2016-05-12

Trash talking

C-A robotics team tackle environmental hazard


FLINT TWP. — Paper or plastic? For a determined group of middle-school students, that environmentally-conscious question goes beyond bagging choices at the grocery store. They are on a mission to educate the public and gain support for removing Styrofoam food trays from their school cafeteria by 2017 and replacing them with a cardboard-like compostable tray. Collectively known as MO’ Peeps, […]

Volunteers build wheelchair ramp for family




FLINT TWP. – Veletta Damon was eager to show her grandson, Jake, the new wheelchair ramp outside her home. “He will be so excited,” said Damon. “Now he can go to church.” Volunteers recently assembled at Damon’s home in South Valley Estates and spent the morning building the ramp she needed to get her grandson, daughter and husband in and […]

Mott Community College seeks millage renewal



FLINT — The Mott Community College (MCC) Board of Trustees approved a resolution April 25 allowing the College to seek a voter-approved renewal for its ten-year operating millage on the Aug. 2, election ballot. A renewal of this operating millage was last approved by voters in 2007. “We want to make it clear that the College is not requesting an […]

Charitable gaming violation nets Fenton man court fines



FLINT TOWNSHIP – Violations of Michigan’s charitable gaming law at a Flint Township establishment have resulted in court fines for a Fenton man, according to a press release last week from the Michigan Gaming Control Board. William C. Bird, 41, a financial advisor and chairman of the Bird Foundation was sentenced to pay a $200 fine and $350 in costs […]

President Obama drank Flint water, delivered several key points to city




FLINT — “Can I get some water?” With that request, during remarks at Flint’s Northwestern High School, President Barack Obama sipped from his second glass of filtered water during his one-day visit to Flint for a firsthand look at the city’s ongoing poisoned water crisis. Drinking the water to demonstrate that filtered water is safe for most Flint residents to […]