The Vehicle City is known for its fascination with the automobile for good reason. And, it turns out there are a lot of real-deal hot rod junkies in the Fenton area! According to founding member Eric Morse, The Fenton Hot Rod Association started a little over a year ago, and in just one year membership
Located in the newly renovated and revitalized former Woodside Church building, directly adjacent to the Mott Community College (MCC) campus, the Lenore Croudy Family Life Center (LCFLC) provides a variety of student services needed to improve success. “This facility was opened as a way to meet student need and insecurity,” says lead LCFLC social worker,
The crowd quieted as Najee Greenlee took up his clarinet and began to play the first notes of the Carmen Fantasy by P. Sarasate. With seemingly little effort, the music began to dance through the auditorium. The audience was rapt as Greenlee, with intricate variations, trills and movement, transported them to another world. And after
It’s becoming the norm. Seemingly every year, DTV News (located in Davison High School), is a winner of some award or other, going all the way back to 2002. The station has won multiple awards from the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA), the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA) and was named “Station of the Year”
When Shekinah Wagner was a little girl, she knew that when she grew up, she wanted to work with animals. She always loved cats, animals and reptiles but was completely obsessed with tigers. Born and raised in Flint, she graduated from Carman-Ainsworth High School and obtained a degree in science and zoology at Michigan State
“… and it makes me wonder.” – Led Zeppelin, “Stairway to Heaven” When I first heard that radio pioneer Peter Cavanaugh had passed away at the age of 79, I’ll admit that I wasn’t surprised. After all, most everyone who knew him was aware of the serious health issues he battled for the past couple
Eric Bennett never tired of taking in the view of New York from the balcony of his brownstone in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood. There, he was at peace. Most days, the Flint Kearsley graduate could clearly see the World Trade Center’s twin towers, a little more than four miles away in Lower Manhattan, while reflecting
For all of humanity, there are certain events that stick with us throughout our lives. These events contain something so world-shattering or groundbreaking that it becomes a part of each and every one of us – never to be forgotten. On September 11, 2001, came a catastrophe that shook our society to its foundation and
It is a day that many of us will never forget – September 11, 2001 (9/11) – when America was attacked by terrorists who crashed two planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Along with the passengers on the planes, thousands who were in the buildings died on
Steve Thomson; Former Firefighter, Fenton Township, 9/11 Rescue & Recovery Volunteer. When I saw the images of the Twin Towers collapsing on 9/11, I thought that with my building-collapse and enclosed-space training as a firefighter, I could help those who would be working on rescue and recovery. So, I hugged my family goodbye and headed
This year marks the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 – a day many of us wish we did not have to remember. What began as a beautiful day ended with a nation and world in mourning for the horrific loss of nearly 3,000 innocent lives at the hands of terrorists who attacked America in the deadliest
In June, the Flint DDA Board of Directors voted unanimously to appoint Kiaira May its executive director. Her professional experience includes roles at Quicken Loans and Bedrock Real Estate, as well as consulting and project management for Design Core Detroit and the Boys and Girls Club of Southeast Michigan. She is the first African American
