Two deployments to Iraq. Meeting terrorists face-to-face. Homeless children. Families begging for food. For 31-year-old Army veteran Michael Brennan, the vivid experiences of war not only shaped his life, but etched a desire to give back long after the battles had ended. Like many American service members, Brennan’s military experience began when terrorists attacked the […]
Goodrich-Levi’s tale as a police dog began on Monday night. Levi, a Belgian Malinois, along with his handler, Genesee County Paramedic Deputy Justin Hunt, attended the village council meeting to thank the council for the donation which brought the canine into service. In June, the council OK’d $10,732 held over in the village Drug Abuse […]
After more than 18 years Larry Simms Chevrolet has locked its doors, at least for now. ‘I’m not dead yet, but right now we’re looking for investors and uses for this building and property,? said Simms. ‘Hopefully we can reshuffle and reorganize and keep going. The situation with General Motors is a ‘David and Goliath? […]
Goodrich-Residents delinquent on their sewer bills will now be notified by the village three months after their bill was due following a 3-1 council vote on Feb. 8. The notices will go out three months after bills are delinquent, rather than six months, as the have done in the past. If the bills go unpaid […]
An 18-year-old Brandon Township man caught stealing from a township home ran, but couldn’t hide. John Lawrence Elwell, a 2009 Brandon High School graduate, was arraigned Feb. 25 on a charge of home invasion, first degree, in front of 52-2 District Court Judge Kelley Kostin. According to police reports, Brandon deputies responded to a home […]
After more than 15 years on the Brandon School Board, Beth Nuccio has officially announced her candidacy for District 1 Oakland County Commissioner. Nuccio, will run as a Republican in the Aug. 3 primary election. The district includes about 50,000 residents, covering Addison, Brandon, Groveland, and Oxford townships in addition to villages of Oxford, Leonard, […]
Goodrich- The Genesee County Sheriff Department and school officials are investigating a verbal exchange which escalated into a physical altercation necessitating intervention by local law enforcement personnel during a fifth grade girls basketball game with Bendle Schools on Oct. 31. Sheriff deputies were called to the high school gymnasium toward the end of the Saturday […]
Groveland Twp.-In late September, township firefighters were called to assist Michigan State Police as they searched a heavily wooded area near Grange Hall and Jossman roads for a missing person. ‘The terrain was difficult where an individual could hide anywhere,? said Ron Bray, township fire department engineer/paramedic. ‘State police were about to start a search […]
Become a resident of ‘Our Town? later this month when Goodrich High School theatre brings the Thornton Wilder American classic to the stage. In his 15th year as GHS drama director, Steve Mitchell mirrors the recently produced off-Broadway production by placing the audience on stage, in seating just inches away from actors. The intimate, contemporary […]
Atlas Twp.-By 2017, a township pathway will border the west side of Gale Road from Goodrich High School to Atlas’the culmination of years of planning and cooperation between area leaders and residents. Those efforts were recognized on Oct. 23 by the Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission who awarded the citizen-led group Walk, Bike, Run Atlas […]