Goodrich-Gordon Smith needed gas. In the fall of 1962, local resident Emery Bennett was working at his Gulf Gas Station near the intersection of Hegel Road and M-15 when Smith pulled in for a fill-up. ‘I noticed the credit card Smith used had a Lions Club of Michigan logo on it,? said Bennett. ‘So Smith, […]
Dustin Scriven’s photography is out of this world. Way out. Scriven, 20, a 2011 Brandon High School graduate and Oakland Community College sophomore, is a local astronomer and for the past few years has ventured out at night to remote locations to study the heavens utlizing a variety of telescopes along with precision photography equipment. […]
A former school building may be saved from demolition. Board members of the North Oakland Charter Academy (NOCA) are seeking to purchase the vacant Sherman Lifelong Learning Center, 300 Sherman Court from the Brandon School District to open a kindergarten through fifth grade school. Jeff Maxson, an NOCA board member, expressed interest in the facility. […]
Goodrich-Some light in the murky future of the century-old village dam was shed last week during a special meeting. Dave Anthony of WadeTrim engineers, along with the councilmembers and several village residents, gathered at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the village office to discuss approaches, restoration, and methods to preserved the impoundment of the village dam. […]
Jason Bradley, 39, is a Groveland Township resident and has hunted bear across the Upper Peninsula since 2006, bagging three over that period near the village of Bessemer in Gogebic County in the western section. Bradley encountered a grey wolf during a September 2011 hunt. ‘On my way out to my bait pile, a grey […]
Atlas Twp.- A canine trained to provide comfort to others recently needed just a little assistance himself. A local family is thankful today after a neighbor, along with the township fire department, saved their dog Riley from the icy waters of Lake Shinanguag. Mark Trowbridge, owner of Riley, a 12-year-old Brittany spaniel, explained the dog […]
Goodrich-The village council voted 4-0 approving a resolution in a special meeting on Monday afternoon to request members of the House of Representatives to vote no on House Bill 4147. Council President Rick Horton was absent. On March 13, the House Tax Policy Committee OK’d legislation, HB 4147, that would give local townships the authority […]
A group of area parents, along with a preschool owner, are exploring the creation of a charter school in the Ortonville area. A founders board has been established comprised of parents from the Ortonville Montessori, 258 S. Ortonville Road, to form the North Oakland Charter Academy. A location for the future school is yet to […]
Atlas Twp.-The township board of trustees voted 4-1 during the March 18 meeting to approve a conditional rezoning for a barn structure at 8350 Perry Road. Rick Misek, township planning commission director, said the next step will be a site plan and conditional use permit. ‘The barn is on about 15 acres and approximately 100-years-old,? […]
Ines Figueira watches the snow fall outside the classroom window. ‘It’s too cold here,? she said. ‘It’s been cold for so long’I had no idea about that when I came here to Goodrich.? Figueira’s disdain for frigid Michigan winters is about the only problem the Goodrich High School senior has encountered since arriving in August […]