Brandon Twp.-Retirements, coupled with a change from part-time kindergarten classes to full-time classes and a few more kindergarten students, have prompted the addition of teachers in the Brandon School District. Janet McLeod, Brandon School District Human Resources coordinator, said the job postings were up on the Brandon Schools website for about seven days this summer. […]
Atlas Twp.-Two area bridges were inspected earlier this month by the Genesee County Road Commission along with township officials. The Jordan Road bridge located between Irish and Atlas roads, along with the Henderson Road bridge were the focus of the daylong study. Fred Peivandi, director of engineering at the Genesee County Road Commission, said both […]
Brandon School officials are now seeking buyers for two parcels of district-owned property. The sale includes a 23-acre section of property along Oakwood Road, just north of Leece Road, purchased with bond extension dollars in December 2006 for the construction of the new Oakwood Elementary School. Purchased at a cost of $500,000 from Tucker Investment […]
Ortonville-For one area family, ‘the Sunday before, the Sunday before Labor Day,? has been marked on their calendar for the past 90 years. Since August 1916, the Howell family’a local clan who since the summer of 1857 when Abram and Sally Howell first sailed up the old Erie Canal to Sandusky, Ohio, crossed Lake Erie […]
Brandon Twp.- An area business is helping cut into hunger. Rich Walker, owner of the Cracker Barrel, 5500 Oak Hill Road, has been processing deer for the past 30 years and has been selected to process the deer harvested from the Oakland County Parks controlled hunts. ‘I understand the venison will be donated to the […]
Goodrich- Upgrades to a dilapidated century-old drain which had slowed to a trickle’may soon start flowing once again. Changes in village council following the Nov. 4 election, coupled with a pending lawsuit from 19 plaintiffs seeking compensation after they were allegedly damaged by village drains, sewers, and the mill pond in the village, has stalled […]
For more than 35 years, violinist Mary Margaret St. John has captivated crowds as an associate concert master with the Flint Symphony Orchestra. On Tuesday the mellow sounds that resonate from St. John’s strings along with the Troubadours, an outreach program of the Flint Symphony Orchestra, comprised of four professional string musicians and a storyteller, […]
Goodrich- From one vote to nine. A one vote deficit in the school board election swelled by eight votes following the certification of the election results last week. Incumbent school board trustee Chip Schultz had lost his Nov. 4 reelection bid by just one vote to newcomer Jeff Brown following the Nov. 4 election. The […]
Groveland Twp.-How about some autumn skiing? On Nov.15 Mt. Holly Ski and Snowboard Resort opened’the third earliest date in 38 years. ‘We shoot for Thanksgiving Day,? said Mark Tibbits, general manager. ‘This early in the season to have this much cold weather is just unprecedented’we’ve had temperatures in the 20s each night. But in the […]
Area real estate manager Jeff Dawley witnesses the good and bad of the local housing market. Dawley, manager of Atlas Real Estate, 8491 State Road, Goodrich, says foreclosures have sparked about a 20 percent decline in home values in the area. That’s the bad. The good part is, sales of homes are up, explained Dawley. […]