Sports Beat:  Bucks booted From USL2 postseason playoffs by 1-0 loss to Des Moines
Jul21

Sports Beat: Bucks booted From USL2 postseason playoffs by 1-0 loss to Des Moines

By Harold C. Ford “The reigning champions Flint City Bucks have been eliminated out of this year’s United States League Two.” —Ami Rabiai, game announcer, CISN (Central Iowa Sports Network) The hometown team was booted from the USL2 postseason playoffs by Des Moines 1-0, ending the Bucks’ chances for a repeat championship. A booming shot from the right foot of the Des Moines Menace’s Sivert Haugli evaded Flint goalkeeper Isaac...

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Metro Community Development combats homelessness and housing affordability crises
Jul20

Metro Community Development combats homelessness and housing affordability crises

By Madeleine Graham  Metro Community Development (MCD) kicks off its monthly business workshops this week, hosting the first event  at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 21. According to Facebook, Metro Community Development will be partnering with John L Financial Services who will assist in facilitating the events.  The event is available to the community on Facebook Live.  More information on the workshops is available at the MCD website....

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Sports Beat:  Flint City Bucks secure playoff spot with 4-0 victory over Oakland County
Jul14

Sports Beat:  Flint City Bucks secure playoff spot with 4-0 victory over Oakland County

By Harold Ford The Flint City Bucks rallied in the last one-third of the regular season with four straight wins to earn a spot in the United States League Two (USL2) post-season playoffs. The Bucks downed Oakland County FC (Football Club) 4-0 on Saturday, July 10 to secure a playoff spot and a chance to defend their 2019 USL2 national championship.  The Bucks finished the regular season with a record of 9-3-2 (wins-losses-ties) and 29...

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Nine foot sink hole catapults simple road project to fourteenth burst water main break
Jul12

Nine foot sink hole catapults simple road project to fourteenth burst water main break

By Tom Travis Monday morning, residents of Flint’s College Cultural neighborhood along Court Street were left shaking their heads and bemoaning the city’s infrastructure problems after a 13th water main break in 17 months early Sunday burst open a nine-foot sink hole in the center of the intersection at East Court and Maxine streets. According to an update from Spalding DeDecker engineering. at 3:40 a.m. Sunday a water...

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Flint’s Housing Crisis predates recent crises, according to report by UM – Flint professor
Jul12

Flint’s Housing Crisis predates recent crises, according to report by UM – Flint professor

By Madeleine Graham  The Flint water crisis had no discernable effect on Flint’s housing market, according to a recent report released by the University of Michigan – Flint’s Victoria Morckel and Bernadette Hanlon in the academic journal Housing and Society. According to the report, published in March 2020, income limitations, residential segregation, and past practices like redlining restricted some Flint residents’...

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