Nominating petitions now available for 1st Ward Flint City Council seat
Mar27

Nominating petitions now available for 1st Ward Flint City Council seat

By EVM Staff Nominating petitions for the 1st Ward Flint City Council election are now available, Flint City Clerk Davina Donahue announced in a press release on March 27, 2024. The petitions can be picked up from the City Clerk’s Office from Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the exception of March 29, when City Hall will be closed from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in observance of Easter. Petitions are due back to the clerk by...

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UM-Flint student highlights Urban Renaissance Center for graduation project
Mar26

UM-Flint student highlights Urban Renaissance Center for graduation project

By Linkin Carlson University of Michigan-Flint social work student Bryce Aguilar is teaming up with the Urban Renaissance Center (URC) for his graduation project, and residents are encouraged to come see the outcome on Saturday, March 30, 2024 from noon to 4 p.m. Aguilar said he grew up in and out of Flint, and after visiting the URC he wanted to use his project “to show people what they have in their own backyard.” The event will be...

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Rotary Club of Greater Flint Sunrise offers grants to support youth in Genesee County
Mar25

Rotary Club of Greater Flint Sunrise offers grants to support youth in Genesee County

By Kate Stockrahm The Rotary Club of Greater Flint Sunrise plans to award around a dozen grants to groups and organizations committed to helping Genesee County’s historically underserved children and their parents or caregivers facing challenges in their homes, schools and communities. The grants will range from $500 to $1,000 according to the grant application, which is already open and due by Friday, April 26, 2024 at 5 p.m....

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Flint Clerk’s Office announces updated list of 1st Ward City Council applicants
Mar21

Flint Clerk’s Office announces updated list of 1st Ward City Council applicants

By EVM Staff Flint’s Office of the City Clerk has released an updated list of applicants to fill the 1st Ward vacancy left by the death of Councilman Eric Mays in late February. In a press release the evening of March 20, 2024, the office listed nine “qualified applicants,” in alphabetical order: 1. Linda Anthony; 2. Leon El-Alamin; 3. Liberty Bell; 4. Cynthia Haynes; 5. Torrell Dewayne King; 6. Freddie Eugene McCoy;...

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Village Life: Let’s get to important things, again
Mar20

Village Life: Let’s get to important things, again

By Kate Stockrahm In the first ever issue of East Village Magazine on July 3, 1976, our late founder Gary Custer got straight to the point. “It’s customary for a new publication to justify its existence by running a long list of idealistic goals in its premier issue,” he wrote. “We’ll pass up that tradition.” In that early editorial, entitled “Let’s get to important things,” Custer said EVM wouldn’t waste precious space on expounding...

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