The East Village Magazine – June/July 2025
The combined June and July edition of East Village Magazine is now available online! Dive into the latest stories, community updates, and local insights before it hits newsstands. Check out the electronic edition today and stay connected with all that’s happening in...
Findings of year-long Flint area immigration study revealed
By Harold C. Ford On June 12, 2025, the International Center of Greater Flint (ICGF) revealed the findings of its roughly year-long study to determine the extent to which the Flint community is welcoming of immigrant populations. Key findings of the study were...
Where to celebrate Juneteenth in Flint
By EVM Staff While Juneteenth has been recognized as a federal holiday for just four years, it’s been a celebrated tradition in Flint for over 50. If you haven’t yet made plans – or if you’d like to make a few more – here’s a list of events this week to honor the end...
Parks & Rec in Flint and Beyond: Riverbank Park
By Christina Collie This is the seventh in a series about parks and recreational areas to explore in Flint and surrounding areas within 20 miles, presented in no particular order. Flint Riverfront and Riverbank Park 100 Saginaw Street Flint, MI 48502 Hours: Dawn –...
Commentary: Dealing with the emotional turmoil of Trump
By Paul Rozycki Even for those of us who are political junkies, trying to keep up with the Trump chaos of tariff wars, stock market crashes, federal employee firings and re-hirings, dubious deportations, attacks on colleges, and endless court challenges to most of his...
2025 season underway for Flint City Bucks and Flint City AFC
By Harold C. Ford The Flint City Bucks, Flint's men’s semi-professional soccer team, began the 2025 season undefeated through their first three matches, besting opponents six goals to none. The Bucks then suffered their first defeat in a 2-0 shutout loss to Midwest...
Flint Firebirds 2024-25 season ends in first round, eyes now on next season
By Nathan Waters The Flint Firebirds ended their season on April 4 in a 5-1 series defeat to the Kitchener Rangers, wrapping up their 2024-25 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) play. For Firebirds fans it was a sad, though not-unexpected, conclusion to another exciting...
Parks & Rec in Flint and Beyond: Downtown Fenton Parks
By Christina Collie This is the sixth in a series about parks and recreational areas to explore in Flint and surrounding areas within 20 miles, presented in no particular order. Mill Pond Park and Rackham Park 301 S. Leroy Street Fenton, MI 48430 Hours: Dawn – Dusk...
Village Life: On becoming a ‘daywalker’
By Kate Stockrahm For the majority of my life, I was a night owl. I loved the energy and fashion of groups promenading down city sidewalks, the music spilling out of dimly lit bars as patrons briefly opened a front door, the often too-loud conversations of couples...
Recount yields no change to outcome of Flint City Council seat primary
By EVM Staff Beverly Biggs-Leavy and A.C. Dumas will officially advance to a special election for Flint City Council's Third Ward seat after the results of a recount today. On May 22, 2025, the Genesee County Clerk/Registrar Domonique Clemons confirmed that a recount...
Recount called for vacant Flint City Council seat primary election results
By EVM Staff The Genesee County Board of Canvassers has scheduled a recount of the May 6 special primary election results for Flint's vacant Third Ward City Council seat. The recount will take place on Thursday, May 22, starting at 9 a.m. in the basement of the...
A passion for ice hockey lands Rico Phillips in local sports hall of fame
By Harold C. Ford While many of Flint’s most notable athletes found success in basketball, football, baseball, and track and field, Rico Phillips found it in ice hockey. The son of an African American father and a German immigrant mother, Phillips grew up in Flint and...
Education Beat: Flint Community Schools receives $35.9m to close underused facilities, ‘maximize’ use of remaining schools
By Harold C. Ford In another big number for Flint Community Schools (FCS), the Michigan Department of Education (MDOE) and FCS announced on April 24, 2025 that the school district had been awarded $35.9 million to close its “underutilized facilities.” More...
The East Village Magazine – May 2025
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Flint holds Third Ward Special Primary Election today
By EVM Staff It's voting day for residents of Flint's Third Ward. According to a press release from Flint City Clerk Davina Donahue, all Third Ward voting precincts will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, May 6, 2025, to fill the Flint City Council seat left vacant...
Opinion: Mott Community College Board should back up to go forward
By Paul Jordan Mott Community College (MCC) was very fortunate to enjoy two decades of relatively harmonious leadership from its two most recent presidents, Dr. Richard Shaink and Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffia. Unfortunately, we are now in a period of drama and intrigue....
Parks & Rec in Flint and Beyond: Chevy Commons
By Christina Collie This is the fifth in a series about parks and recreational areas to explore in Flint and surrounding areas within 20 miles, presented in no particular order. Chevy Commons Park 200 N. Chevrolet Avenue Flint, MI 48503 Hours: Dawn – Dusk Located near...
Commentary: The turmoil of Trump’s first 100 days, impact on Michigan
By Paul Rozycki With all the executive orders, reversals and delays of those orders, court rulings, and appeals of those court rulings, it’s increasingly difficult to gauge the impact of President Trump’s first 100 days. There are already over 100 lawsuits aimed at...
Village Life: I’m bad at running away
By Kate Stockrahm When I was around five-years-old, I ran away from home. Well, more accurately, I ran away as far as I dared to go without permission, which meant I went to the fenced-in backyard of my family’s suburban Detroit home. I can’t remember what happened...
Education Beat: Shake-ups at highest level of government may put research funding at risk for local universities
By Nathan Waters Given a recent funding freeze and layoffs at the National Science Foundation (NSF), millions in grant money may be in limbo for the University of Flint-Michigan (UM-Flint) and Kettering University. Since its creation in 1950 to “promote the progress...
The East Village Magazine – April 2025
The April 2025 issue of #EastVillageMagazine is available bellow for download and viewing.. Happy reading: [pdfjs-viewer url="https://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/EVM-April-25.pdf" attachment_id="45740" viewer_width=100% viewer_height=800px...
Village Life: East Village Magazine, an old friend made new
By Nic Custer In the 1990s, one afternoon each month, my father would pick me up from school in his Plymouth minivan and instead of heading home, I’d help distribute this magazine. Dwarfed by seats stacked high with rubber-banded East Village Magazine issues –...
Education Beat: COVID-relief confusion for Flint schools after announcement by Trump administration
By Harold C. Ford Flint Community Schools (FCS) finds itself in increased fiscal uncertainty after U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced on March 28, 2025, that the deadline on federal reimbursement for COVID-related projects was changed to that very day...
Parks & Rec in Flint and Beyond: Jack N. Abernathy Park
By Christina Collie This is the fourth in a series about parks and recreational areas to explore in Flint and surrounding areas within 20 miles, presented in no particular order. Jack N. Abernathy Park 402 Dayton St Davison, MI 48423 Hours: 8 am – 8 pm Jack N....
Education Beat: Diminished enrollment and test data dismay Flint Board of Ed president
By Harold C. Ford “Evidently there is something missing.” – Joyce Ellis-McNeal, president, Flint Board of Education, Feb. 19, 2025 An outpouring of frustration by Flint Board of Education (FBOE) President Joyce Ellis-McNeal – fueled by persistently diminished student...
