Goodrich- Marine Sgt. Ryan Lopez is home’for a second time. After enlisting in June 2005, the Goodrich High School graduate served more than a year in Ramadiyah, Iraq and completed his first tour of duty in March 2007 with a leave home. Then, in mid-April, he returned to Camp Pendleton, Calif., before deployment to Fallujah, […]
Goodrich-The village council voted 4-0 approving a resolution in a special meeting on Monday afternoon to request members of the House of Representatives to vote no on House Bill 4147. Council President Rick Horton was absent. On March 13, the House Tax Policy Committee OK’d legislation, HB 4147, that would give local townships the authority […]
Atlas Twp.-On the Nov. 4 ballot township residents will be asked to renew 1 mill to provide police protection. A resident with a $200,000 home will continue to pay $100 per year for the service from the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department. The estimated revenue the township will collect if the millage is renewed is about […]
A group of area parents, along with a preschool owner, are exploring the creation of a charter school in the Ortonville area. A founders board has been established comprised of parents from the Ortonville Montessori, 258 S. Ortonville Road, to form the North Oakland Charter Academy. A location for the future school is yet to […]
On weekend mornings Jennifer Brothers typically makes time for a long run. However, last Sunday morning the 2007 Goodrich High School graduate and current Michigan State University sophomore ran with a little more purpose in the first annual Brooksie Way Half Marathon and 5K race in Rochester Hills. ‘I run a lot, but not a […]
Atlas Twp.-The township board of trustees voted 4-1 during the March 18 meeting to approve a conditional rezoning for a barn structure at 8350 Perry Road. Rick Misek, township planning commission director, said the next step will be a site plan and conditional use permit. ‘The barn is on about 15 acres and approximately 100-years-old,? […]
Less will get you more this year as the Greater Ortonville Area Chamber of Commerce hosts the seventh annual Business Expo 2008. ‘Times are tough out there for any business right now,? said Lisa Dwyer, Expo chairperson. ‘The pricing for the Expo has been lowered from the 2007 Expo and we are going to be […]
Ines Figueira watches the snow fall outside the classroom window. ‘It’s too cold here,? she said. ‘It’s been cold for so long’I had no idea about that when I came here to Goodrich.? Figueira’s disdain for frigid Michigan winters is about the only problem the Goodrich High School senior has encountered since arriving in August […]
Atlas Twp.-On Monday night the board of trustees put to rest a controversy over the sale and return of a township copier. The concern was first expressed during the Feb.19 board of trustees meeting. Township Clerk Tere Onica reported to the board a leased Xerox copier was sold by Supervisor Shirley Kautman-Jones to her daughter […]
Atlas Twp.-Fees to the Village of Goodrich for the 2012 election, which included a detachment issue, have recently come under fire. A bill of $1,187 sent to the village from the township came under scrutiny during the March 11 Village of Goodrich meeting. Village Councilmember Richard Saroli questioned the bill from the township. ‘Do we […]