Groveland Twp.- On March 24, the Michigan State Police (MSP) announced the adoption of a regional policing model designed to provide increased services while relying less upon traditional ‘bricks and mortar? post buildings. The plan, which included closing several MSP posts statewide including the facility in the township on Dixie Highway near Grange Hall Road, […]
The Goodrich School Board will look pretty much the same after three incumbents retained their seats following the May 3 election. Board Vice-President Timothy Zirnhelt and Treasurer Linda Jackson were re-elected to four-year terms while Trustee David Cramer will serve a partial term due to the resignation of Trustee James Bertrand. Cramer appeared on the […]
Area tobacco users can find a complete selection of tobacco products locally at Smokers Palace. Under new management, Nick Patel reopened Smokers Palace at 1768 S. Ortonville Road, near the intersection of Glass Road and M-15. Smokers Palace is a wholesale tobacco outlet stocked with a complete line of tobacco products. ‘Cigarettes can be costly? […]
The Goodrich School Board voted 7-0 on Monday night to issue 25 pink slips to district teachers in an effort to rectify a projected $2.8 million budget shortfall for the 2011-12 school year. The layoff notices are based on seniority and which teacher is qualified to teach a specific subject. The employees, along with the […]
The Goodrich School Board voted 4-3 to stay with the state’s schools of choice program for the 2011-2012 school year. By opting into the state’s schools of choice program, Goodrich joins the Fenton, Genesee, Swartz Creek and Westwood school districts in opening up enrollment to students from other districts, which allows an unlimited influx of […]
Michigan Department of Natural Resources fish biologist Joe Leonardi reported that about 6,000 Brown Trout were planted in the Kearsley Creek last week in sections of Atlas Township. The 6-inch fry were released at Kent, Oakwood and Kipp road bridges. The fish should reach the 8-inch legal size by August, he said. The releases are […]
The Goodrich School Board is expected to formalize about 20 layoff notices to school employees, including a significant number of teachers, at the school board meeting at 6 p.m., April 25. The cuts are necessary to rectify a $2.2 million budget shortfall. ‘Class sizes will be larger and will vary from 29 to 32 students […]
The Atlas Township board of trustees offered a preliminary bid to share services including sewer fee collection, tax collection, building inspection and code inspection for the Village of Goodrich at the board of trustees meeting on Monday night. The presentation was prompted by Goodrich Village Council President Patricia Wartella who attended the township meeting on […]
In the autumn of 1861, they gathered on the banks of the Flint River near the eastern limits of the city. Camp Thomson was formed, comprised of the 10th Infantry? 997 men from Genesee and Oakland counties who were training for Civil War battles to the south. Among the volunteers were men from Goodrich and […]
At approximately 2 p.m., March 11 Martina Campbell along with 15 members of Edgren High School track team passed through the Japanese eastern port city of Sendai on the Bullet Train’heading south to Tokyo. At about 3 p.m.’just one hour later’a 124-foot wall of water, following a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, raced over the seawalls six […]