Goodrich – For more than half a century, Dick Horton has witnessed the evolution of a village. Now, as the village council commemorates its 50th anniversary at their Oct. 8 meeting, Horton, 85, will hang a commemorative plaque at the administrative building, 7338 South State Road. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. A lifelong village […]
Goodrich – By a 4-to-1 vote the village council OK’d a 2.5 percent pay increase, retroactive to July 2 for village workers at the Oct. 8 council meeting. Councilmember Patty Wartella voted against the wage increase. Nine village employees will receive the raise including three department of public works workers, four office staff, the code […]
Ortonville- It was a clean sweep. Well, not quite. The village council voted 5-2 at their Oct. 8 meeting to sell their rusted and broken street sweeper machine ‘as is.? Councilmembers Dan Eschmann and Mary Kassuba, who wanted to fix the machine and then sell it, dissented. The council owes more than $9,000 on the […]
Groveland Twp. – Ray Everett has enjoyed an adventurous life, filled with the joy of giving. From playing Santa Claus, to LaRay the Clown, to helping others as a firefighter’Everett has provided kindness and laughter to others. Now he needs some help. Everett was diagnosed with an untreatable leukemia, a form of bone marrow cancer, […]
Goodrich – The petition filed on Oct. 2 by village resident Greg Tankersley to recall the village council has been approved. The allegation made on the petition, ‘failure to balance the village budget when requested to do so,? was approved at the clarity hearing on Oct. 16 by Judge Robert Weiss and Genesee County Clerk […]
Goodrich – A homecoming prank that went bad has landed five high school students in a five-day home suspension and five-day on campus detention. The two-part disciplinary action comes after the students allegedly entered the high school just before midnight on Oct. 4. The suspects vandalized lockers, unrolled toilet paper and removed ceiling tiles from […]
Goodrich – The reconstruction of West Hegel Road will mean less noise and fewer bumps for area residents traveling the thoroughfare. Residents were invited to an open house village council meeting on Oct. 15 to look at and discuss the final engineering plans for the road reconstruction, prepared by Flint-based WadeTrim, 601 N. Saginaw St. […]
Goodrich – The search for a new district superintendent moved one step closer as the board of education officially screened out 11 applicants, narrowing the field to nine. Director Carl Hartman from the Michigan Association of School Boards conducted the screening process at the Oct. 15 school board meeting. Hartman was hired by the district’s […]
Atlas Twp. – No new taxes. That’s the message from Township Supervisor Paul Amman for 2008 as he anticipates less funding from Lansing in the upcoming year. Amman said it will be a little harder to balance the budget this new year but said he will maintain the status quo. ‘We will not be holding […]
Goodrich – When Jeremy Spear was an 8-year-old boy, he said he knew there was a calling in his life to become a pastor. Last month, that dream became a reality. Spear, 39, the new senior pastor at Lakeview Community Church, 10023 South State Road, replaces Pastor Les Altermatt, who served as senior pastor at […]