Muldorf, Germany 1945. That’s where Richard D. Horton was when WWII ended. It’s also where the Goodrich native jumped down off the M-4A4 Sherman tank for the last time. His military tour of duty as part of the 14th Armored Division who earned the nickname, ‘Liberators,? where during the last days of WWII they liberated […]
The Goodrich School Board moved forward Monday night with a proposal by the Oscar W. Larson Company to replace three 40-year-old underground fuel tanks that had failed an Enviromental Protection Agency inspection earlier this month. At a cost of $125,042, the board agreed to a plan which included removal of the existing tanks, upgraded fuel […]
Over the Labor Day weekend my son Sam and I had the pleasure of canoeing the pristine 15-mile stretch of the Jordan River in northern Antrim County. The rather swift river winds through densely forested swampland, cattail-laden meadows and past stately maple trees before emptying into Lake Charlevoix at East Jordan. According to locals, several […]
Brandon Twp.- A small piece of the community is missing. An 80-year-old brass plaque identifying Tunis D. Hummer (1789-1863) and wife Francina (Swayze 1793-1878) along with their family members as one of the township’s pioneer families has been allegedly removed by vandals. In 1932 descendants of Tunis D.and Francina moved a rock (known as Hummer […]
Three underground fuel storage tanks, located at the Goodrich School Bus garage on Erie Street, may be replaced prior to the start of the new school year following a Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) report. The Goodrich School Board gathered for a special meeting on Monday night following a DEQ inspection of the three […]
The yellow-blaze colored 2011 Ford Fiesta should attract plenty of attention. But looks are not everything. At almost 500 miles per tank of gasoline, the Ford Fiesta returned to the sub-compact market and tops the fuel efficiency of 24 hybrid vehicles currently on the market. Alan Lavoisne was the first in the Ortonville area to […]
During the mid-1860s the stage- coach stopped at a building near the east shore of Bald Eagle Lake. Hotel rooms were rented upstairs, horses were boarded in the lower section and customers could enjoy a spectacular sunset off the back of the building. Today, stage coaches and horses are long gone but the sunsets remain, […]
Groveland Township—From his Groveland Township business Steve Nannoshi watched the Groveland Township Firefighters gather money in a fire boot at the intersection of Grange Hall Road and Dixie Highway. “These guys were working hard to collect money from cars in that boot,” said Nannoshi, owner of two gas stations and a grocery store located on […]
Goodrich High School students were dismissed at about 11 a.m. on Monday Sept. 8, after a bomb threat was reported at the school. According to Lt. Paul Wallace, Genesee County Sheriff, a female Goodrich High School freshman says she overheard a conversation between two male students exclaiming that he had, “placed a bomb in the […]
Groveland Twp- The content and location of temporary signs along township roads may have a new look in the next few months. In an effort to curb a hodgepodge of temporary signage that seemingly blossoms anew each week’the township board voted 5-0 at the June 14 board of trustees meeting to amend the sign ordinance […]