Drive-through flu shots, water giveaway available Friday at Genesee Health Plan office
By Jan Worth-Nelson Area residents can get flu shots without even leaving their cars from 3-6 p.m. Friday at the Genesee Health Plan (GHP) office, 2171 S. Linden Rd., Flint. “Attendees can drive through one of our garage service bays, roll down their window and roll up their sleeve to receive their flu shot,” said GHP President and CEO Jim Milanowski. The event also features a host of other health-related services and a water...
Access to health care gets assist from federal grant to Genesee Health Plan
By Jan Worth-Nelson The Genesee Health Plan (GHP), a nonprofit health care organization that provides basic health services to uninsured Genesee County residents, has received a $92,988 federal grant to help people enroll in health care coverage. The one year grant, from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will supply about a third of the costs of a $300,000 program called “Get it, Know it, Use it, Keep it,”...
News Brief: City Hall closed Monday; trash delayed one day next week
Flint City Hall will be closed Monday, Sept. 2 for the Labor Day holiday, It will reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, according to the City’s public information officer Candice Mushatt. Because of the holiday, trash pickup will be delayed by one day next week. –EVM Staff
Zero Mass Water/Pierce Park proposal presentation cancelled for tonight
Sherry Hayden, vice president of the College Cultural Neighborhood Association, has just issued this notice: “A special meeting of the CCNA regarding the proposed use of Pierce Park Golf Course on Thursday, Aug. 22, 7-9 pm has been cancelled. “The Director of Zero Mass Water, Colin Goddard, called last night to say that over the past couple days he has spoken with several members of the community, learned about some use...
CCNA is 100: pizza party to celebrate the century Saturday at MCC
The College Cultural Neighborhood Association will celebrate its 100th birthday with a pizza party from noon to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Mott Community College Regional Technology Building Veranda facing Second Street. CCNA Vice-president Sherry Hayden said the event is made possible by Mott Community College, with hosts Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea and the president’s executive cabinet, in conjunction with the MCC Institutional...
Boil water advisory lifted
The following press release was just issued by the City of Flint: Precautionary City Wide Boil Water Advisory LIFTED Flint, Mich. – The City of Flint Director of Public Works, Rob Bincsik, reported Friday that crews have completed repairs on a water main break that triggered a Precautionary Boil Filtered Water Advisory Thursday morning for water customers in Flint. “The break has been fixed and we have received satisfactory...
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