Goodrich- Area schools are upgrading their computer systems byte by byte. With about 800 computers district wide, Goodrich students are access to technology that literally puts learning at their fingertips. An influx of more than 100 new computers this summer, the trend toward keeping kids current is promising to hold steady. The computers come in […]
Goodrich-For a host of economic and demographic reasons the landscape of village businesses may look slightly different in the next few weeks. Tori’s Flowers and Gifts, Custom Stereo and Alarm, and Whole Life Fitness are seeking different avenues as entrepreneurs, a decision says Doug Tetmeyer, president of the Atlas/Goodrich Chamber of Commerce, is not uncommon. […]
Atlas-In an effort to spread the gospel, members of Atlas Community Baptist Church are playing dirty. To get their message out to an ever broadening scope of society, church members have come up with a new attraction to get local attention; mud bogging. ‘We are out of the box,? said member Bea Ellis of ACBC. […]
Goodrich- A school board member says complaints filed by a teachers union representative is harassment and aimed at silencing his opinion. Two letters obtained by The Citizen from the Goodrich Education Association and the Michigan Education Association sent to ABC 12 general manager Tom Bryson, charged board member Michael Thorp with using his work e-mail […]
Hadley-Things at Katie Pearsall’s job tend to get a little bit wild. As this summer’s new Outdoor Explorer guide at Metamora/Hadley Recreation Area, she wouldn’t have it any other way. Pearsall, an orchestra teacher during the school year, said she is excited to share her passion for the outdoors with others. Programs include information on […]
Goodrich- The completion of the Goodrich pathway took yet another turn last week as the project contractor was given until June 16 to finish the project, or face having their performance bond called in by Flint-based Wade Trim Engineering. Oakland Excavating Company of Pontiac was supposed to have the 10-foot wide asphalt pathway completed by […]
Thomas Gage wants his patients to be well adjusted. And after moving his business, Gage Family Chiropractic Center from Ortonville to Goodrich, Gage considers himself in a prime position to help patients from both communities in that respect. When asked why he made the move, Gage jumps up out of his chair to grab pictures […]
Goodrich-Approval of a new right turn lane at M-15 and Erie Street and a 4 percent pay hike for village employees drew the ire of several residents at Monday’s village council meeting. More than 40 residents attended the meeting, many of them contacted by resident Diane Fredricks to express their opposition to the councils decisions. […]
Some bands spend years waiting for the chance to play in front of thousands; Local band Stratayo will make it their opening act. Stratayo,is comprised of Goodrich High School students Asa Lane, 17, and Tommy Hamilton, 18, along with Mike Rinks,15 and Ian Henesee,16, of Clio. The band will perform at the Labadie River Roar […]
Goodrich- To Ali Smith, Myspace is no big deal. Smith, 17, a recent Goodrich High School graduate said all the latest hype about MySpace, an on-line community of individual web pages tailored to its creator’s on-line identity, is a tool much like e-mail. Simply a means of communication. ‘I really don’t think it’s a big […]