Groveland Twp. – A local bar that didn’t clean up its act is motivating Groveland Township officials to consider their own liquor ordinance. To settle a stack of violations that have been piling up since last September, the Michigan Liquor Control Commission (LCC) is directing Dirty’s Bar & Grill of Groveland Township to sell the […]
Goodrich – Work on the new Goodrich Muncipal Complex is rapidly progressing. The complex, located at State and Hufstader roads across from Brown’s Do-it Center, includes a village office building, a Department of Public Works building, and a salt barn. Despite its low-lying appearance, the site is not a flood risk, says village administrator Jakki […]
Atlas Twp. – Parents breathed a sigh of relief when a possible bus-stop abduction attempt turned out to be only a friendly former neighbor who’d dyed his hair. ‘We were glad that we didn’t have a person out in neighborhoods looking for kids,? said Reid Elementary Principal Paul Minns, who had promptly sent a letter […]
Goodrich – It may have been a wee bit of a mistake for two Goodrich students to streak through the Goodrich High School auditorium last week. The raw attempt to upstage the April 1 opening night of ‘My Fair Lady? involved two Goodrich High School seniors. Arrayed in masks and little else as they ran […]
Goodrich Schools Athletic Director Al Martus was recently recognized by the Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association for completing 30 years of service as an athletic director. Martus received a Dedicated Service Award last month at the state athletic director association conference.
Snacks limited Goodrich – When Goodrich High School classes resume April 19, student snacks will be limited. Timers placed on all pop and snack machines will shut the machines off as classes begin, turning them back on again at 2:30 p.m. The Goodrich Board of Education-sanctioned program is intended to emphasize healthier food choices for […]
Goodrich – Goodrich High School senior Jake Custer recently received the Priority Children’s ‘Outstanding Youth Children’s Champion? award. Jake, a student representative on the Goodrich Board of Education, has served two years as the school’s representative to the Greater Flint Youth Leadership program, is on the ABC12 Teen TV Program Planning committee, serves as student […]
Davison Twp. – For seven years it’s been Chrys Tangney’s morning ritual to look across her neighborhood. Last weekend, she averted her gaze from the Doyon home across the street. Pamela Doyon, 37, and son Sam, who would have celebrated his first birthday this week, died in an M-15 accident Good Friday. Also killed was […]
Atlas Twp. – Representatives from Genesee County’s 911 Consortium no longer plan to address residents at the April 21 Atlas Township meeting. Plans to build the 911 tower have been put on hold, said Lloyd Fayling, Genesee County 911 director. A 300-foot non-guyed metal lattice tower was previously planned for the southern side of the […]
Goodrich – The Goodrich beautification project isn’t blossoming.Consumers Energy poles have been placed in the middle of the new landscaping, says Goodrich Village Administrator Jakki Sidge, ‘right in the black-eyed Susans.? The landscaping was recently completed in the southern end of the village along M-15 near Nu-View Auto Glass. During project planning, village officials found […]