2015-03-12

CAHS 10th-grader is county spelling bee finalist




FLINT TWP. — Of eight Carman- Ainsworth High School spelling bee winners representing grades 9-12, one student has emerged as a finalist in the Genesee County Regional Championship Bee to be held Monday, March 16 at the Erwin L. Davis Education Center. 2413 W Maple Ave. That finalist is Hamza Jafari, a tenth grader, who will compete for the grades […]

Rack ‘em, stack ‘em robotics




FLINT TWP. — With its newly assembled robot for 2015 competitive season the Carman-Ainsworth High School Megatron Oracles First Robotics Team 314 racked and stacked their way to a first place finish in a qualifying district meet last weekend at Kettering University, according to a press release. Competing against 40 other teams, Team 314 successfully guided their robot through the […]

Daly supports Proposal 1 millage

Township supervisor neutral on road funding


GENESEE COUNTY — John Daly will be one of the first to admit Lansing’s Proposal 1 plan to fix Michigan roads is a long way from being a cure-all for the state’s deteriorating infrastructure — but, he said, it’s a start. Daly, director of the Genesee County Road Commission, said he supports Proposal 1, which will be on the ballot […]

Prosecutor shuts down Hometown for 3 months




FLINT TWP. — Owners of the troubled Hometown Inn motel on Miller Road have avoided a one-year padlocking and struck a deal with Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton to close for three months while making several mandatory improvements. The Hometown Inn has been closed for business since Feb, 26 when Prosecutor Leyton filed a Complaint for the Abatement of Statutory […]