Leaky tanks. I’ve mentioned before that I’m a news junky. I read and hear lots of messages from Washington and Lansing. I sit a little straighter when one of our boys and girls say something that had crossed my mind from time to time. I’m particularly attentive when the topic is cutting expenses. Where are […]
What a difference some sunshine and a few Fahrenheit degrees can make! It was getting depressing looking outside and seeing gray and feeling cold. Sticks and branches on yellow and brown dead-looking lawns. Blach. Dirty piles of snow. Yuck. And, then . . . . . . Sunday morning coming down, the sky turned blue, […]
When Stephen Hyer was elected in 2001, some trustees were on Clarkston Board of Education longer than he was alive. ‘Janet Thomas had 26 years on the board,? said Hyer, who was 22 years old at the time. ‘That’s a lot of experience.? Now after two four-year terms and into his third as board president, […]
Helping out at Andersonville Elementary School two years ago, Michelle Beck saw effects budget cuts have in the classroom first-hand. She didn’t like them. ‘The district lost a math enrichment person, a reading enrichment person ? large drastic cuts,? said Beck, running for Clarkston Board of Education, her first elected position. ‘I think it’s really […]
PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF GOODRICH CUTTING OF NOXIOUS WEEDS ORDINANCE 141 VILLAGE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO OWNERS OF LAND SITUATED IN THE VILLAGE OF GOODRICH, GENESEE COUNTY, STATE OF MICHIGAN: NOTICE is hereby given that all noxious weeds and/or grass found growing to a height greater than eight (8″) inches in height may be cut […]
ATLAS TOWNSHIP PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE FOR SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR GARBAGE/RECYCLING COLLECTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, the Atlas Township board proposes to continue to contract for collection of garbage/ recycling, from all occupied properties in the Township, and spread the cost pursuant to the Garbage/Recycling Special Assessment District. The proposed assessment is $ 114.00 per improved parcel […]
Rosalie Lieblang’s experience as PTA president at Bailey Lake Elementary gives her an inside perspective of challenges students face. Her career in cost-benefit analysis and process redesign would help her solve them, she said. ‘If elected to the school board, I’d be very interested in new programs and ideas to attract and retain students,? she […]
Armed with rakes, brooms and leaf bags, the Cub Scout Pack 499 set off into the neighborhood to clean yards from fall leaves and debris from winter. The Cubs from Pine Knob Elementary hit the house of Clarkston residents who couldn’t clean the yard themselves. ‘It’s worth all the hard work to see the smiling […]
SEYMOUR LAKE CEMETERY ANNUAL GROUNDS CLEAN-UP Seymour Lake Cemetery will undergo spring clean-up in April, 2014. Please remove any personal artifacts, artificial flowers, wreaths and holders, Etc. that you wish to retain PRIOR TO APRIL 15, 2014 After April 15th, all winter remains including wreaths, grave blankets’ and faded floral arrangements including the holder land […]
Notice of Public Hearing for the Residents of the Goodrich-Ortonville Area The Genesee-Lapeer-Shiawassee Region V Planning and Development Commission (GLS Region V) will be holding a Small Urban Program meeting. You are invited to participate in this meeting to be held on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Village of Goodrich Offices, […]