Goodrich-Don’t look for a recall election in the village this year. A deadline to obtain signatures from village voters to put the recall of four councilmembers on the Nov. 3 ballot passed by on July 31. The number of signatures needed is 25 percent of the registered voters in the village who voted in the […]
Ortonville-These days, Joe Carrier is smiling. And he should be. Carrier, the general manager of Randy Wise Ford, 989 S. Ortonville Road, had customers waiting to buy new cars in his showroom’a welcome sight considering the dismal economy. Thanks to the ‘Cash for Clunkers? program which started last month, Carrier has joined in on an […]
The village is on their own. That’s the statement from Thomas McKenney, village attorney who attended the council meeting on Monday night and addressed a pending class suit that was filed last summer ‘The insurance company looked at the policy and the allegations and determined the village is not covered,? he said. ‘They have told […]
Yellow school buses and really amazing hamburgers. ‘Before I left home, friends told me what to expect in America,? laughed Lyall Beveridge, 15, an Australian native who has lived in Goodrich as a visiting student since August. ‘I really enjoy the pizza and burgers’they are high quality, cheap and really good. Not to mention the […]
(Groveland Township resident Heather Ricksgers corresponded with The Citizen newspaper through a series of emails while on active duty aboard the USS George H.W. Bush deployed in the Middle East.) By David Fleet Editor Heather Ricksgers remembers the early October autumn weather back home in Michigan. ‘It was 108 here yesterday’which felt cool compared to […]
Coach Alward has been selected as the Detroit Lions/NFL Foundation/Farm Bureau ‘Coach of the Week? for Week six of the 2014 season. ‘We are very proud of Coach Alward’s accomplishment,? said Dave Davis, athletic director. ‘This is the latest honor in a string of accolades for Coach Alward.? Alward was inducted into the Greater Flint […]
Goodrich-An area ice cream destination just got a little sweeter. Goodrich Moo & Moore’formerly Moo Cow’reopened Oct. 1, adding a host of new desserts and lunches. Jennifer and Nick Mendoza purchased the established business, bringing locally produced Cook’s Farm Dairy Ice Cream along with Michigan made Ashby’s Ice Cream to town. In addition, patrons can […]
It’s dawn at Warwick Hills Country Club and officer Paul Connelly is waiting for work to begin. A shiny new Buick arrives at the clubhouse now, nestled among a myriad of communication trailers and satellite dishes tied together with ribbons of cables. Connelly’s assignment for the Buick Open has just arrived. ‘Tiger Woods drives himself […]
Atlas Twp-Fire investigators from the Michigan State Police were at the scene of a house fire on Henderson Road near Green Road at about 2:30 p.m., July 25. Township firefighters, along with aid from Davison and Groveland townships in addition to Brandon Fire Department, responded to the fire after a neighbor called 9-1-1 at about […]
The cool waters of the Kearsley Creek may be a welcome summer destination for locals to beat the heat, but a recent dip nearly proved fatal for one visitor. On the afternoon of July 23, three area youths were fishing and swimming near the Atlas Mill Pond discharge culvert east of the Perry Road Bridge. […]