Goodrich – No agreement has been reached between the Goodrich Board of Education and the teachers? union regarding the upcoming calendar year. Meanwhile, the community waits. A decision on the proposal to keep all certified teachers’if the school calendar year is reduced by 14 days’is pivotal in the school programming dilemma. School programming, such as […]
Goodrich – Musical performances accompanied picketing May 20 under the canopy of Cranberries Caf? in downtown Goodrich, as motorists honked in support. It was one of several instances lately in which the community rallied around teachers. Fearing cuts in the Goodrich school district’s fine arts program’including band, music, and art programs’approximately 140 students requested a […]
Goodrich – The Red Cross recently honored four men for saving a Hadley Township woman trapped beneath icy waters last year. Christopher Tanner and Genesee County Sheriff’s Sgt. Dave McDonald, both of Goodrich, joined Lapeer County resident Raymond Hile and Jery Scheddel of Macomb, Mich. in freeing Elizabeth Adams from her vehicle, which flipped into […]
Goodrich – A group of Goodrich parents has been actively planning fine arts opportunities and cultural experiences for students and the community. Fine Arts: A Mainstream in Education (FAME) is a fine arts advocacy group working with the Goodrich school district to plan educational art and music events from around the globe, encouraging community patronage […]
Goodrich – Students were evacuated from the high school Monday morning, after school officials discovered a bomb threat. The threat was left on the school’s answering machine May 22, said Detective Sgt. Mike Tocarchick, commander of the Genesee County Sheriff Atlas Township Precinct. The message, left in what sounded like a disguised young male voice, […]
Goodrich – When the finance committee recommends approving the village budget next month, it will be based on a tax rate of 5.3251 mills. If the budget is approved by the village council, residents will see the new lower millage on tax bills this July, reduced from the 7.6073 mills village residents currently pay. Under […]
Goodrich – Jim Pless will be among Michigan residents honoring Civil War ancestors this Memorial Day. Unlike many northerners, the Goodrich resident and businessman will remember a Civil War soldier who fought for the South: his great-grandfather, James Monroe Pless. To the Pless family, fighting in the Confederate Army wasn’t an issue of slavery, nor […]
Goodrich – Meeting next January’s new arsenic requirements has been an ongoing two-year research project for school officials. Currently, the federal Safe Drinking Water Act requires a maximum of 50 parts per billion (ppb) arsenic. As of Jan. 23, 2006, drinking water can contain no more than 10 ppb arsenic. Changes instituted by the U.S. […]
Goodrich – More than music was heard last month at Brighton High School, when Goodrich musicians thrilled over achieving top ratings. The Goodrich High School concert band achieved superior scores at the State Band and Orchestra Festival in Brighton last month. After performing three pieces and sight-reading another, a panel of judges awarded band members […]
Goodrich – With congratulations and pledges of help from residents, newly elected village council members took their seats last week. Village council members Rick Horton, David Lucik, Ralph (Pete) Morey, Rodney Pierson, and Edmund York II were sworn in by clerk Patricia Schierup at the May 9 council meeting. York was elected president; Morey was […]