Front row Brody, Lucas, Charlee, Michael, Rocco, Sophia, Zeke, and Tyler. Middle row, from left, Emerson, Luke, Baylor, Lily, Addisyn, Myah, Logen, and Matthew. Back row Emma, Gracie, Ethan, Nathan, Caiti, Natalie, Rylyn, and Gracie. Not pictured: Johnny and Luke. Photo by Patrick McAbee. Dear Santa, Alfie is being really funny because he sprayed […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.-Achilles is one very lucky dog. When the 100-pound German Shepherd arrived at the Ortonville Animal Hospital the day after Thanksgiving, he had a ball lodged in his throat, and yet, unlike most dogs Dr. Nancy Flanagin has seen in the same predicament in her veterinary career, Achilles was […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Brandon Twp.-More than 200 children in the Brandon School District will have a merrier Christmas this year thanks to the Community Christmas Toy Store. The non-profit organization that collects donations of toys to benefit children in low-income families during the holidays set up shop this past week and again pulled […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Tom Stowell dedicated his life to the service of others. His efforts were appreciated by those in Ortonville, where he lived for several decades, as well as by the less fortunate in many surrounding communities through his long career with the non-profit Lighthouse of Oakland County. Tom Stowell died Nov. […]
By David Fleet Editor Atlas Twp. – The township will have its first county park. On Dec. 7, the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board convened at Lansing Community College to announce their decision on 27 applications seeking more than $31 million in requests for funding statewide. A grant for $540,200 sought by the Genesee […]
By Susan Bromley Staff Writer Division in this country was glaringly apparent in the Nov. 8 presidential election in which Donald Trump triumphed in the electoral college but Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. The divide continued with votes being recounted in Michigan and local clerks helping with the process prior to a federal judge’s […]
Front from left, Karen Lucik, Paula Moors, Delores Ulshafer, Babe McCormick,, Corky Bohlen, Nancy Dugas, Donna Brothers and Betty Griffith. Back from left, Carol Powers, Linda Sefa, Ruth Powers, Pat Price, Savannah Sawyers, Barbara Horton, Joan Flood, Traci Sasser, Phyllis Nylander, Dawn Bastian and Joan Turner. The Goodrich Woman’s Club. Photo by David Fleet. On […]
By David Fleet Editor Groveland Twp. -A box of kittens. A dog tied to the door knob. Two white birds. When Carl Liepmann arrives at work in the morning at the Genesee County Humane Society each week he finds something different. “If it walks or flies we’ve had it on our doorstep,” he said. “It’s […]
James Kenneth “Jim” Naugler of Holly died Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016 at his residence. He was 62 James was born in Detroit, May 30, 1954, the son of Gordon and Dorothy (Keddy) Naugler. On Dec. 8, 1978 he married Robin Stewart in Grand Blanc. He was a Class-A member of the GCSAA and he advanced […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich-Laurie McAbee has just completed a sweet construction project that’s lasted for a quarter of a century. For the past 28 years McAbee has been a Girl Scout leader for Goodrich Troop #31 and for 25 of those years helped engineer the creation of more than 8,000 gingerbread houses. “It’s four […]