Atlas Twp.- On Sunday afternoon Horton Cemetery, a century and half old fixture etched in theplacid township countryside, echoed with a distant drum and fife corp. With a 21 gun salute, taps and invocation more than 100 gathered at the cemetery to honor revolutionary war Patriot John Britton. The grave rededication was sponsored by the […]
The new school year will bring with it a new principal, as former Goodrich High School vice principal Elizabeth Wallberg will swap jobs with former Oaktree principal Mike Ellis. Ellis has been principal of Oaktree Elementary 7500 S. Gale Road, for two years; Wallberg has been vice principal at the high school for a year […]
Renee Hand is a sucker for a happy ending. And after penning her first romance novel, Magic Hearts, the Goodrich High School Girls Varsity Tennis coach is expecting many more happily ever after to follow. Hand, 30, said she is a longtime fan of romance novels and her love for the genre promoted her to […]
Renee Hand is a sucker for a happy ending. And after penning her first romance novel, Magic Hearts, the Goodrich High School Girls Varsity Tennis coach is expecting many more happily ever after to follow. Hand, 30, said she is a longtime fan of romance novels and her love for the genre promoted her to […]
Goodrich-When Misty Maidens came to Goodrich as an agent for Farmers Insurance Group, she brought with her a sense of compassion and need to help others. She might be able to save folks some money too. ‘Farmers offers very competitive homeowners insurance,? said Maidens. ‘Most of the ones I’ve done I’ve saved (the policy holder) […]
Atlas Twp.-The death of a Genesee County Road Commission worker has authorities cautioning drivers to watch for workers while in construction zones. Captain Christopher Swanson of the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department said Dennis Bundy, 48, of Flushing, was doing survey work for the GCRC near the intersection of M-15 and Maple Road in the township […]
Her grade point was average, her determination exceptional. That’s what Rotary official were looking for when recent Brandon High School graduate Alexandra Bieber was awarded one of the seven Strive Scholarships. The Scholarship from the Ortonville chapter of Rotary International was designed for students, like Bieber, with rocky high school days but were willing to […]
In a brief yet productive Clarkston School Board meeting on June 26, the board approved the budget, appointed a new assistant principal and one school board member said good-bye. After holding a public hearing, the board voted 6-0 to approve the budget for the 2006-07 school year. Treasurer Ron Sullivan was not present at the […]
Ortonville- Friday Nights in the Park is ready to make its debut, from 6-9 p.m., July 14, in Crossman Park. The event, also known as Beets, Beats and Eats, replaces the Country Market and will continue on Fridays through Sept. 29. ‘I think this will be a great new event in Ortonville,? said Main Street […]
From the action of the Michigan Wrestling Orgainization to great food to art fairs, the Hadley Township Fourth of July Celebration was one heck of a bash, say locals. Longtime resident Lou Berard, owner of Lou’s Auto Repair, 4449 Hadley Road, said this year’s celebration was the biggest he’d seen in ten years. ‘The (Hadley) […]