board of directors.

Patricia Greene has spent 30 years as a special...

Cool City Art Auction is March 26
By Theresa Roach - Mar. 04, 2010
The Cool City Art Auction is Buckham Gallery's largest fundraiser. The gallery earns one-third of its financial gains for the year from this event. During this difficult time in our nation's...

Discussion about race, education planned for March 11
By Rosia Anderson Murphy - Mar. 04, 2010
The Flint Human Relations Commission presents a series of community discussions on race relations in an effort to explore the realities versus those perceptions in response to a study on local...

Local authors to headline Fridays at Applewood series March 12
By Sharon Campbell - Mar. 04, 2010
Two local authors will discuss their books at the March installment of Mott Community College's Fridays at Applewood Lecture Series March 12. The cost is $10 per person with breakfast starting at 9...

Flint-born media ecologist returns for FIA lecture March 20
By Ed Bradley - Mar. 04, 2010
Flint-bred and California-based media ecologist, Gerry Fialka, will present a free, interactive lecture, The Machine as Art: From Archetype to Cliché, at 2 p.m. March 20 at the Flint Institute of...

St. Patrick's Day celebration March 17
By Cathy Jaruzel - Mar. 04, 2010
The Flint St. Partick's Day Celebration is back again this year.

Photos and presentation to the honorees will take place at St. Michael's Church at 11:30 a.m. March 17 on the corner of Fifth...

Flint area drives away with six awards at Autorama
By Jared Field - Mar. 04, 2010
For the second year in a row, a contingent of motorheads from the Vehicle City brought home a truckload of hardware from the 58th annual Autorama custom auto show in Detroit last weekend.

An...

City Hall open on rest of 10 employee layoff days
By Dawn Jones - Mar. 02, 2010
Mayor Dayne Walling is rescinding about 109 AFSCME Local No. 1600 layoff notices. The city's largest employe union did not reach a letter of understanding with the administration on the 12...

Marketer challenges Flint area business owners
By Jared Field - Mar. 02, 2010
Dozens of Flint area movers and shakers turned out for a presentation of nationally acclaimed author and marketer Tony Rubleski Feb. 25 at IMA Brookwood in Burton.

The event, sponsored by the...

Scrapbookers Against Hunger meet at Southwestern Academy March 20
By Bob Campbell - Mar. 02, 2010
The annual Scrapbookers Against Hunger craft show fundraiser will be held from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. March 20 at Southwestern Academy. 

The cost is $40 for the 11-hour event. The registration fee...

Kosovo added to UM-Flint’s list of international agreements
By Mel Serow - Mar. 02, 2010
The UM-Flint School of Management (SOM) continues to build its global relationships with a new agreement in the Republic of Kosovo. It is with the University of Prishtina, a leading academic...

UM-Flint Chamber Singers Pentagon trip rescheduled
By Mel Serow - Mar. 02, 2010
Washington D.C. residents will have two special events to look forward to in March. At about the same time the cherry blossoms begin to bloom, the UM-Flint Chamber Singers will be performing at the...

‘Bud, Not Buddy’ teaches us about hope in life across Michigan
By Mel Serow - Mar. 02, 2010
"When one door closes, don't worry, because another door opens." 

Armed with this simple philosophy, part of his mother's legacy, 10-year-old Bud embarks on a journey from Flint to Grand Rapids...

Take part in smoke free air opinion survey
By Ann Goldon - Mar. 02, 2010
The Michigan Legislature has passed statewide, smoke-free workplace legislation.  Effective May 1, all work sites in Michigan will be smoke-free with the exception of gaming floors of the Detroit...

Genesys sponsors grief teleconference March 24
By Cindy Ficorelli - Mar. 02, 2010
The Hospice Foundation of America presents its 17th annual grief teleconference from 1:30 to 5 p.m. March 24. This year's topic is Living with grief — cancer and end-of-life care. The...

Children's Museum exhibits student art
By Margo Lee Strebig - Mar. 01, 2010
More than 80 pieces of student artwork will be on exhibit at the Flint Children's Museum this March. Artists from artsJAM Flint and VSA arts of Michigan, Genesee County will display their work in...

Flint prepares to close two fire stations
By Dawn Jones - Feb. 26, 2010
Flint Mayor Dayne Walling announced today the city of Flint will be forced to close two fire stations if an agreement on concessions can not be reached with the Flint Firefighters Union in the...

Market Art, Handmade will take part in art auction March 26
By Karianne Martus - Feb. 26, 2010
Art and the Market and Flint Handmade will be participating in the 2010 Financial Plus Cool City Art Auction from 5 to 10 p.m. March 26 in the Capitol Theatre on Harrison Street in Flint.

Join...

Help us donate 1,000 pounds of food
By Karianne Martus - Feb. 26, 2010
Two Farmers' Market businesses, Coykendall Produce and Knob HIll Meats, are teaming up to help a local organization get food to the many families in our area that are in need.

Coykendall Produce...

Hurley nurse receives Ruby Award
By Ilene Cantor - Feb. 26, 2010
Marsha Schmit, Hurley breast health nurse navigator, received the Ruby Award for Women Helping Women Feb. 25 from Soroptimist International of Genesee County.

"I am thrilled to receive the Ruby...

Concert set for Woodside March 19
By Annie Oper - Feb. 25, 2010
4 Concerts for a Cause continues at Woodside Church, 1509 E. Court St., beginning at 6 p.m. March 19 with a light supper of Haitian food, followed by a presentation at 6:30 p.m. by Mary Procopio...

Nominees sought for Community Caring Award
By Cindy Ficorelli - Feb. 25, 2010
Genesee Health Plan is accepting nominations for the annual Community Caring Award, given to individuals, businesses and organizations who have provided assistance to the uninsured and underserved...

FACVB awarded grant from Reeve Foundation
By Jared Field - Feb. 25, 2010
The Flint Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Educational Foundation was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. The Quality of Life grant is funded...

Kenny Wayne Shepherd to be at Whiting March 27
By Wendi Fournier - Feb. 25, 2010
The Whiting will present An Evening with Kenny Wayne Shepherd at 8 p.m. March 27.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd has lived more than half of his life in the spotlight. At 16, he was signed to a major record...

McCree Theater takes steps to secure a second chance at success
By Ann Richards - Feb. 25, 2010
When the McCree Theatre closed its doors in 1989, almost two decades after its debut as Flint's first and only venue dedicated to African American artists, few believed the beloved inner city...

Reunion-Reunion returns to Flint March 27
By Jared Field - Feb. 25, 2010
In your mind, you know exactly how it's supposed to look. According to Tina Nies, a local coach, consultant and educator, it can be just as you imagine.

With the right planning, of...

Many things happening at Sloan, Longway in March
By Cathy Jaruzel - Feb. 24, 2010
Sloan and Longway has a ton of things happening in March. Sign up for your classes and programs by calling (810) 237-3409.
Programs at Longway Planetarium


Poetry Under the Stars ~ 7 p.m. March 9...

Carpenter Road School dance raises $2,000 for River Park Apartments fire victims
By Bob Campbell - Feb. 24, 2010
Youngsters at Carpenter Road Elementary School danced and giggled the afternoon away on Wednesday, all while helping to raise money for victims of the fire at River Park Apartments.

Although the...

Flint gets $1.1 million grant for neighborhood police
By Dawn Jones - Feb. 23, 2010
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation has awarded the Flint $1,150,000 to fund the city's 21st Century Community Policing Program. The award will support a pilot program for one year beginning March...

Come to Buckham March 26 for Cool City Art Auction
By Theresa Roach - Feb. 23, 2010
Join us for Cool City Art Auction from 5 to 10 p.m. March 26. This silent auction serves as Buckham Gallery's largest fundraiser of the year and will take place at various locations in the downtown...

Buckham Gallery receives $2,000 grant
By Theresa Roach - Feb. 23, 2010
Support from local community organizations and fund-raising efforts have given staff at Buckham Gallery renewed confidence in the nonprofit art gallery's ability to thrive in a challenging...

Poetry coming to Longway in March, April
By Cathy Jaruzel - Feb. 23, 2010
Three free Poetry Under the Stars events will be held at Longway Planetarium March 9, March 23 and April 13. You can meet the poets from 6:30 to 7 p.m. and the reading is at 7 to 8:30 p.m.

No...

March will be ‘one for the books’ at Children’s Museum
By Margo Lee Strebig - Feb. 22, 2010
This month we are celebrating National Reading Month at the Flint Children's Museum, 1602 W. University Ave. Shh! We're Reading — March's theme — will include daily crafts and activities based...

New Saginaw County PLUS office open
By Kelly Chesney - Feb. 22, 2010
The Saginaw County PLUS office opened Feb. 22 offering area customers extended hours and new services, Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land announced.

The office at 4404 Bay Rd. features services...

Census interactive bus arrives
By Dawn Jones - Feb. 22, 2010
The Genesee County Complete Count Committee is holding a census awareness day of service and family health fair from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. Feb. 23 at Perani Arena 3501 Lapeer Rd.

The purpose of...

School system responds Journal's Feb. 21 editorial
By Bob Campbell - Feb. 22, 2010
When Flint Community Schools Superintendent Linda Thompson met with the Flint Journal's editorial board Jan. 25 — a meeting that she requested — she talked extensively about the implementation...

'Predators' will be at Sloan until May 1
By Cathy Jaruzel - Feb. 21, 2010
Sloan Museum's newest temporary exhibit is Predators.  Come and take an adventurous look into the lives of predators.  See the most dangerous animals on land, sea and in the sky.  Make plans to...

Danu to perform at Whiting March 18
By Wendi Fournier - Feb. 20, 2010
The Whiting presents the joyful, Irish music of Danu at 7:30 p.m. March 18.

The Oireachtas Festival in Dungarvan, County Waterford, in November 1994, was where the first members of Danu met. Benny...

FIA celebrates two worlds of wine March 12
By Sherren Sandy & Ron Krueger - Feb. 20, 2010
Throw off the mid-winter chill March 12 by coming to the Flint Institute of Arts for the 11th annual wine tasting event.

A new component is "la patisserie," featuring tasty pastries and desserts...

Carpenter Road School helps victims of River Park fire
By Robert Campbell - Feb. 18, 2010
Carpenter Road Elementary School, with support from the Flint Community Schools administration, has responded to the tragedy that claimed the lives of four small children at River Park Apartments...

Hurley Foundation welcomes Swenson as new manager
By Ilene Cantor - Feb. 18, 2010
The Hurley Foundation recently welcomed Dave Swenson of Flushing as its new manager.

Swenson brings to Hurley more than 30 years of experience in foundation, hospital and nonprofit administration...

Pastors seeking help for families of children who died in fire
By Leslie Colston - Feb. 18, 2010
The Concerned Pastors for Social Action is asking Flint area residents to help the bereaved families of the four young children who died recently in a fire at the River Park apartment complex. ...

MCC gets grant to plan lower barriers for low-income students
By Sharon Campbell - Feb. 18, 2010
Mott Community College is among a group of recipients across Michigan awarded planning grants to support student access and success in college.

The Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) recently...

Neithercut Honors Choir receives travel grant
By Robert Campbell - Feb. 18, 2010
The Community Foundation of Greater Flint has awarded the Neithercut Elementary School Honors' Choir $1,800 to cover the group's travel costs to and from area concerts.

The grant, made possible...

Romeo and Juliet’ performed March 11 to March 21
By Steven J. Mokofsky - Feb. 18, 2010
The Flint Community Players and the Flint City Theatre will present Shakespeare's most powerful love story ever written, Romeo and Juliet. The play is an equal mix of romance, comedy, tragedy...

Genesys named Michigan's only certified hip fracture repair center
By Cindy Ficorelli - Feb. 16, 2010
Genesys is the only hospital in Michigan and one of only three in the entire nation to earn certification for its hip fracture repair program.

Genesys also is the only hospital in the region and...

Crouter-Boggs to exhibit at Fandangles’ Feb. 28 – March 26
By Tom Price - Feb. 16, 2010
Fandangles' will exhibit the mixed media of Anni Crouter-Boggs Feb. 28 through March 26 at the restaurant at the Marketplace at Flushing, G-6429 W. Pierson Rd., Flushing. Fandangles' will present a...

Handmade will take part in auction March 26
By Crystal Pepperdine - Feb. 12, 2010
Flint Handmade is participating in the 2010 Financial Plus Cool City Art Auction from 5 to 10 p.m. March 26 in the Capitol Theater. We will be auctioning off handmade items, Flint Handmade...

State bowling tournament rolls into town
By Jared Field - Feb. 12, 2010
It's the bowling equivalent of a 900 series for the Flint area.

The 83th Michigan State USBC Women's Bowling Association Annual Championship Tournament will be a boon for local businesses...

Billboard campaign launched for H1N1 flu vaccination
By Mark Valacak - Feb. 11, 2010
The Genesee County Health Department (GCHD) has launched a billboard campaign throughout Genesee County to promote awareness that it is not too late to get vaccinated against pandemic H1N1 flu...

McCree seeks cast members for ‘A Tribute to Motown'
By Leslie Colston - Feb. 11, 2010
The New McCree Theatre, 5005 Cloverlawn Dr., will be hold auditions for the exciting climax of its 2009-2010 production season, the original musical revue, A Tribute to Motown: An American Dream...

Doyle Ryder's presents Big Top Circus
By Bob Campbell - Feb. 11, 2010
About 70 first-, second- and third-graders at Doyle-Ryder Elementary School Feb. 2 delighted an audience of classmates, teachers and parents with its Big Top Circus. And had any of the seven...

Secretary of State office to offer more services, hours for Saginaw County resid...
By Kelly Chesney - Feb. 10, 2010
Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land today announced that the creation of a PLUS office serving Saginaw County residents will mean enhanced services for customers throughout the area.

The new...

Land issues statement on Ehlers retirement
By Kelly Chesney - Feb. 10, 2010
"I want to express my warmest and most heartfelt wishes to my congressman and friend, Vern Ehlers, as he prepares to conclude his remarkable career.

"Through his dedicated service as county...

Olympic fundraising plate still available
By Kelly Chesney - Feb. 10, 2010
With the Vancouver 2010 Olympics just around the corner, Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land reminds motorists that they can support Team USA by purchasing an Olympic license plate. The funds...

Sloan Auto Fair will be held June 26-27
By Cathy Jaruzel - Feb. 10, 2010
We are ready for another great Sloan Museum Auto Fair, number 38. The event will be June 26 and June 27. There are three awards, Best Original Vehicle, Best Original Restored Vehicle and Best...

Hockey league formed for kids
By Rico L. Phillips - Feb. 09, 2010
The Flint Police Activities League has organized the Flint Inner-City Youth Hockey Program. This program's goal is to introduce ice hockey to boys and girls that live in Flint between ages 7 and...

Tutoring available for middle, high school students
By Bob Campbell - Feb. 09, 2010
Flint Community Schools is expanding efforts to recruit needy students into a free after-school tutoring program. The district's Office of State, Federal and Local Programs is offering Supplemental...

IMA Brookwood to hold fish dinners over Lent
By Diane Wojciechowski - Feb. 09, 2010
Whether you're looking for a good meatless meal or a great fish dinner, IMA Brookwood Golf and Banquet Center, 6045 Davison Rd., Burton, is where you need to be. IMA Brookwood is offering "all...

Hurley nurse Angela Swierpel receives DAISY award
By Ilene Cantor - Feb. 08, 2010
Hurley Medical Center announced Jan. 28 its third DAISY award winner, Registered Nurce Angela Swierpel of Davison.

DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System. The Daisy...

Someone dies every 37 seconds from heart disease
By Dianna LaBonte - Feb. 08, 2010
Someone in the U.S. dies every 37 seconds from heart disease. According to the American Heart Association, every year more than 430,000 women die from heart disease in the United States. About 64...

Genesys announces free mini-medical school classes
By Cindy Ficorelli - Feb. 08, 2010
Back by popular demand, Genesys Learning Institute announces a new semester of free mini-medical school classes for the public — an opportunity to learn more about your health from Genesys...

YMCA exceeds fundraising goal despite poor economy
By Jared Field - Feb. 08, 2010
The YMCA of Greater Flint will be able to reach even more young people in the coming years — and it has 586 people to thank for the opportunity.

The YMCA of Greater Flint's Partner with Youth...

Hartford joins electronic insurance verification program
By Kelly Chesney - Feb. 08, 2010
Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land today welcomed the Hartford and its affiliates as the latest insurance companies to participate in Michigan's Electronic Insurance Verification (EIV) Program...

Hasselbach named Hurley volunteer services director
By Ilene Cantor - Feb. 05, 2010
Lisa Hasselbach was recently named volunteer services director by the Hurley Foundation.

Hasselbach, who lives in Clarkston, brings 23 years of experience with volunteers, most recently as...

Zonta Club creates Women's Hall of Fame
By Pam Fernsler - Feb. 05, 2010
The Zonta Club of Flint Genesee Regional Women's Hall of Fame will hold their inaugural induction of women who have made an indelible imprint on Genesee County from 6 to 9 p.m. April 22 at the...

Cancer survivor, filmmaker to be featured at Walleye Festival
By Jared Field - Feb. 05, 2010
"Where you may never have the opportunity to tread, it puts you right there." That, A.J. Rosser says, is the beauty of moving pictures.

The 77-year-old fisherman and documentary filmmaker will be...

Woodside wants donations for scholarship auction
By Annie Oper - Feb. 05, 2010
Woodside Church, 1509 E. Court St., is calling for donations to make its annual scholarship dinner and auction March 11 to help students continue their education beyond high school. Students from...

Genesys welcomes two physicians to medical team
By Cindy Ficorelli - Feb. 04, 2010
Dr. Kenneth Steibel, president of the Genesys Regional Medical Center medical staff, announces the appointment of two new physicians to the medical team, Dr. Parrish Sadeghi, dermatologist, and Dr...

Hurley Medical Center joins McLaren Health Plan network
By Ed Harden - Feb. 04, 2010
McLaren Health Plan's commercial hospital network continues to grow with the addition of Hurley Medical Center in Flint.

Hurley Medical Center joined the growing network of provider hospitals...

Kroger delivery at Hurley comes from heart
By Ilene Cantor - Feb. 04, 2010
Employees from the Kroger store on Corunna Road in Flint Township will again make a special delivery for Valentine's Day. Beginning at 11 a.m. Feb. 12, Kroger hopes to deliver more than 500...

Cirque Du Soleil to present Alegria in East Lansing
By Jeremy Steel - Feb. 04, 2010
Cirque du Soleil announces that the critically acclaimed touring production,  Alegría, will perform in East Lansing at the Breslin Center from March 31 to April 4 for eight performances.

Tickets...

Flint employee layoff days begin Feb. 5
By Dawn Jones - Feb. 03, 2010
Mayor Dayne Walling announced today that all non-public safety city employees will take 12 unpaid days off through the remainder of the current fiscal year ending June 30.

Flint is facing a tough...

County Complete Count Committee launches web site
By Dawn Jones - Feb. 03, 2010
The Genesee County Complete Count Committee unveiled its new web site, www.gencocensus.com, Feb. 1. The web site is another tool the committee is using to educate the community on the importance...

Social Security questions answered
By Jennifer L. Moore - Feb. 02, 2010
Question: I recently applied for a replacement Social Security card, but I might be moving before it arrives in the mail. What do I do if I move before I get it?

Answer: Once we have verified all...

Social Security showcases history in 75th year
By Jennifer L. Moore - Feb. 02, 2010
What you may not have realized when you rang in 2010 was that you also were ringing in the 75th anniversary of Social Security.

On Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social...

To tax or not to tax — a Social Security question
By Jennifer L. Moore - Feb. 02, 2010
When it comes to Social Security benefits, you may be wondering who must pay taxes on them and who does not. Let's look at the numbers.

If you file a federal tax return as an individual and your...

Thinking about retirement?
By Jennifer L. Moore - Feb. 02, 2010
Thinking about retirement?

Jennifer L. Moore

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. We at Social Security have a romantic story we'd like to share with older couples out there who are thinking...

Chubby Checker announces new 'twist' in Medicare law
By Jennifer L. Moore - Feb. 02, 2010
If you've been thinking about applying for extra help with your Medicare prescription drug costs, then now's the time to get on the dance floor and hop to it.

Chubby Checker, the Grammy Award...

Unprecedented number of Eastern Michigan seeking emergency food
By Sarah Hierman - Feb. 02, 2010
A landmark study released today by the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan and Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization, reports that more than 246,700 people, including...

Impressionism exhibition opening at FIA
By Janice Henry - Feb. 01, 2010
Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism makes it's only Midwest stop at the Flint Institute of Arts Feb. 6 through April 18. The exhibition includes many of the finest examples of mid-19th and...

Land posts latest department spending online
By Judi A. Johnston - Feb. 01, 2010
Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land posted her department's latest expenditure report online today as another affirmation of taxpayers' right to know how government is spending their money.

The...

Flint Institute of Arts receives highest national recognition
By Janice Henry - Jan. 29, 2010
The Flint Institute of Arts has again achieved accreditation by the American Association of Museums (AAM),  the highest national recognition afforded the nation's museums. Accreditation signifies...

Vogt’s Flowers helping Food Bank
By Tracy Fowler-Johnston - Jan. 29, 2010
Recognizing that the need doesn't end at the holidays, Vogt's Flowers, with five convenient locations in Genesee Country,  is "having a heart for the hungry" and the Food Bank of Eastern...

Impressionism exhibition at FIA runs to April 18
By Janice Henry - Jan. 28, 2010
Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism makes it's only Midwest stop at the Flint Institute of Arts Feb. 6 through April 18.  The exhibition includes many of the finest examples of mid-19th and...

International Academy 10th graders selected as students of month
By Herman Marable - Jan. 27, 2010
Flint 68th District Judge Herman Marable Jr. and his Citizens Advisory Committee announced today that Ashley Hamilton, 15, and Keli Mims, 15, both of Flint, have been selected as the Judge Marable...

School system develops building care plan
By Bob Campbell - Jan. 27, 2010
Flint Community Schools Maintenance and Operations Department has developed a Long-Term Building Maintenance Plan to organize, prioritize and update data for stable building maintenance of the...

School board welcomes two student representatives
By Bob Campbell - Jan. 27, 2010
Seniors Erica Hunter of Northern High School and Terrance Patton-Hill of Southwestern Academy have been selected as the student board representatives to the Flint Board of Education.

The two...

Holmes Middle School to receive technology training
By Bob Campbell - Jan. 27, 2010
The Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL), a 4,000-member nonprofit organization based in Lansing, has announced that Holmes Middle School is one of 82 teams in the state...

Bettendorf resigns as MCC trustee
By Sharon Campbell - Jan. 26, 2010
Citing poor health, longtime Mott Community College Trustee James Bettendorf has resigned his post effective as of Jan. 25.  The vacancy will be filled by a vote of the MCC board of trustees and...

Programs save you money at tax time
By Judy Putnam - Jan. 25, 2010
Low- and moderate-income Michigan families can put hundreds or even thousands of dollars back into their household budgets by making sure they file for all available credits and deductions this tax...

Hurley successfully removes fat from food programs
By Ilene Cantor - Jan. 25, 2010
Hurley Medical Center has successfully eliminated industrial trans fats from its food service programs as part of a statewide initiative to improve patient and community health.

Hurley has...

Farmers’ Market is open this winter
By Dick Ramsdell - Jan. 23, 2010
Surprisingly we still hear people say, "We didn't know the market was open during the winter." But, we are open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays all...

Social Security makes new data available to public
By Jennifer Moore - Jan. 22, 2010
Michael J. Astrue, Social Security commissioner, today announced that the agency is making new data about beneficiaries and the agency's disability and hearing processes available to the public. ...

Indian Trails celebrates 100 years
By Tina Ray - Jan. 22, 2010
Indian Trails, the Owosso-based motor coach company, is celebrating 100 years of business in 2010 — a century of service that began moving passengers and freight from the Durand Union Train Depot...

Food Bank raises $45,000 over goal during holiday campaign
By Kara Ross - Jan. 22, 2010
Representatives from area business and media outlets joined together again this past December in a dynamic partnership for the holiday campaign benefiting the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.  The...

Hurley medical team going to Haiti, needs your help
By Ilene Cantor - Jan. 22, 2010
It has been nine days since one of the worst natural disasters in the world's history. Today, humanitarian and healthcare workers from around the world are continuing to rescue the people of Haiti...

Bouchard says public-private partnerships at rest stops will save
By Kathryn Martin - Jan. 22, 2010
Mike Bouchard, Republican candidate for governor, today called for Michigan to aggressively explore expanding its rest areas into service centers to save tax dollars and generate revenues for...

Autorama groups honored by convention bureau board
By Katie Bach - Jan. 22, 2010
The committees behind the Flushing Walleye Festival and Flint exhibition at the 2009 Detroit Autorama have received the prestigious Chairman's Award given annually by the Flint Area Convention and...

Thorp to lead convention bureau directors
By Katie Bach - Jan. 22, 2010
There are some new leaders on the Flint Area Convention and Visitors Bureau board of directors.

During its 36th annual meeting Jan. 19 the board selected Michael J. Thorp of Flint as its chairman...

Predators inhabit Sloan Museum
By Cathy Jaruzel - Jan. 22, 2010
The newest exhibit at Sloan Museum will open Predators at noon Jan. 23. See the most dangerous animals on land, sea and in the sky. Make plans to experience the exciting exhibit and exhilarating...

Smith rejects Bishop's plan
By Lonnie Scott - Jan. 21, 2010
Alma Wheeler Smith (D-Salem) criticized Senate Leader Mike Bishop and his Republican colleagues on their proposal calling for a reduction in state worker pay Jan. 20.

"Mike Bishop has proposed a...

MCC gets $3.6 million grant to train for jobs in green construction
By Sharon Campbell - Jan. 21, 2010
Mott Community College has landed a major grant targeted to help area residents receive training for jobs in green construction. The $3,662,403 stimulus grant awarded to MCC is designed to provide...

Gee’s Bend quilts exhibit at FIA
By Janice Henry - Jan. 18, 2010
Mary Lee Bendoph, Gee's Bend Quilts and Beyond will open to the public Jan. 23 at the Flint Institute of Arts. The exhibition highlights the quilt masterpieces of Mary Lee Bendolph one of Gee's...

Predators coming to Sloan Jan. 23
By Cathy Jaruzel - Jan. 15, 2010
Sloan Museum introduces our latest traveling exhibit,  Predators,  created by the Museum of Discovery in Little Rock, Ark.  Join us as we take you on an adventurous look into the lives of...

Nominations open for major State Bar awards
By Samantha Meinke - Jan. 15, 2010
Nominations are now open for major State Bar of Michigan awards that will be presented at the September annual meeting in Grand Rapids.

The Roberts P. Hudson Award goes to a person whose career...

Attorney group accepting award nominations Samantha Meinke
By Samantha Meinke - Jan. 15, 2010
Nominations are being accepted for two State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly awards. The Michael Franck Award is given annually to an attorney who has made an outstanding contribution to...

Easier to qualify for extra help with Medicare drug plan costs
By Jennifer L. Moore - Jan. 15, 2010
Michael J. Astrue, Social Security commissioner, and Chubby Checker, Grammy Award winner and rock and roll legend, launched a new campaign to inform millions of Americans about a new “twist” in...

Impressionism exhibition open Feb. 6 to April 18
By Janice Henry - Jan. 15, 2010
Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism: Paintings from the Brooklyn Museum makes it’s only Midwest stop at the Flint Institute of Arts Feb. 6 through April 18. The exhibition includes many of...

Michigan children’s future cloudy
By Judy Putnam - Jan. 15, 2010
Childhood poverty, abuse and neglect continue to rise in Michigan, but child deaths are down dramatically, the latest Kids Count report finds.

The Kids Count in Michigan Data Book 2009, released...

Families of Murdered Children holds events
By Wanda Pierce - Jan. 15, 2010
Families of Murdered Children, 4535 M.L. King Ave. holds events for  families and friends of murdered children.

Grief and empowerment groups meet from 1 to 3 p.m .on the second and fourth...

Sloan offers ‘Predators’ until May 1
By Cathy Jaruzel - Jan. 08, 2010
Come to Sloan Museum and take an adventurous look into the lives of predators. See the most dangerous animals on land, sea and in the sky.  The exhibit is open every day.  Make plans to experience...