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🌱 How a new grant boosts the Montrose Food Bank’s reach

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a new grant boosts the Montrose Food Bank’s reach
  • Montrose-connected community member Patricia L. Frappier remembered

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Colder with a few flurries, with a high of 26 and low of 14 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Friday: Cloudy and cold with flurries, temps: high: 26, low: 16.
  • Saturday: Brisk and bitterly cold, with a high of 20 and low of 8 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Genesee Health System awards $220,000 to 22 food pantries (midmichigannow.com) — Montrose residents should know the Montrose Food Bank just received a $10,000 grant from Genesee Health System to strengthen local hunger relief. It’s one of 22 Genesee County pantries sharing $220,000 in funding, awarded with help from the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan to expand services for families in need.
   

• Patricia L. Frappier (clarecountycleaver.net) — Montrose readers may feel a connection to Patricia L. Frappier, who was married in Montrose back in 1958 and recently passed away at age 87. Her obituary honors a life centered on family, simple pleasures like road trips and sewing, and the many children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren who survive her.
   

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  • **School Closing Alert**
    All Genesee ISD facilities will be CLOSED on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 due to the road conditions. All programs and services have been canceled… (Nextdoor )
  • All lanes on EB I-69 at I-475 Exit 137 in Genesee County are open.
    3:00PM on Dec 9: EB I-69 at I-475 Exit 137 Freeway is closed due to a crash in Genesee County. (Nextdoor )
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🗞 Nearby News

Birch Run

  • PHOTOS: Swartz Creek offense clicks, topples Clio in boys basketball game (mlive.com)

Flint

  • Flint City Bucks submit bid to host 2026 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup 1st Round Match (midmichigannow.com)
  • Urban Renaissance Center to expand youth agriculture workforce initiative in Flint (midmichigannow.com)
  • Smokin' Charlie retires from Flint Farmers' Market stall, but plans return with food truck (mlive.com)

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