In March, I traded my mini-van for a Ford Edge. An Edge is a lot shorter than a mini-van. It also has fewer conveniences like a remote to open the back gate. Odd how we can get used to automatic things when we got by for years with manual things. Anyway, a couple things on […]
Despite a good fight from LakeVille, the Goodrich varsity volleyball team remains in the heart of the Genesee Area Conference Red Division race. The host Martians defeated LakeVille 25-17, 22-25, 25-19, 25-21 on Feb. 7 to improve to 14-14-1 overall and 7-2 in the GAC Red, good for second place in the division. Tara Garman […]
Mitchell’s biggest fan Dear Editor, I am likely the biggest supporter of Jeremy Mitchell’s candidacy for Independence Township Trustee, because as his wife, I have seen first- hand Jeremy’s commitment to serving people and communities for several years. I met Jeremy on a college mission trip to Virginia over nine years ago in which students […]
Dear editor: I received my summer tax papers the other day. Of course, it was about what I expected, but one thing I did notice was the P.O. Box address that people are supposed to send their payments to: Detroit. Since when did we move to Detroit? I don’t remember going there. I called the […]
Dear Editor: This year I am making sure that I vote in the primary. Why? Since 90 percent of the candidates running for board positions are running on the Republican slate, the Aug. 5 primary could well determine who will run our township for the next four years. I want to make my voice heard. […]
Lapeer East had very little trouble defeating the visiting Brandon varsity basketball team 47-28 in Flint Metro League action Feb. 4. The Eagles jumped out to a 14-3 lead at the end of the first quarter, and staved off the Blachkawks to retain a 11-point lead, 27-16, at halftime. Sophomore Donald Carter led the Blackhawks […]
Kali Slavin, 16, likes art and photography is her medium. She likes to shoot landscapes, sunsets, animals, and people having fun. Her teachers tell her she has a good eye for images people don’t usually look for, said Slavin, a junior at Clarkston High School. “I don’t know, I look for unusual things, interesting things, […]
Fans of The Secret Zoo are excited about book four, Traps and Specters, which was released at the end of September. They will finally see the Shadowist as the Action Scouts, Noah, Megan, Ritchie and Ella, continue to work with the secret society to protect the Secret Zoo. “When I go to the schools they […]
Making hay is just not what it once was. Price hikes for fuel and fertilizer, coupled with a lack of fields to grow hay have some local livestock owners over a bale. Brian Lynch, owner of Amberway Stables, 1100 Bird Road in Groveland Township, said he can sum up the cost of hay in two […]
Goodrich – Next week marks the election in which voters decide whether to recall all five village council members. Ballot language will be identical to recall petition language, says Rob Coffman, Genesee County elections director, ‘Failure to schedule an election for the disincorporation of the village charter of the Village of Goodrich when requested to […]