Fourteen year incumbent board president Michael Tripp, 52, along with newcomer Jeff Gardner, 39, were elected to the Goodrich School Board following the May 5 district wide election. Gardner received 627 votes (42.83 percent), Tripp garnered 488 votes (33.33 percent) and challenger Mark Griffiths tallied 349 votes (23.84 percent). The new school board terms will […]
The Kentucky Derby has been run 139 times. And since 1936, the Kentucky National Guard been assisting with the annual Run for the Roses. This year a local will be a part of the May event. Goodrich native Cody Petit’s trek to the winner’s circle of the Churchill Downs’the home of the Kentucky Derby’began in […]
A city rolled into one big fist. That’s how Boston Marathoner Bill Snyder described Boston after completing his 26th consecutive 26.2 mile race there on April 21. Snyder, an educator for 45 years and Brandon Middle School principal for 15 years prior to his retirement in 2012, joined 52 official participants that have completed 25 […]
On May 26, 1850, Nathaniel Fairchild, 54, became the first person buried in the Goodrich Cemetery. The cause of death was lockjaw and blood poisoning caused by a horseshoe nail in his hand. Over the next 160 years, hundreds of other community members like Fairchild were interred in the village burial ground, including Cummings, Hegel, […]
Brandon Twp.-It’s now Hot-N-Ready. On April 29 Little Caesars Pizza resturant celebrated a grand opening at 1764 S. Ortonville Road, at the corner of Glass and Ortonville roads. ‘Customers demand high standards for quality and service, and we’re ready to exceed their expectations,? said franchise co-owner John Foguth III. ‘We look forward to serving the […]
Groveland Twp.- In an effort to cut $349 million from the current state budget, the Michigan State Police will chop $1.7 million from their budget by laying-off 100 troopers statewide. Those cuts will include three troopers from the township post who were assigned last December. The layoffs will reduce the number of troopers to nine […]
Goodrich-The school board voted 7-0 on Monday night to hire John Fazer, the current superintendent at Holton Public Schools. The board and Fazer reached an agreement on his contract last week. Frazer was selected over Mark Kleinhans, the current superintendent at the Montrose School District, to replace current Goodrich Superintendent Larry Allen, who was formally […]
At 7 p.m., May 11, the Goodrich Village Council will host a public hearing to review a proposal from Republic Waste Services to extend the current contract for the next four years. The same service including a 96 gallon rolling trash container for about 600 village residents will cost $10.15 per month’a drop in price […]
Sixty-five smolt salmon are going to have a new home this spring. After a $1,000 grant from Clinton Valley Trout Unlimited last fall, Brandon Middle School science teacher Dave Green, with the help of students, received salmon eggs on Nov.13 from Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery in Mattawan, Van Buren County. The project is part […]
Goodrich-The school board voted 7-0 at a special meeting on Monday night to eliminate the Valedictorian/ Salutatorian distinction, along with the academic ‘Top 10? at the high school beginning with the graduating Class of 2011. Mike Ellis, acting high school principal, reported to the board that nationally other school districts are already making the shift. […]