Goodrich awarded SAW grant to ID village drains

By David Fleet Editor Goodrich- The village was awarded a $150,000 grant to fund a project to systemically identify all village drains. The grant was announced at the March 12 village council meeting. By a 5-0 vote in November 2013 the village council moved forward with the grant application. The village, with the assistance of […]

Locals gather for ‘March for Our Lives’

By David Fleet Editor On March 24, some of the survivors of the deadly shooting rampage at a Parkland, Fla., high school led hundreds of thousands in “March for Our Lives” events across the country, delivering a message to Washington that action on gun violence is necessary. Saturday’s march followed the March 14, National School […]

Bats visiting township safe for now

By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp.- The Road Commission for Oakland County recently ramped up tree removal before a few bats could call them home. The RCOC started last month taking trees out of the right-a-way along Tripp Road between Dixie Highway and Grange Hall Road because soon bats coming out of hibernation may roost […]

Michael Pappas

PAPPAS, MICHAEL STEVEN of Waterford; died March 24, 2018.  He was 75.  He was born on March 25, 1942 in Pontiac, Michigan to the late Steven and Marjorie (nee: Miller) Pappas.  He is survived by two daughters, Annette (Dean) Thompson and Teresa (Pete) Rose; four grandchildren, Robert (Stephanie) Thompson, Rachel Thompson, Carlton Rose and Mikayla […]

James King

KING, JAMES FRED of Ortonville; died March 25, 2018.  He was 88.  Born in Mary, Kentucky on February 2, 1930 to the late George Douglas and Dona (nee: Hollon) King.  He married the former Ponzella Rose on March 11, 1954 in Kentucky.  He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, Ponzella; three children, […]

Colton James Ahonen

AHONEN, COLTON JAMES of Ortonville; died March 17, 2018. He was 26. Born in Pontiac, Michigan on January 3, 1992 to Jay and Marie (nee: Majewski) Ahonen. He is survived by his parents; one sister, Carly Ahonen; grandparents, James and Halina Majewski; aunts and uncles, Michele Bracken, Jerry and Betty Ahonen, Judy and John Georgic, […]

Beverly Jean DeGraw

DEGRAW, BEVERLY JEAN of Ortonville; died March 24, 2018. She was 79. Born in Pontiac, Michigan on August 3, 1938 to Arnold Wilson and Eunice (nee: Hubble) Irelan. She married Lloyd F. DeGraw on August 26, 1989 in Clarkston, Michigan. She is survived by her loving husband of 28 years, Lloyd F. DeGraw; four children, […]

Scott L. Wood

WOOD, L. SCOTT of Waterford; died March 24, 2018.  He was 65.  Born July 26, 1952 in Bedford, Indiana to the late Leary Quinton and Ruth Elaine (nee: Landrum) Wood.  He is survived by two daughters, Darcy (Patrick) Martin and Angela (Landon) Bryant; eight grandchildren, MacKenzie, Sydney, Lucas, Merideth, Lilly, Logan, Mason and Marleigh; he […]

Mary Elizabeth Drouillard

DROUILLARD, MARY ELIZABETH of Ortonville; died March 22, 2018. She was 88.  Born on December 31, 1929 in Detroit, Michigan to the late Francis and Elizabeth (nee: Kavanaugh) Higgins. She is survived by five children, Michael Drouillard, Francis (Nanette Brichetto) Drouillard, Dianne Collins, James (Patricia) Drouillard, Jeffrey Drouillard; four grandchildren, Rachel Collins, Tiffany Barker, Kameron […]

Public Notice: Goodrich

PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF GOODRICH CUTTING OF NOXIOUS WEEDS 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 six (6″) inches in height may be cut by the Village and the owner […]