Atlas Twp.- The township board of trustees is expected to approve a new police contract with the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department at the regular meeting planned for 7 p.m., Nov. 22. The new sheriff’s contract, which is estimated at $545,000, will include four deputies, same as in prior years, along with funding for a detective-sergeant […]
Brandon Twp.- The dairy cattle at Cook’s Farm Dairy have it pretty good’a warm barn, plenty to eat, and a pasture to graze. But on Oct. 8, the herd of about 200 received a little entertainment, too. Local rocker Kid Rock, along with a crew of about 40, descended on Cook’s Farm Dairy, 2950 E. […]
Goodrich- New people. New direction. Monday night’s village council meeting’the first after new council members Doug McAbee and Phil Jackson ousted incumbent council president Edmund York along with Dave Lucik following the Nov. 2 election’provided perhaps a glimpse of a new village order. ‘The council is here for the taxpayers,? said Patricia Wartella, who was […]
Atlas Twp.-Those looking to set up shop for a medical marijuana dispensary in the township may just have to wait. The township planning commission will meet at 7 p.m., Nov. 17 at 7386 Gale Road, Goodrich and hear a report on medical marijuana from township attorney David Lattie. The township board of trustees passed a […]
The Goodrich Village Council will have a new look. Newcomers Doug McAbee gained 383 votes (23 percent) and Phil Jackson garnered 336 votes (20 percent), ousting incumbent council president Edmund York, 282 votes (17 percent), along with Dave Lucik, 311 votes (18 percent). Incumbent council member Richard Horton received 324 votes (19 percent), retaining his […]
In the 1950s, Goodrich resident Larry Tison recalls making the four hour trek north to deer camp via M-15 before I-75 was built. ‘We camped in trailers, tents and even in the back of cars,? said Tison, 67. ‘There were years when it would snow and the temperature would drop below zero. We’ve had as […]
Sgt. David Dwyre of the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department said two juveniles, both 14-years-old and students in the Goodrich School Disrtict, along with a 19-year-old Goodrich man, were arrested last month, suspected in a series of home invasions along Hegel Road in Goodrich. Acting on a tip from area law enforcement, Dwyre said the suspects […]
Since 1919 someone has been cutting hair downtown at 10233 Hegel Road. ‘I’m the fourth barber in this building in more than 90 years,? said Scott Hagenbuch, a Flushing native who took over for Ken Seams, who semi-retired earlier this year. ‘I’ve kept the same traditions as Ken’s Barber Shop and made some upgrades, too, […]
The planning commission received an application in October for a new cell tower proposed by AT&T to be erected near Burpee Road between Gale and Vassar roads. The 177-foot structure, to be built and owned by Indiana-based Fortune Wireless Corporation, is necessary, according to the application submitted to the township, to meet coverage objectives reducing […]
Goodrich- The school board voted 7-0 on Monday night at a special meeting approving $15.4 million in a project list for a proposed bond extension. Construction could begin as early as September 2011 for about 100 projects in the district ranging from $1.7 million for athletics to $3.9 million for the high school to $1.6 […]