Atlas Twp.-The minimum lot size for township homes will remain at 3 acres rather than 5 acres in designated areas of the township following Tuesday’s election. The rural estate district ballot proposal was rejected, 683-478 (59-41 percent) after a year-long emotional battle between supporters and detractors of the rezoning since the measure was adopted last […]
Goodrich- Within five months, a new school district superintendent could be on board. That’s the message Carl Hartman of the Michigan Association of School Boards gave during a special meeting on Monday to discuss and outline the criteria to begin the search for a new superintendent. The vacancy was created after Superintendent Kim Hart was […]
Goodrich Superintendent Kim Hart’s job hunt has been delayed. After offering Hart the top spot for the Whitmore Lake School District last week, the school board tabled a contract offer for Hart at the Aug. 13 school board meeting. John Mayleben, president of the Whitmore Lake School Board, said the contract for Hart was discussed […]
Goodrich’From on-board to on-line’Jan’s Sport Shop is going to change this fall. After more than 30 years in town, Jan’s, 7285 State Road (M-15), will now host an on-line auction at their location just north of the village. The local company will continue to offer boat service and parts at the same site. Large items […]
Groveland Twp.’Oak Haven Farm owner Nick Nichols, or Farmer Nick as he is commonly known, says the local landmark will be here for at least one more season. Despite some remaining ‘For Sale? signs, Nichols, 62, says a deal with Dixie Baptist Church, 8585 Dixie Highway, Clarkston to purchase the 34-acre Oak Haven Farm located […]
Groveland Twp.-By 4-0 vote Monday night, the township board of trustees OK’d a commercial noise ordinance that would curtail excessive sound late in the evening. Trustee David Ax was absent. The ordinance comes after residents in the Thread Valley and Bavarian Woods subdivisions just to the east of Bottoms Up Food & Spirits, 14007 Dixie […]
Atlas Twp.-By a 4-0 vote on Monday night, the township board of trustees denied local business owner Lee Steinhoff a franchise sewer agreement. At issue is a 20-acre parcel located just north of the Goodrich High School, where Steinhoff intends to build an assisted living facility. The sewer line runs along the Hegel Road frontage […]
Goodrich-The third annual Goodrich/Atlas Chamber of Commerce Good Times in Goodrich festival will take place on Sept. 15 in the Goodrich Commons park near M-15 and Hegel Road. Events will include live entertainment, Beat of the Street, a 5K run, business expo, craft fair and Goodrich robotics demonstration. Also this year will be a Classic […]
Goodrich- Under a big tent during the summer of 1917, Ruth Smith recalls a congregational ice cream social in the churchyard of Christ Lutheran Church. ‘I was about 3-years-old at the time of the gathering at church,? said Smith, 93, a lifelong member of Christ Lutheran Church, 5245 Hadley Road. ‘We held the party to […]
Atlas Twp.-Since his graduation from Goodrich High School in 2003, Thomas ‘Jake? Sanford, has been a Marine on the move’from a stint in Okinawa, Japan, to earning honors on the rifle range, to achieving the rank of sergeant’Jake’s military career has been stellar. Now the 22-year-old Atlas native is faced with an even greater challenge. […]