Goodrich- New people. New direction. Monday night’s village council meeting’the first after new council members Doug McAbee and Phil Jackson ousted incumbent council president Edmund York along with Dave Lucik following the Nov. 2 election’provided perhaps a glimpse of a new village order. ‘The council is here for the taxpayers,? said Patricia Wartella, who was […]
Atlas Twp.-Those looking to set up shop for a medical marijuana dispensary in the township may just have to wait. The township planning commission will meet at 7 p.m., Nov. 17 at 7386 Gale Road, Goodrich and hear a report on medical marijuana from township attorney David Lattie. The township board of trustees passed a […]
While April showers bring May flowers that same rain brings a not so welcome spring time guest’mosquitoes and the battle against the West Nile disease. To assist in this battle, several area schools and municipalities are supplying residents with a host of informational material to help prevent the disease. ‘Some groups of people have a […]
Ortonville, Michigan and the small central African village of Elmina, Ghana are nearly 4,000 miles apart. Yet this summer, the two communities will share at least one thing in common ‘Crystal Wilkerson A 1999 graduate of Brandon High School, Wilkerson, 21, a junior in Elementary Education at Oakland University in Rochester is trying to raise […]
Groveland Twp.’After fighting fires for more than 11 years, Groveland Township Battalion Chief Pat Stampen says the April 27 fire in the Holly Recreational Area was one of the worst he’d seen. ‘When we arrived at the fire it was moving pretty fast,? said Stampen. ‘There’s no way you could out run it and within […]
February 2003, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson OK’d funding for an all out war on the West Nile Virus in Oakland County. The $500,000 will go far to help municipalities fight a deadly mosquito carried illness that tallied 20 deaths and 184 know cases in Oakland County alone. Given the outbreak of SARS today, […]
The Goodrich Village Council will have a new look. Newcomers Doug McAbee gained 383 votes (23 percent) and Phil Jackson garnered 336 votes (20 percent), ousting incumbent council president Edmund York, 282 votes (17 percent), along with Dave Lucik, 311 votes (18 percent). Incumbent council member Richard Horton received 324 votes (19 percent), retaining his […]
In the 1950s, Goodrich resident Larry Tison recalls making the four hour trek north to deer camp via M-15 before I-75 was built. ‘We camped in trailers, tents and even in the back of cars,? said Tison, 67. ‘There were years when it would snow and the temperature would drop below zero. We’ve had as […]
Sgt. David Dwyre of the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department said two juveniles, both 14-years-old and students in the Goodrich School Disrtict, along with a 19-year-old Goodrich man, were arrested last month, suspected in a series of home invasions along Hegel Road in Goodrich. Acting on a tip from area law enforcement, Dwyre said the suspects […]
Since 1919 someone has been cutting hair downtown at 10233 Hegel Road. ‘I’m the fourth barber in this building in more than 90 years,? said Scott Hagenbuch, a Flushing native who took over for Ken Seams, who semi-retired earlier this year. ‘I’ve kept the same traditions as Ken’s Barber Shop and made some upgrades, too, […]