Groveland Twp.- The township board of trustees voted 5-0 on Monday night to change a line in the employee handbook that prohibited carrying a weapon to work. The rule was changed after a voter walked into an election poll carrying an exposed handgun in 2013. ‘He had an open carry permit,? said Pam Mazich, township […]
Groveland Twp.-The board of trustees moved forward on Monday night with two road improvement projects. The board OK’d the graveling of 3.29 miles of Jossman Road north of Grange Hall Road. ‘Every spring the Road Commission for Oakland County makes recommendations for upgrades to our roads,? said Bob DePalma, township supervisor. ‘They survey the roads […]
It withstood a cyclone and more than 170 years of Michigan weather. The barn was gone in about an hour. ‘Kids going to prom, wedding couples, and even the cover of a AAA Oakland County map used the old barn in their pictures,? said Sylvia Runyon, 78, who owned the historic barn at 5800 Oakwood […]
For the past 13 years Ben Gleason has spent most of his time on skates’hockey scouting departments must have noticed Brandon Township’s Gleason, 16, was recently selected by the London Knights as the 36th draft pick overall in the second round of Ontario Hockey League’s 2014 Priority Selection. A Brandon High School sophomore, Gleason was […]
An area family is working to help prevent a childhood killer. Shane Michael Holton, 21, a 2011 Goodrich High School graduate, was found dead inside his barracks room on Nov.14, 2013 at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska. Shane was serving as an intelligence analyst assigned to 184th Military Intelligence Company, Brigade Troops Battalion, 1st Stryker […]
Goodrich-Village officials and residents took a closer look at going green on Tuesday night during a special meeting. Effective Solutions for Healthier Watersheds owner and hydrogeologist Tammie Heazlit, along with John DeLisle, an ecologist and owner of Natural Community Services, introduced residents along with council members to utilizing green infrastructure to remedy a bevy of […]
Goodrich-Macker Wilson is facing some uncertainties. However, the 18-year-old high school senior appears to remain calm and confident about his future. And he should. Wilson scored somewhere in the top 15,000 of the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test or PSAT/NSQT. Not a bad score considering the National Merit Corporation reports an estimated 3.6 million […]
Goodrich-For more than 30 years Marla Millar has been an inspired interior designer’reflecting a multitude of diverse tastes and styles. On April 1 Millar’s three decades of expertise became available at Yellow Dog Marketplace, 7285 State Road. ‘You’ll find one of the most diverse and unique collections of antiques, vintage and salvage in the area,? […]
Goodrich-Results from the Michigan Educational Assessment Program scores released last month, with a few exceptions, reflected improvements in math, reading, writing, science and social studies for students third through eighth grade in the district. With the exception of fourth grade writing, the district’s proficiency scores outpaced both the state and schools in Genesee County. Significant […]
At 17-years-old’Michaela Ramke has traveled a lot further than many of her classmates to be part of Goodrich High School. Since August when Michaela first arrived in the United States to live with her Atlas Township host parents, Terri and Mark Schall, the Oldenburg, Germany native has not only acclimated to the academic rigors of […]