About 13 percent of district voters turned out to elect Niki Wiederman to the Goodrich School Board of Trustees. Wiederman, a former high school biology teacher and current guidance counselor in the Atherton School District high school, received 829 votes for one four-year term on the Goodrich Board of Trustees. Wiederman defeated college student Scott […]
Armando Lopez, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Davison Transportation Service Center delivery manager said a major section of M-15 between I-69 to the Oakland County line south of Goodrich will be resurfaced with one-and a half inches of asphalt starting in early May, with the projected completed by June 26. The M-15 road surface in […]
Groveland Twp.-Area residents can now pick up energy kits at the township offices, thanks to the state Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (EECBG) funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The township received $53,700 to purchase 512 energy kits, which are now available for distribution to residents on a […]
Groveland Township resident and former lawmaker Ruth Johnson has announced she will run for Secretary of State. Johnson said she will battle special interest groups who support allowing voters to register the day of an election and not requiring voters to have to show identification at polls. ‘Between no photo identification and same day voting, […]
Goodrich-A recent court injunction has helped paved the way for some vital voter information. District voters can now find detailed ballot information the school website before the crucial March 8 vote regarding the Non-Homestead tax levy renewal of 18 mills used for the schools? general fund budget. That information provided by the district could have […]
Sheldon Smith was tired the afternoon of Jan. 9. ‘It was one of those days where I just wanted to go home after school and stay there,? said Smith, a 15-year-old Brandon High School sophomore. ‘But I went and bowled anyway.? Smith is second year member of the Brandon Blackhawks bowling team, which was taking […]
Two popular band members with local roots are returning to help out with the Flint water crisis. Niko and Gino Puzio, brothers and former Goodrich School District students, founded the band Kougaran in the summer of 2010. Described as a rock band with a modern twist, Kougaran has grown in popularity over the past few […]
More than 100 student, parents, teachers and staff jammed the Goodrich community room on Monday night during the regular meeting to speak out on a host of proposed cuts to balance a budget estimated to be $2.2 million in the red. The turnout was in part sparked after the district distributed 21 pink slips to […]
Groveland Township will soon have an Ace. Local owners Robert and Shawn Frisch are anticipating the opening of Ace Hardware, 440 N. Ortonville Road by the first of June in the old True Value Hardware location, which closed in August 2009. The store is currently undergoing some renovations, including a fresh coat of paint and […]
Michael Cameron knows electronics. After seven years in the United States Navy as an electronics technician assigned to a 500-foot destroyer sailing in the west Pacific, followed by a decade stint with General Motors at the Warren Technology Center’Cameron has acquired a vast knowledge of computer technology. ‘Whether a virus, hardware problem or software, I […]