Groveland Twp.-At about 4 a.m, Sept. 19, Groveland Township firefighters responded to a house fire in the 2000 block of Bald Eagle Lake Road. While battling the fire, township Captain Chad Chewning received an electrical shock while on a land-based ladder climbing up to the second story. John Williams, township fire captain, said the injuries […]
Atlas Twp.-The township board voted 3-2 on Monday night to eliminate the full time position of office manager. Township Trustees Scott Statson and Barry June, along with Township Treasurer Anne Marie Slagle, voted for the elimination of the position. Township Supervisor Shirley Kautman Jones and Clerk Tere Onica voted no. The township will also close […]
Atlas Twp.-The township will soon own a library. That’s the message from township officials who voted 5-0 on Monday night to accept the transfer of the Lyceum building, home to the Goodrich Library from the Village of Goodrich. The vote comes after the village council voted 4-0 on Sept. 14 approving the transfer. Council member […]
Atlas Twp.- Staying safe in the township is going to cost everyone more. By a 4-1 vote on Monday night the township board of trustees voted to move forward with a new sheriff proposal for the 2009-10 fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. The new sheriff contract which is estimated at $539,000, will include four deputies, […]
Goodrich- Just before 9 a.m. Monday residents of Goodrich House began returning to the charred remains of their apartments. In the early morning hours of Sunday, Atlas Township firefighters responded to the building at Clarence and Hegel roads, about a half block north of the fire station, following a 9-1-1 call. Atlas Township Fire Department […]
It had been 17 years since Goodrich and Brandon high school soccer teams battled for the County Line Cup’a trophy that between 1985 and 1992 was dominated by the Blackhawks. On a dark, rainy Tuesday evening, Sept. 8 all that changed at the Brandon High School Soccer field. By a 3-0 score, the defending Division […]
Groveland Twp.- On Monday night, Ken Palka, from the accounting firm of Pfeffer, Hanniford and Palka, reported on the township finances following the completion of the yearly audit. ‘The state of the township is fine,? said Township Supervisor Bob DePalma. ‘However, over the next few years we are expecting about a 19 percent drop in […]
Goodrich-The village council voted 4-0 Monday night to approve the transfer of the Goodrich Library to Atlas Township. Councilmember Richard Horton was absent. Ed York, village council president, is expected to sign the building deed releasing the property to the township within the next 30 days. Along with the building will be a $10,000 insurance […]
Brandon Twp.- The township park landscape has a new addition thanks to a new area Eagle Scout. Brandon High School Senior Alan Blackburn’s aspirations toward the highest honor awarded for scouting ended under a pavillion he built at the township park near the corner of Hadley and Oakwood roads. The scout court of honor, awarding […]
Brandon Twp.-In the1980s, township resident Roger McCarville once told a Detroit newspaper, ‘Rosa Parks could get on the bus to protest (and) we still can’t get on the bus.? McCarville’s quip at Detroit City officials, followed his arrest after he and others chained themselves to city buses on Jefferson Avenue, protesting a lack of adequate […]