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Flint schools to investigate 2022 board action that resulted in overpayment to retiree

Michigan Live 20 Mar 2023
FLINT, MI – The Flint Board of Education has approved an investigation into a 2022 board action that resulted in the overpayment of a non-union district retiree ... Flint Community Schools Superintendent Kevelin Jones said he was surprised by the motion at the time seeing how there was no item on the agenda to address this person’s retirement pay.
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Students from across state compete in Flint science fair for $20K in prizes and more

Michigan Live 19 Mar 2023
A chance to win $20,000 in cash prizes and the opportunity to earn scholarships from University of Michigan-Flint, Kettering University and Mott Community College is up for grabs at the competition that wraps up Sunday, March 18 ... Read more at The Flint Journal.. 45 MSU Flint medical students learn residency destinations on Match Day.
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Michigan among 23 states which must curb smog under new rule

Michigan Live 19 Mar 2023
“Every community deserves fresh air to breathe,” said EPA Administrator Michael S ... “Due to polluting industries, Southwest Detroit has the worst air quality in the state of Michigan, and it predominately impacts a community of color,” said Elliott Attisha, a Detroit area physician quoted in the AAFA report.
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Michigan’s Best Local Eats: Owners of SoS Ice Cream are a Flint success story

Michigan Live 18 Mar 2023
FLINT, MI - While it hasn’t been around for long, SoS Ice Cream inside the Flint Farmers’ Market already has captured the community’s attention ... But perhaps what the community does not realize is the path that DePottey and Irwin both took to reach this point ... “We are both active in recovery programs at our church and in the community,” DePottey said.
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Fairview's Blair takes wrestling dreams to national title

The Crescent News 18 Mar 2023
Blair tallied 33 takedowns and eight pins with 142 total points scored this past season winning championships at the Fall Brawl (Mott Community College, Flint, Mich.), Ohio Intercollegiate Open (Case Western), Hawks Invite (Henry Ford College, Dearborn, Mich.) and Jayhawk Open (Muskegon CC, Muskegon, Mich.).
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Informational event on risks of vaping to take place in Flint

Michigan Live 17 Mar 2023
FLINT, MI – An informational event that will teach parents and caregivers about the risks of using e-cigarettes will take place in Flint next week ... in downtown Flint ... Read more at The Flint Journal. ... 8 priorities for Flint Community Schools administration approved by board.
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45 MSU Flint medical students learn residency destinations on Match Day

Michigan Live 17 Mar 2023
FLINT, MI -- March Madness began for more than one group of Michigan State University students this Friday ... Olivia Hobson is a Flint native that was matched at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia ... Read more at The Flint Journal. ... 8 priorities for Flint Community Schools administration approved by board.
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What's in the water? Businesses miss a huge opportunity to act locally

GreenBiz 17 Mar 2023
That’s nine years after the Flint water crisis and seven years after low-income Black communities in Newark, New Jersey, fought for clean drinking water ... "Seizing water-related opportunities increases the resilience of ecosystems and communities alike," she added.
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8 priorities for Flint Community Schools administration approved by board

Michigan Live 16 Mar 2023
FLINT, MI – An eight-point list of issues that Flint Community Schools administrators can focus on in the next six months was approved after a split vote by the Board of Education Wednesday ... Each issue was broken down in an earlier MLive-The Flint Journal story ... Flint students to attend free showing of Fly Fishing Film Tour at Capitol Theatre.
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Chick-fil-A announces fall opening for first Genesee County location

Michigan Live 16 Mar 2023
FLINT TWP, MI - Chick-fil-A has announced it will open its first Genesee County location in the fall this year ... We look forward to joining the community of Flint and to serving all of our guests delicious food in an environment of genuine hospitality.”. A Sonic restaurant spokesperson emailed MLive-The Flint Journal thanking the community.
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McLaren Flint appoints Moudgal as Chief Medical Officer

The Flushing View 16 Mar 2023
“I’m excited to join McLaren Flint, with its rich history and strong ties to the community — it really is a staple in mid-Michigan,” Moudgal said ... “We are so excited about the skills she brings to McLaren Flint’s clinical leadership and are enthused about the benefit she will bring to the Flint community.”.
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Community briefs

The Flushing View 16 Mar 2023
FLINT — The Flint Institute of Arts received a grant from the Ford Foundation Equity Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint that will allow the FIA to have ASL interpreters at their public lectures for 2023 ... FLINT — Mott Community College Lifelong Learning’s Friday Lecture Series, Fridays at Applewood, continues now through June.
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Flint shifts funding to buy 4 new fire trucks. Here’s what’s on the way

Michigan Live 16 Mar 2023
FLINT, MI -- The city is using a budget transfer and reprogramming Community Development Block Grant funds to bulk up its fire department truck fleet ... The city is using $755,000 in reprogrammed Community Development Block Grant funds to pay for one of the new trucks and other ...
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Man accused in Flint firefighter’s death referred for competency evaluation

Michigan Live 16 Mar 2023
FLINT, MI – A man authorities have charged with open murder in the death of a Flint firefighter has been referred for a competency evaluation ... Man arraigned on open murder, arson charges in Flint firefighter’s death ... Flint firefighters responded to the scene around 2.30 p.m ... Flint firefighter remembered for caring nature, service to community.
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Genesee County commissioners may change where they sit to break up visual racial divide

Michigan Live 16 Mar 2023
Commissioner Delrico Loyd, D-Flint, and Shaun Shumaker, R-Fenton Twp., agreed during a meeting on Wednesday, March 16, that county government watchers have noticed the physical divide and the seating arrangement is expected to be discussed further when the board meets again later this month ... Read more at The Flint Journal..

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