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Thursday, April 1, 2010

March Madness for Car Dealers

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March was a great month for automakers. Nick Bunkley of The New York Times reports : Nearly all automakers reported increases for March, a...
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Flint Fires: More Houses Torched

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Another day, another batch of new fires in Flint. Laura Angus of The Flint Journal reports : Fire damaged or destroyed eight homes in a ras...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Flint Fires: Fire Fighters Struggle to Respond

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Flintoid Johnny Mason took this photo near Court and Corunna at 7 a.m. today on his way to work. More suspected cases of arson in Flint th...
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Flint Photos: Chevy in the Hole Redux

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Thanks to Mo Arvoy — of Stride Rite shoe party fame — for the great photo.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Don Coleman Hospitalized

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Flint Central High School and Michigan State football legend Don Coleman is hospitalized in Lansing. My mom remembers him as the friendliest...
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Flint Artifacts: The City of Flint Grows Up by Carl Crow

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Monday, March 29, 2010

Michigan Militia

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Please tell me that none of these folks is from Flint. Charlie Savage of The New York Times reports : Nine members of a Michigan-based Chri...
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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Selling Cars: 1977 Chevy Monza Spyder Advertisement

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Flint Fires: Readers Respond

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Reader J.L. comments on the recent Flint fires : These fires have really saddened me. Granted, the homes that burned the other night were ...
Saturday, March 27, 2010

Par-Tay in the Li-Bray! (Officially the worst Flint Expatriates headline ever.)

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The party scene at the Flint Public Library was apparently insane in the fifties. Go here for more historic photos. Warning: These images a...
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