Atlas Twp. – Get your car stuck, go to jail. The Genesee County Prosecutor’s office is expected to issue warrants for the arrest of a Flint man, 20, who has confessed to larceny from 10 Atlas Township vehicles in May. The suspect was tracked down by the Genesee Auto theft Investigation Network (GAIN) after getting […]
Atlas Twp. – If you’re not registered by July 5, you won’t get to vote on changing the Goodrich village charter in August. Absentee ballots should be requested soon, and must be returned to the Atlas Township office no later than Aug. 1. Register or request an absentee ballot in person by bringing a driver’s […]
Brandon Twp.-The township has officially sold a 60-acre parcel of land located on the north side of Seymour Lake Road just west of Sashabaw Road to Farmington Hills-based Atlantis Development Corp. The closing took place on June 29, with the township receiving $725,000 for the sale, the proceeds of which will be used to purchase […]
Atlas Twp. – Get your car stuck, go to jail. The Genesee County Prosecutor’s office is expected to issue warrants for the arrest of a Flint man, 20, who has confessed to larceny from 10 Atlas Township vehicles in May. The suspect was tracked down by the Genesee Auto theft Investigation Network (GAIN) after getting […]
Brandon Twp-On July 1, Tom Miller took over as the new Brandon school district superintendent. Miller, 49, had served 26 years in the Port Huron school district, including seven years as assistant superintendent. Following a 6-1 vote he was hired in March after a six month search by the school distinct. ‘My first few weeks […]
By Elizabeth Lowe Staff writer Goodrich – Non-profit 501(c)(3) groups in Atlas Township have only a few days to apply for United Way funds. The Goodrich-Atlas Block Grant Committee will distribute applications to groups who contact them by July 11. Applications must be received by July 15. The committee was informed June 28 that $5,813 […]
Waterford-The plane is mangled. Steel is twisted to reveal a burned-out compartment. The sun glints off the remains. A pilot and passenger were riding in the plane when one engine quit. The pilot was turning the plane back to Oakland County International Airport when the second engine died and the plane crashed. Both people inside […]
Atlas Twp.- To passers-by the small cemetery west of Gale Road about a half mile or so from the Oakland County line is just a blip in the rural township countryside. Bordered by a white fence, and shrouded by a few stately maple trees the half acre plot also known as the Horton Burying Ground […]
Brandon Twp.-Students throughout the district could be spending fewer days in school under a proposed change to the calendar year. A committee to study the possibility of starting school after the Labor Day holiday beginning with the 2006-2007 school year is to be formed this month. Dawn Lindsay, a mother of four children in Brandon […]
One doesn’t have to spend much time in Alcona County before the subject of cougars comes up. We were drawn there by a tale (tail) told by Fred Latta, Oxford developer/builder. He said a cougar had jumped a pregnant cow near Glennie, bit its tail off, and scratched hide off its back and legs as […]