Category Archives: Flint

Dig Michigan: Flint and the Tri-cities of Bay City, Saginaw & Midland

August 18, 2008 – 10:53 am

Flint/Tri-Cities is the third of Michigan's regions that we are exploring this month. Our goal with this series of articles is to give you a little taste of some great vacation opportunities that are probably less than a tank of gas away and an idea of what is going on in the region, so if [...]

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Barack Obama & Michigan

June 19, 2008 – 9:21 am

Gore, Obama and Granholm by wizardkitten
As the editor, I try pretty hard to keep the tone on Absolute Michigan as non-partisan as possible.
When I read Obama Reaches Out to Michigan Voters in the Washington Independent, I realized that as a result, we probably side-step a lot of significant news ... and also some vital discussion [...]

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Fork in the Road: Flint and Detroit Inspired Coney Dogs

June 10, 2008 – 12:42 pm

In collaboration with Eric Villegas and his nationally broadcast television show Fork in the Road, Absolute Michigan presents exclusive webisodes for your viewing pleasure. This time out it's dog wars and Chef Eric takes us to visit both Flint and Detroit where the Coney Dogs are different and each claims to be the best.
Fork in [...]

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Proton Beam Group, Attacked by a lamp post

May 27, 2008 – 4:58 pm

There's pretty much zero chance that I'm NOT going to post a link to an article titled "Proton beam group forms". More here.
The photo is Attacked by a lamp post (150) by caterpillars. It's part of her Detroit show. Yow.

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Michigan Historic Homes: Whaley Historical House Museum in Flint

March 19, 2008 – 10:05 am

Whaley Historical House by sarrazak6881
The central portion of this handsome Victorian home was built in the late 1850s. Several prominent Flint families lived in it before Robert J. Whaley purchased it in 1884. Whaley a local lumberman and banker, remodeled the house extensively. Three bays, the library alcove and a west-end addition were among the [...]

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Photo Friday: Holloway Reservoir Dam-Genesee County, MI by Terry Doyle

February 8, 2008 – 12:43 pm

Terry doesn't have a whole ton of photos online yet, but he offers some neat views of the Flint area from Stepping Stone Falls to scenes from around Genessee to everyday life.

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Comment on Governor Granholm's Town Hall Meetings

March 6, 2007 – 10:08 am

Jennifer Granholm by C.A. Carrigan
WJRT-TV 12 Flint has complete video coverage of the first of Governor Jennifer Granholm's live town hall meetings and also video of the Republicans "counter-offensive" on the budget.
The Freep has an article that includes a schedule on these invitation-only events:

Tuesday, March 6: Southfield, 7 p.m. on WXYZ-TV (Channel 7). View the [...]

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