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Ramona Watson is a 23-year-old Flint native with a love for art, culture, and the written word, as well as a keen interest in learning more about Flint not only as a city but as a community. Ramona graduated in 2014 from Flint Southwestern Academy. From there, she went on to become a student at Michigan State University where her main field of study is English with a focus on literature. She is also pursuing a minor in Women and Gender studies.

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Blue Ribbon Task Force seeks answers for how to reopen city

Ramona Watson May 20, 2020 0

Flint, MI — The Blue Ribbon Task Force, a panel created to help advise the city as it transitions into reopening, has held two committee meetings since its conception, along with some additional subcommittee meetings. They will convene…

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City, state, and campus police departments teaming up to fight crime in city neighborhoods

Ramona Watson May 20, 2020 0

Flint, MI — City of Flint officials say a partnership with Michigan State Police, and the Mott Community College and University of Michigan-Flint police departments will help fight crime in city neighborhoods. “We have gathered here today…

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Inside the lives of front line workers

Ramona Watson May 17, 2020 2

“When the pandemic happened, I was like, Oh, I can use these pictures to give them a voice. To let people see, so (they’re) not just a statistic and not just a number, or nurses in the hospital. They have a face, a voice, a story.”

City Council votes to move forward with construction of secondary water source pipeline

Ramona Watson May 13, 2020 0

Flint, MI — Flint City Council voted to greenlight the construction of a secondary water source pipeline Monday. The council voted 5-4 to award a contract L. D’Agostini & Sons, Inc., after several postponements. The project was…

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City council postpones decision to construct backup water source

Ramona Watson Apr 29, 2020 0

Flint, MI — The decision to move forward with the construction of a secondary water source was postponed until May 11 at Monday’s city council meeting. The postponement is the latest of a series of delays for a project to construct a…

Community

Flint Schools create distance learning plan, outreach, for families during stay-at-home order

Ramona Watson Apr 28, 2020 0

Flint, MI - Following a shift in leadership, Flint Community Schools are rolling out a new, internet-based learning approach, and checking in with families to see what they need beyond academic help. “Students and families are being…

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Flint Mayor extends city curfew

Ramona Watson Apr 24, 2020 1

Flint, MI—The City of Flint’s 9 p.m. curfew, as a preventative method against spread of COVID-19, has been extended for two more weeks into the next month, May 15, Mayor Sheldon Neeley announced today. “Crime is lower now and infection…

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City Council votes to only hold ‘necessary’ meetings during COVID-19 pandemic

Ramona Watson Apr 24, 2020 1

Flint, MI — Flint City Council decided unanimously April 22 to only hold meetings considered necessary until the governor’s stay-home order expires. The decision sprung from a special order by Councilman Santino Guerra, to discuss the…

Coronavirus

Flint-area Rite Aid becomes part of expanding self-swab COVID-19 test sites

Ramona Watson Apr 20, 2020 1

Swartz Creek, MI - A Flint-area Rite Aid store is becoming one of several new self-swab testing sites for COVID-19 beginning Monday, April 20. Located at 9090 Miller Road in Swartz Creek, the store will be conducting tests in the store…

Community

Food Bank of Eastern Michigan finds ways to continue to serve food during Covid-19 pandemic

Ramona Watson Apr 19, 2020 1

Flint, MI — The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan is experiencing a new predicament: providing for those in need in the midst of a national pandemic in the safest, most efficient way possible. FBEM, an organization that works as a food…

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