The Meat Shack, a cut above

By Elizabeth Lowe Staff writer Atlas Twp. – It’s a little off the beaten path, but The Meat Shack’s customers don’t worry about location. Set among the rolling hills of Top Line Farms in Atlas Township, The Meat Shack sells hormone and antibiotic-free black angus beef cuts produced on the family-owned farm. Customers’who’d purchased sides […]

Ortonville chamber to meet

The next Greater Area of Ortonville Chamber of Commerce meeting will be at noon, July 12, at MacPhee’s Restaurant, 650 S. Ortonville Road. The cost is $7. Please send reservations to Jennifer Whitwell, administrative assistant for the Ortonville Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 152, Ortonville, MI 48462; or call (248) 627-8079.

Ortonville DDA seeks volunteers

The Downtown Development Authority needs volunteers to serve on the board and on the Main Street program committees including design, economic restructuring, organization and promotion. You do not have to be a resident, property owner, or a business owner within Ortonville’s Downtown Development Authority District to join. The next meeting is noon, July 21. In […]

Goodrich United Way funds

Goodrich – Non-profit 501(c)(3) group based in Atlas Township wanting United Way funds must request applications by July 11, returning them no later than July 15. This year’s grant distribution will focus on basic needs, child and youth development, senior citizens, and strengthening families. Contact grant committee chair Carol Powers for an application at (810) […]

Demolition delayed

Brandon Twp.- The township board has unanimously approved a 7-day extension for John Sloan to complete construction on his LeGault Boulevard property. Sloan has been in an ongoing court battle with the township over his property. His unfinished home was slated for demolition July 6 if seven stipulations, which included enclosing of the home and […]

Clarification

In the July 4 edition of The Citizen page 4, the amount of revenue Brandon Township received this year was $52,393. The amount of profit increases 5 percent every year.

Set in concrete

Paul Sekelsky, of Fessler & Bowman Concrete Contractors of Flushing shovels concrete to build footings for the Goodrich United Methodist Church 30,000-square foot Family Life Center located next to the church near M-15. The $2,020,000 project will feature a gymnasium and indoor walking track, and should be ready for use by December, estimates the Rev. […]

Friends, family remember Roger Porter

By Elizabeth Lowe Staff writer Atlas Twp. – Roger Porter, known as family man, community leader, and in connection with family-owned Porter’s Orchard, died July 5. Roger, 79, was born Oct. 7 to Raymond W. and Edith Porter, the middle son of five children who grew up helping out with the orchard his father started […]

Goodrich ballot proposal could change village charter

By Elizabeth Lowe Staff writer Goodrich – Residents turning out to vote Aug. 2 should come prepared. The ballot proposal could change the village charter and the way future village dissolution attempts are handled by adding portions of general law language to the village charter. Voters are being asked to approve the proposal ‘by reference?, […]

Bite outa’ crime

Officer Jay Rendon of Davison Township Police wears a bite jacket to protect him from the jaws of Burton K-9 officer Horge in a simulated assault on Burton Patrolman Paul Philips at Goodrich High School July 5. Burton and Davison Township join K-9 handlers from Mt. Morris Township and the Genesee County Sheriff Department weekly, […]