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Monday, December 12, 2022

briX Magazine and a Brick of Art

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  A few weeks ago I peddled the old Schwinn over to Joe Cunningham 's quilting studio on Market Street in San Francisco to catch up with...
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Saturday, October 22, 2022

Flint Photos: Vern's Grocery at 301 Harriet Street, c. 1942 and Today

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Friday, September 23, 2022

Petition to Halt Flint Farmers' Market Relocation

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This post about the decision to move the Flint Farmers' Market originally appeared on March 8, 2013. I'm happy to admit that I was d...
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Monday, September 12, 2022

Flint's city clerk resigns before November elections

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November elections in Flint and Genesee County just got a lot more complicated. Steve Carmody of Michigan Radio reports : Flint’s long-time ...

Brockmire and Flint: An endless parade of suffering with no one offering any help

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Friday, June 24, 2022

The Best Non-Fiction Flint, Michigan: Books about the past, present, and future of American cities

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If you're looking for the heart, humor, and, at times, horror of Flint, Michigan — and cities like it all over the country —...
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Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Flint Photos: 1982 Bobby Crim Road Race

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Note the Cinci Beer t-shirt, the Dolphin running shorts, and the JVC boom box. Shopping cart "borrowed" from Hamady's. Flag...

Expat Throwback: The Day Zorro Came to Flint by Tom Pohrt

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A uthor, illustrator and Flintoid Tom Pohrt  remembers the day pulp writer Johnston McCulley's creation walked the streets of Vehicle...
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Flint Artifacts: The Copa Jacket

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Flint Artifacts: Buick Wildcat Key

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