Groveland Twp.-It was a phone call township Bob DePalma was not expecting. On April 15 a township resident reported seeing a white tiger near their home. ‘At first I thought’well maybe the resident was seeing a really big white dog,? said DePalma. ‘So I sent out the township ordinance enforcer and the Michigan State Police […]
Dave Gerber can’t remember if he bumped his head. ‘I’m really not sure if I did or not’I was wearing a helmet,? said Gerber, 55, a motorcyclist for about a decade and former helicopter pilot. ‘But anything you survive is a story you can tell. My story is, ‘Damn, I’m glad I’m alive.?? Gerber, a […]
Lincoln embossed on a tattered black silk ribbon ‘a somber memory reflecting an assassination that spiraled a nation into grief. According to news reports, shortly after 10 p.m., April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln. As Lincoln slumped forward […]
Brandon Twp.-On Friday a long ‘tale? for about 70 Chinook salmon will begin. At noon, April 17’Peggy Miller-Zelinko’s fifth-eighth grade science class at Brandon Academy of Arts & Sciences will release their salmon from the shore of the Clinton River, in Rochester Hills a local watershed that feeds one of the Great Lakes. Thanks to […]
Both Goodrich and Brandon robotics teams are on their way to World Championship in St. Louis following a successful weekend. From April 8-11, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Team 68, Truck Town Thunder along with Goodrich Team 494 and Team 70 traveled to Deltaplex Arena in Grand Rapids, to compete with […]
Atlas Twp.- Smart phones. Smart cars. Now smart meters. Consumer Energy customers in the township will receive a new smart meter within the next six months as part of a statewide upgrade. According to Consumers Energy, 1.8 million electrical customers and 600,000 natural gas customers will be receiving new metering technology by 2019. Consumers is […]
Goodrich-By a 5-0 vote on Monday night the village council OK’d a park sign for the Goodrich Commons. Plans for the six-foot high solid limestone sign to be located just west of the Hegel Road bridge was presented by Angie Adamec and Amy Slagle of the Goodrich Village Volunteers. ‘Our goal was to reflect the […]
Atlas Twp.-The Henderson Road bridge over the Kearsley Creek, located north of Kipp Road, is now one of five in Genesee County that may be closed within the next five years if additional funding is not received for repairs. Genesee County Road Commission Manager-Director John Daly made the announcement on April 3 and reported the […]
Goodrich- Upgrades to a dilapidated century-old drain which had slowed to a trickle may soon start flowing once again. Jim Gerth, director of surface water management for the Genesee County Drain Office, said look for work to resume in the month of April now that the snow is gone. ‘Survey crews should be in the […]
Ed Gromek recalls the summer of 1969. ‘I remember the smell from the first step off the airplane’it was a rotting, sweet stench magnified by hot muggy air,? recalled Gromek, of his first hours in Vietnam as a soldier. ‘It was an extreme cultural shock coming from the United States. The smell was always there’it […]