For most area residents, cell towers are a common fixture of the urban landscape’needed to keep cell phones chirping. However, a handful of local osprey have found another use for the steel behemoth’a highrise home. On Wednesday afternoon, Eric Schmitt, site supervisor for American Tower Corporation, helped coordinate a visit to a local osprey nest. […]
Goodrich-On Monday, the school board voted 6-1 to accept a budget for the 2011-2012 year’yet despite the approval of the new outline of spending and expenses’trustees, teachers and residents are still unsure of the financial future of the district. ‘When I see a 1 percent fund balance on the horizon for the district, it’s troublesome,? […]
At 12 knots or about 13 mph, most boats would not win many races. Unless it’s a tugboat. On Saturday, Brandon Township resident and tugboat owner Paul Vassall piloted his vessel the ‘Jessie T? to a second place finish in the 35th Annual International Tug Boat Race in Detroit. Vassall, 60, was one of 13 […]
With summertime just heating up, it’s difficult to think of the cool days of autumn and apple season. But for at least some apple growers, fall can’t get here fast enough. The Michigan Apple Committee is estimating the state’s apple crop this year will be about 28 percent bigger than average. Holly Whetstone, marketing and […]
Groveland Twp.-Produced just after World War II’the 1948 Ford wood-sided station wagon, which required wood varnish as part of the yearly maintenance program, often creaked and was rather unstable. ‘The roof was made out of wood with a metal floor pan, metal cowl, and metal around the rear-wheel housings along with the fenders,? said Bob […]
Atlas Twp.- The township board of trustees is considering an ordinance that would require a permit for hawkers, vendors and peddlers that decide to work in the community. Currently the township only bans solicitation in regards to prostitution. The proposed ordinance, presented by Township Attorney David Lattie at Monday night’s board of trustee meeting may […]
Fox Lake Road will be the new site of a 9-1-1 tower. Lapeer County Central Dispatch Director Vic Martin said on July 5, the Hadley Planning Commission will consider a 150-foot tower on about one acre near the intersection of Fox Lake and Hadley roads. ‘The site selected is one of the highest elevations in […]
Groveland Twp.- A late, wet spring has delayed dust control and grading on township roads. Township Supervisor Bob DePalma said some of the more than 45 miles of the townships dirt roads are still rough and dusty. ‘There will be five applications of chloride,? he said. ‘The county rotates five area communities including Groveland and […]
For more than a decade Goodrich resident Jenny Olsen has hosted the PBS Michigan Out-of-Doors weekly adventure television show. Now Olsen is exploring a new aspect of the Great Lakes state. Olsen is co-owner of the Huron Lady II, a 73-foot cruise ship docked in Port Huron. The same group of partners also operate cruise […]
Concerns over the ongoing investigation of a former Village of Goodrich official’s computer hard drive have prompted even more ripples of discontent in an already shaky council. From breaches of personal information to public disclosure of e-mails to who’s going to pay the $6,100 price tag for the action’the swirling laundry list of questions continues […]