Chris White of Smooth Finish Concrete of Goodrich finishes a new section of sidewalk near the Goodrich village office last month, completing a one-mile stretch running along M-15 from Hufstader to Mill Pointe Drive. The Cemetery Street sidewalk was also recently resurfaced.
Atlas Twp. – Children 12 and younger who come in with a parent and buy a $7 bucket of balls currently get a free junior driver club at McCarty’s Golf Center and Driving Range. Lessons are also available now with golf pro Mark Frasier. McCarty’s is located at 10280 Hill Road in Atlas Township. Call […]
Ortonville– The village has a new manager. The village council unanimously agreed at the July 11 meeting to offer the position to Judy D. Andersen, with a 90-day trial employment and $37,000 yearly salary, to be renegotiated at the end of the trial period. She was hired the next day and will start July 18. […]
Brandon Twp.– Seymour Lake Road between Sashabaw and Perry Lake Road is seen as dangerous by some township and county officials. In August, township supervisor Ron Lapp hopes accidents and problems with cars running off the road will be alleviated with paving of the shoulder. The township and Oakland County Road Commission will pay for […]
Goodrich – On Monday morning several residents were evacuated near Hegel Road about one-half mile east of M-15 due to a natural gas release. Mary Gust, a spokesperson for Consumers Energy said excess pressure building in the gas line triggered the valve in a regulator station. “It operated as it was designed to do,” said […]
Brandon Twp. – The Brandon School elected officers during the school board meeting on Monday. Beth Nuccio president, Chris Yuchasz vice president, Karyn Milligan seretary and Ken Quisenberry treasurer.
Ortonville – The village council is looking for a new council member after Nancy Peters resigned for personal reasons. Applicants should be 18 and above with no criminal record and hold the village “near and dear to their heart,” says council president Sue Bess. The term is up in 2006, at which time an election […]
Ortonville– The village council voted unanimously at the July 11 meeting to give clerk/treasurer Mary Clark $3,000 after taxes to compensate her for the expanded workload she took on for two months in the absence of a village manager. Former village manager Paul Zelenak left May 16 to become the Bloomfield Hills city manager. New […]
Independence Twp.– The Nickelodeon is almost finished with its transformation. Last October, the restaurant at 10081 Ortonville Road began getting a new look.The outer facade was torn away. New pastel-colored exterior walls appeared. An outdoor patio area to seat 40 was added. Inside, more renovations took place. New booths with floral fabric have been added. […]
By Elizabeth Lowe Staff writer Goodrich – Four bombings on London’s mass-transit system last week are resonating with locals. Goodrich resident Vanessa Latulippe is thankful for the safety of her cousins? families, who live in Rainham, a suburb of London. ‘There’s probably about six that work in London,? said Latulippe, who called her family around […]