‘M-o-n-o-n-u-c-l-e-o-s-i-s. Mononucleosis.? According to Webster’s Dictionary, it’s an abnormal increase of mononuclear white blood cells in the blood. And it’s a word that Rae Moors, junior at Goodrich High School, knows well. Spelling the word correctly made her the best speller in Genesee County of her age group. Moors joined classmate Diana Svinarich, who placed […]
People around the world scrambled to offer whatever aid they could when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti last month. Two local men were among the few that were able to reach the devastated country in the chaotic days immediately following the tragedy. Bob Lambert, a Village of Ortonville resident, and Adam Stith, a Brandon […]
Featured artist Jamie Davis of Waterford creates a work of art at Paint the Town Pink and Pampered in the Clarkston Mills, Oct. 15. Photo by Phil Custodio
Enrollment down Clarkston Commnity Schools’ enrollment is down 79 students, from 7,772 last year to 7,693 on Oct. 7, the statewide student count day. The district has until Nov. 11 to audit the count. From fall 2014 to fall 2015, changes in student count include: Young Fives, 102 up to 127, increase of 25 students; […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich- A new super athletic conference consisting of 17 area schools is currently under consideration, following a spring meeting of Genesee County superintendents. The board voted 6-1 to continue a dialogue, but not necessarly join to form the new conference, named the Greater Flint Area Conference, which included schools from the […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.- The days before computers may seem like a distant memory, but for students and staff in the district it was a reality for about 24 hours this week as technology failed. At around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, every computer in the district, roughly 1,600 of them, went down when […]
15 years ago – 2000 ‘Papa Joe’s OK’d for White Lake and Dixie? Clarkston residents would soon have an option for gourmet foods and specialty wines as a Papa Joe’s Gourmet Market Place was slanted for development on 23 acres at Dixie Highway and Stonewood Drive near White Lake Road. ‘Who’s footing the bill?? The […]
One thing Back to the Future Part II got right in its predictions of the year 2015 is the nostalgia for the 1980s. There’s no new Jaws movie coming out, but there is a new Star Wars flick soon to hit theaters. Like most people I talk to, I’m cautiously optimistic about the Force awakening […]
By David Fleet Editor The Goodrich School District posted an enrollment decline following the Feb.10 district-wide count. The count was delayed one day from Feb.9, due to a snow day. The enrollment declined by 20 students to 2,114 students with the high school losing six students, the middle school three, Oaktree Elementary down four and […]
Brandon Twp.- If the school board approves a recommendation to provide busing to home schools only next year, it could devastate two local businesses. Jenny Smotherman, director of Stepping Stone Child Development Center, stands to lose a quarter of her business under the plan. ‘We have to have a latchkey program to stay in business, […]