By Nic Custer In the 1990s, one afternoon each month, my father would pick me up from school in his Plymouth minivan and instead of heading home, I’d help distribute this magazine.  Dwarfed by ...

By Christina Collie This is the fourth in a series about parks and recreational areas to explore in Flint and surrounding ...

By Harold C. Ford Flint Community Schools (FCS) finds itself in increased fiscal uncertainty after U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced on March 28, 2025, that the deadline on ...

Joyce Ellis-McNeal, president, Flint Board of Education, Feb. 19, 2025 An outpouring of frustration by Flint Board of Education (FBOE) ...

By Paul Rozycki Those of us in Flint and Genesee County owe much to the many families that made our city and county what it is today. Flint wouldn’t be Flint without the early and continuing ...

The March issue of #EastVillageMagazine is hitting newsstands soon!

Saturday night saw the world premiere of “A Driving Beat” at Flint’s Elgood Theatre. The original play by Jordan Ramirez Puckett focuses on a mother, Diane (played by Dani Cochrane), and son, Mateo ...

Ervin Leavy Jr. was motivated to improve his basketball game after being bested again and again by his older brother at the playground behind Flint’s Gundry School on Flint’s north side. “He would ...

An International Women’s Day Rally is scheduled for this Saturday, March 8 at noon in Flint’s Willson Park. The event was organized by community members Megan Ropeta and Samantha J.L. Siebert and ...