City of Flint Service Center to host free estate planning event
By EVM Staff The City of Flint will host a free informational presentation for residents on estate planning, wills, and end-of-life planning at the city's new service center at 2 p.m. on May 1, 2024. The free three-hour presentation, happening in partnership with the...
UM-Flint welcomes new tenure-track faculty union
By Paul Rozycki It was a cool, breezy day for an outdoor rally, but the gathered University of Michigan-Flint (UM-Flint) faculty had the wind at their backs as they welcomed a new tenure-track faculty union on April 23, 2024. The faculty had gathered at McKinnon Plaza...
Digital Divide: The Michigan Times is a local news site. Or is it?
By Gordon Young Technically, the Michigan Times still exists, but it's probably not what you think it is. When the University of Michigan - Flint student newspaper let its domain name lapse last year, it was a clear sign that the Michigan Times was in trouble. The...
Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea, President of Mott Community College, to retire in May
By EVM Staff Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea, President of Mott Community College (MCC), is set to retire at semester's end, as confirmed during a MCC Board of Trustees meeting on April 22, 2024. At the conclusion of that meeting, Trustee Michael Freeman read aloud the...
FIM Flint Repertory Theatre to host free New Works Festival
By EVM Staff The FIM Flint Repertory Theatre will put on its 2024 New Works Festival from April 26-28, 2024. The Rep’s annual New Works Festival is a three-day event presenting staged readings of new plays, during which audience members get a chance to experience new...
Commentary: Recall the Flint City Council? But at what cost?
By Paul Rozycki Within the last year, all but one elected Flint City Council member has faced the possibility of a recall. The late Councilman Eric Mays (Ward 1) saw two recall petitions approved for circulation before he died in February, Council President Ladel...
Education Beat: Details of Flint schools-teacher union settlement revealed
By Harold C. Ford Details of a sweeping settlement of grievances and other issues that divided Flint Community Schools (FCS) and the United Teachers of Flint (UTF) in recent months are now public. The specifics were revealed in April 11, 2024 press statements and...
Former Flint golf course to be transformed in $1.4 million undertaking
By Kate Stockrahm Pierce Park is preparing for a major transformation in late summer, including introducing wetlands, meadows, reforestation, and accessibility paths to the 67-acre former golf course. Bounded by Interstate-69, Dort Highway, Gilkey Creek, and...
Looking to create an underground broadband system, Genesee County asks for residents’ help
By Kate Stockrahm Genesee County officials aim to expand broadband access across the county through federal funding, but first they need residents' and business owners' help. “It's kind of a once in a lifetime opportunity where bipartisanship has worked in...
Meet the candidates running for the 9th Ward Flint City Council seat
By EVM Staff A recall election for Flint’s 9th Ward City Council seat will be held on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. With incumbent Councilwoman Eva Worthing electing not to run in the recall, three candidates are vying for 9th Ward residents’ votes next month: Page...
The East Village Magazine – April 2024
The latest edition of The East Village Magazine is available fore download and viewing here: [pdfjs-viewer url="https://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/EVM-April_2024.pdf" attachment_id="42415" viewer_width=100% viewer_height=800px...
Mott Community College to host Flint, Genesee County housing crisis summit
By EVM Staff Mott Community College (MCC) will host a day of discussion on Flint and Genesee County's housing crisis with a "Housing Summit 2.0" event Thursday, April 18, 2024 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The summit will take place in college's event center on its main...
Crossover Outreach reopens in new building in Flint’s Grand Traverse District
By Canisha Bell After eight years of planning and four months of construction, Crossover Outreach opened the doors to its new building on April 8, 2024. The day’s open house event kicked off at 414 W. Court St. with speeches from Crossover’s board president Lionel...
Flint City Council now has ‘official’ YouTube channel
By Kate Stockrahm Flint City Clerk Davina Donahue has shared a new way to watch Flint City Council meetings: an official YouTube channel. “I am happy to announce the formal launch of the Flint City Council’s YouTube Channel: Official Flint City Council,” Donahue said...
City of Flint, EGLE respond to spill on the Flint River
By EVM Staff The Genesee County Health Department is recommending no contact with the Flint River, including fishing and recreational activities, from Dort Highway to Riverbank Park, after a spill was reported around 10 p.m. on April 3, 2024. According to a City of...
Education Beat: Ratification, relief, reflection follow Flint Schools teacher union settlement
By Harold C. Ford After months of labor unrest, Flint Community Schools (FCS) and the United Teachers of Flint (UTF) have arrived at a settlement of issues, though details of the new agreement have not yet been made public. The agreement follows a "sick-out" and...
Marriage On the Rocks at The Rep: A Review of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’
By Patsy Isenberg Two couples engage in a late night drinking fest — all the while dangerously dissecting their marriages — in Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” now playing at the Flint Repertory Theatre. The play opens on the hosts of the evening’s...
John Sinclair, Flint ‘poet/pot activist,’ dead at 82
In honor of Flint-born marijuana activist, poet, and music producer John Sinclair's passing, we're republishing one of our favorite stories on the incredibly storied man: 'Poet/pot activist John Sinclair comes briefly home, still paying dues in 'Trumpville,'' by Jan...
Tough Times: The Death of a Student Newspaper in Flint
By Gordon Young The Michigan Times, the student newspaper at UM-Flint, is officially "sunsetting." That's the sort of euphemism a good editor would slash and replace with something more clearcut. It's a nice way of saying the publication that has been covering the...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
The East Village Magazine – March 2024
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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,”...
