The original pop-punk sounds of Oakhill on stage

The sound grew from the early 1970s with bands like The Ramones, resurfacing in the 1990s with bands such as Green Day and Bad Religion. Pop-punk’a mix of music that joins elements of punk rock with pop music is alive with a local band Oakhill is a pop-punk band consisting of Goodrich graduates Martin Kibler, […]

Board OKs Village audit

Goodrich-By a 5-0 vote on Monday night, the village council accepted an audit report from Lewis & Knopf for the year ending June 30, 2014. Stephanie Kraus, senior staff accountant for Lewis & Knopf, delivered the report to the council. According to the 2014 audit, the village general fund decreased by $7,908 during the year […]

Two injured in Goodrich House apartment fire

Goodrich- Just before 9 a.m. Monday residents of Goodrich House began returning to the charred remains of their apartments. In the early morning hours of Sunday, Atlas Township firefighters responded to the building at Clarence and Hegel roads, about a half block north of the fire station, following a 9-1-1 call. Atlas Township Fire Department […]

GMS students accept Rachel’s Challenge

It’s deemed ‘The Story.? Rachel Joy Scott, 17, was the first of 12 students and one teacher killed at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. on April 20, 1999, the result of a shooting rampage. Just weeks before her death Rachel wrote, ‘I have this theory that if one person can go out of their […]

Will area roads improve?

The condition of a mile stretch of Tripp road between Dixie Highway and Grange Hall Road in Groveland Township has been deemed deplorable by some motorists. ‘Water runs over Tripp Road in the spring through a low area’the road is actually sinking,? said Bob DePalma, Groveland Township supervisor. ‘The bump sign along the road needs […]

College financial assistance available at Goodrich High School

Goodrich- In 2011 Goodrich High School Senior Michelle Dunn received a phone call that made her college experience just a little easier. The executive director of the Kentucky Fried Chicken Foundation notified Dunn of a $20,000 award to help her to attend Ferris State University. While Dunn’s success in seeking scholarships is perhaps greater than […]

Regiani Holistic Dental Center

A long-time area dentist has moved just down the road. After more than 35 years of mercury-safe/mercury-free holistic dentistry in the Village of Ortonville, Dr. David Regiani has moved to a new facility, 10435 Ortonville Road just south of Oak Hill Road in Independence Township. ‘We love Ortonville and all our patients, but we simply […]

Martians snag County Line Cup

It had been 17 years since Goodrich and Brandon high school soccer teams battled for the County Line Cup’a trophy that between 1985 and 1992 was dominated by the Blackhawks. On a dark, rainy Tuesday evening, Sept. 8 all that changed at the Brandon High School Soccer field. By a 3-0 score, the defending Division […]

Township audit fine, as new revenues sag

Groveland Twp.- On Monday night, Ken Palka, from the accounting firm of Pfeffer, Hanniford and Palka, reported on the township finances following the completion of the yearly audit. ‘The state of the township is fine,? said Township Supervisor Bob DePalma. ‘However, over the next few years we are expecting about a 19 percent drop in […]

Village council moves forward with library transfer

Goodrich-The village council voted 4-0 Monday night to approve the transfer of the Goodrich Library to Atlas Township. Councilmember Richard Horton was absent. Ed York, village council president, is expected to sign the building deed releasing the property to the township within the next 30 days. Along with the building will be a $10,000 insurance […]