Fifteen small businesses receive grants from MovingFlintForward program
By Jan Worth-Nelson From an espresso machine to snow plows, from drywall to parking lots, from a kayak launch to a flat top grill, from beauty supplies to fabrics, from TV marketing to landscaping, from outdoor lighting to pizza stones. All these are among a diverse batch of practical projects awarded $10,000 each to 15 small businesses through a new General Motors-funded small business program of the Flint & Genesee...
LGBTQ Choir honors John Bradford Bohl with Carriage Town caroling
By Tom Travis Celebrating one year of performances, rehearsals and making music in Flint, the John Bradford Bohl LGBTQ Choir met at Good Beans Cafe on a chilly gray December Saturday. They proceeded to observe the anniversary by doing what they do best: singing, caroling in Carriage Town Historic Neighborhood–in memory of the man whose life they honor. A year ago in December 2018 a number of friends and singers and John...
Downtown Flint “Impeach Trump” rally draws spirited protesters on cold night before the vote
By Jan Worth-Nelson Though Flint is 600 miles and a ten-hour drive from Washington, D.C., about a hundred supporters of impeaching President Donald J. Trump congregated in front of City Hall on a the cold Tuesday night to shout out their arguments on the eve of the historic vote. Doug Kaylor came in from Gaines, where many of his acquaintances are Trump supporters, to join the rally. “If the people in the streets don’t...
Russ Dotson turns abandoned wood into Flint’s “found beauty”
By Jan Worth-Nelson After 22 years in the Navy, including tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan and finally, Ethiopia, in 2015 Flint native Russ Dotson came home. Casting about for things to do, he found himself watching a YouTube series called “Strangely Satisfying Videos” — described as “mesmerizing and hypnotizing” clips of the actions of (for example) weaving, frosting a cake, painting a perfect stop...
Local lawyers to serve more than 1,000 at free turkey dinner Thursday at Masonic Temple
By Jan Worth-Nelson The Genesee County Bar Association and the Genesee Bar Foundation are offering their 29th annual free turkey dinner with all the trimmings from 4-7 p.m. Thursday Dec. 19 at the Flint Masonic Temple, 755 S. Saginaw St. If the Community Holiday Dinner is like previous years, event planners expect to feed more than 1,000 diners. The Temple Dining Room’s Battiste family donate their labor and members from the two...
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