Nestle to continue Ice Mountain water delivery, mayor’s office announces
The following press release was issued today from City Hall: FLINT, Mich. — Mayor Karen Weaver and the City’s Chief Recovery Officer, Jameca Patrick-Singleton, announced today that Nestlé Waters North America will continue supplying Ice Mountain®Brand 100% Natural Spring Water to Flint residents. “We appreciate that Nestlé Waters has agreed to extend supplying bottled water beyond the August end date,” said Mayor Weaver. “Since the...
Flint River Flotilla draws 300 paddlers, “gazillions of beautiful kayaks”
By Jan Worth-Nelson A giant flamingo, a raft made of recycled water bottles, dozens of multi-colored canoes, paddle boards and kayaks, and a man suspended in his own specially designed wetsuit floated down the Flint River Saturday afternoon at the fifth annual Flint River Flotilla. It was what Flotilla planners hoped would be “the best river party of the year,” offering a generous dose of “endless summer.”...
Education Beat: Flint Schools move into second year of state partnership with new calendar, staff training, student enrichment
By Harold C. Ford The Flint Community Schools district has just concluded the first year of a critical three-year partnership imposed by the State of Michigan. The district will moves into the 2019-20 school year with a “balanced calendar” that has school starting for students Aug. 7 and with commitments to a program of staff training. In addition, the district concluded its summer after what district officials described as a highly...
First year in Flint, Bucks play for national championship Saturday at Atwood Stadium
By Harold Ford Flint’s pre-professional soccer club, the Flint City Bucks, will play for the national championship of United States League Two (USL2) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3 at Kettering University’s Atwood Stadium in downtown Flint. The Bucks will host Reading United AC, a soccer club based in Reading, Pennsylvania, The Bucks gained a berth in the championship match with a 1-0 semifinal victory over Golden State Force, a club...
Love, goodness, and Flint’s musical heart echoed as Jazz Fest turned up the heat
By Tom Travis Mother Nature turned up the heat and local and regional and national musicians turned up the jazz this weekend as the 38th Flint Jazz Fest returned to where it was born – Flint’s Riverbank Park. After several years of being bounced around Flint, the Jazz Fest in the heart of downtown seems to hit the right vibe. The crowds were small to begin with but by the Saturday night and Sunday night performances, the...
Book Review: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism–the Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
By Robert R. Thomas When entering foreign territories, orientation is the key to survival. Who is in charge? What are the rules? In her masterful analysis of the current state of global capitalism, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, Shoshana Zuboff, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor emerita at Harvard Business School, puts it like this: “Who knows? Who decides? Who decides...
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