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FACES of Flint & Genesee: Steve Heddy, Artistic Decorating
For Steve Heddy, the painters’ trade goes back four generations starting with his great grandfather, who was a painter in Illinois. In the 1920s, his grandfather brought his nine children to Flint during the automotive boom. Almost all his sons followed him into the painter’s trade, except for Heddy’s father. “My father worked for Bell Telephone Company,” says Heddy. “But… Read More 

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Round II of the ‘Our Town’ Gift Card Match Program kicks off today
Consumers Energy donates $55,000 to jumpstart small businesses affected by COVID-19 through gift card program The ‘Our Town’ Gift Match program is ready to roll again. Thanks to the success and popularity of the first Our Town program in February, Consumers Energy is getting back together with the Flint & Genesee Chamber, a division of the Flint & Genesee Group,… Read More 

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YouthQuest Highlights: March 2021
Watch Your Words At Freeman Elementary, students practiced their spelling and sight words, which are words that students memorize in order to recognize them without using phonics, with the online game Skrible.io. The game, which is like Pictionary, helped instill words learned during day school and provided students with a fun, engaging activity. Each student took a turn picking the… Read More 

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On the Job: Jewel Langston
Carman-Ainsworth High School Graduate, Jewel Langston, has been working hard toward her future. After graduating high school, Langston attended Mott Community College, where she received an associate’s degree. She then went on to attend Wayne State University where she received a Bachelor of Science in business management. “When I first graduated from Wayne State, I was working third shift at… Read More